Cognitive Communication Disorders

The fourth edition of Cognitive Communication Disorders is an essential text for graduate speech-language pathology courses on cognitively-based communication disorders. It provides vital information on the cognitive foundations of communication (attention, memory, and executive function). The book provides readers with a comprehensive theoretical and applied review of how deficits in these core cognitive abilities manifest in right hemisphere brain damage, dementia, primary progressive aphasia, concussion, and traumatic brain injury. Case studies illustrate principles of clinical management, and figures and tables facilitate understanding of neurobehavioral correlates, differential diagnoses, and other critical clinical information.

New to the Fourth Edition

• New co-editor, Sarah E. Wallace
• A new chapter on working with underserved populations  
• Chapters now begin with learning objectives for an educational frame of reference for students before new material is presented
• A glossary makes it easy to find definitions of all of the book’s key terminology
• Updated and expanded evidence-based information on assessment and treatment of cognitive communication deficits
• Updated case studies addressing assessment and treatment of individuals with cognitive communication disorders with attention to underserved clinical populations
• New online ancillary resources include a test bank and sample syllabus for instructors, and a list of helpful recommended readings for students

The international roster of returning and new contributors includes Maya Albin, Margaret Lehman Blake, Jessica A. Brown, Mariana Christodoulou Devledian, Fofi Constantinidou, Petrea L. Cornwell, Heather Dial, Eduardo Europa, Kathryn Y. Hardin, Maya Henry, Ronelle Heweston, Kelly Knollman-Porter, Nidhi Mahendra, Katy H. O’Brien, Mary H. Purdy, Sarah N. Villard, Sarah E. Wallace, and Catherine Wiseman-Hakes.

PluralPlus Online Ancillary Materials

• For instructors: PowerPoint slides, Test Bank, Sample Course Syllabus
• For students: Lists of Related Readings and Websites

Instructor test bank available on the Respondus Test Bank Network.

Preface
Acknowledgements
Contributors 

1       Attention
Sarah N. Villard

2       Principles of Human Memory: An Integrative Clinical Neuroscience Approach
Fofi Constantinidou and Marianna Christodoulou Devledian

3       Executive Functions: Theory, Assessment and Treatment
Mary H. Purdy and Katy H. O’Brien

4       Cognitive Communication Deficits Associated with Right Hemisphere Damage
Petrea L. Cornwell, Ronelle Hewetson, and Margaret Lehman Blake

5       Primary Progressive Aphasia
Heather Dial and Maya Henry

6       Dementia: Concepts and Contemporary Practice
Nidhi Mahendra and Eduardo Europa

7       Cognitive Communication Disorders Associated With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (Concussion)
Kathryn Y. Hardin and Catherine Wiseman-Hakes

8       Traumatic Brain Injury
Kelly Knollman-Porter, Jessica A. Brown, and Sarah E. Wallace

9     Implementing Culturally Responsive and Trauma-Informed Care in Acquired Cognitive Communication Disorders:  SLP Considerations for Marginalized and Underserved Populations
Catherine Wiseman-Hakes, Kathryn Y. Hardin, and Maya Albin

Glossary
Index

Cognitive Communication Disorders, Fourth Edition comes with access to supplementary student and instructor resources on a PluralPlus companion website.

The companion website is located at: https://www.pluralpublishing.com/publication/ccd4e

STUDENTS:

The student resources include lists of related readings and websites for each chapter.

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