Overview

• The book is designed for day-to-day use for busy practitioners
• Expert clinicians are the authors of each of the chapters giving the reader authoritative guidance
• Each chapter follows the same basic outline for quick and accessible reference
• Tables, charts, and summaries enhance the text

This newly expanded second edition is the definitive reference guide to clinical models, as well as specific clinical techniques, for providing client-centered group treatment for aphasia and other neurogenic communication disorders.

Introductory chapters provide a comprehensive overview of group treatment, group process and group dynamics. Contributors, all of whom are practicing expert clinicians from throughout the United States, Canada, South Africa, Australia, and the United Kingdom, give an in-depth description of their programs:

• philosophy of program
• entry criteria
• client assessment of clients
• establishment of treatment goals
• documentation of progress
• clinical techniques utilized
• ischarge criteria and reimbursement issues
• detailed information on the day-to-day workings of their programs
• case examples and protocols for assessment or documentation

Filling the void in current educational and clinical texts, Group Treatment of Neurogenic Communication Disorders: The Expert Clinician’s Approach necessarily provides a wealth of insight and global perspective in the provision of care in aphasia and related conditions for students, clinicians, and professionals in other health-related disciplines.

Reviews

• Leonard L. LaPointe, PhD., Florida State University:
  "…this book is essential. Group intervention strategies offer distinctive benefits as a supplement or in some cases a replacement to traditional one-on-one modes of treatment. Elman has organized, coordinated, and gathered a team who advance these concepts brilliantly. This book should be on the desk of any clinical researcher, teacher, or clinician who struggles with the challenges of brain-based communication loss."

• Doody Enterprises, Inc.:
  "...Meets the author's worthy objectives of providing an accurate account of how clinicians experienced in providing group therapy do so successfully.... This second edition provides updated information that improves the quality of this book."

Audience

Primary Subject: Speech and Language Pathology / Neurogenics
Audience Level: Professional/Textbook - 90 Days

• I. Front Matter
  1. Preface
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Introduction to Group Treatment of Neurogenic Communication Disorders
     Roberta J. Elman
  4. Group Process, Group Dynamics, and Group Techniques with Neurogenic Communication Disorders
     Susan E. Adair Ewing
  5. Measuring Outcomes of Group Therapy
     Kathryn L. Garrett and Jane T. Pimentel
  6. Reimbursement Issues Particular to Group Treatment
     Cynthia Busch
• II. Aphasia
• III. Speech-Language Pathologist Facilitated Groups
  1. 1. Aphasia Group Communication Treatment: The Aphasia Center of California Approach
     Ellen Bernstein-Ellis and Roberta J. Elman
  2. 2. A Problem-Focused Group Treatment Program for Clients with Mild Aphasia
     Roberta C. Marshall
  3. 3. Rebuilding Identity through Stroke Support Groups: Embracing the Person with Aphasia and Significant Others
     Barbara B. Shadden
• IV. University Groups
  1. 1. Clients as Teachers: Two Aphasia Groups at the University of Queensland
     Linda E. Worrall, Bronwyn J. Davidson, Tami J. Howe, and Tanya A. Rose
  2. 2. Aphasia Groups in a University Setting
     Pelagie M. Beeson and Audrey L. Holland
  3. 3. Contextual Group Communication Therapy for Persons with Aphasia: A Scaffolded Discourse Approach
     Kathryn L. Garrett, Caterina F. Staltari, and Laura J. Moir
  4. 4. “We all speak the same language, we all speak aphasic”: The Evolution of Therapy Groups within a Changing Sociopolitical Context
     Claire Penn and Dilys Jones
• V. Volunteer and Participant Facilitated Groups
  1. 1. Groups in the Aphasia Institute’s Introductory Program: Preparing to Live Successfully with Aphasia
     Aura Kagan, Rochelle Cohen-Schneider, Charline Sherman, and Lorraine Podolsky
  2. 2. Making Connections: Involving People with Aphasia as Group Facilitators
     Tom Penman and Carole Pound
  3. 3. The Power of Aphasia Groups: Celebrating Roger Ross
     Audrey L. Holland
  4. 4. “From the Ground Up”: The Talkback Group Program in South Australia
     Deborah Hersh
• VI. Right Hemisphere Damage
  1. 1. Group Treatment for Patients with Right Hemisphere Damage
     Leora R. Cherney and Anita S. Halper
• VII. Traumatic Brain Injury
  1. 1. Traumatic Brain Injury: Early Intervention
     Rita J. Gillis
  2. 2. Community Oriented Group Treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury
     Rita J. Gillis
• VIII. Dementia
  1. 1. Group Cognitive-Communication Treatment for People with Dementia
     Tammy Hopper
• IX. Index

About The Editor

Roberta Elman, Ph.D.

Dr. Roberta J. Elman, Ph.D. holds Board Certification in adult neurologic communication disorders from the Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences. She received her doctorate in Speech & Hearing Sciences from the University of California. Prior to founding the Aphasia Center of California, Dr. Elman was Co-Director of an outpatient medical rehabilitation center. She has more than 20 years of experience in the assessment and treatment of neurologic communication disorders. Dr. Elman is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and is active in the Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences.

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