Main description:

* This is the first book in 30 years to focus specifically on Global Aphasia.
it provides: an overview of current evidence base for speech and language therapy in global aphasia.
* assessment and therapy ideas specifically tailored to this population including new non-linguistic approaches.
* Provides clinical approaches for managing the cognitive difficulties that often co-occur in this population
* New ways of assessing functional communication through observation in this hard-to-assess population

Contents:

List of Figures

List of Tables

Preface

List of Abbreviations

Chapter 1 What is global aphasia?

Chapter 2 Cognitive difficulties in global aphasia

Chapter 3 Assessment and intervention planning

Chapter 4 Intervention in global aphasia: the evidence base

Chapter 5: Intervention in clinical practice

Chapter 6: Considerations for clinical practice

References

Appendix 1 Example communication history form

Appendix 2 Example of an automatic speech task

Appendix 3 Example of a visual scale

Appendix 4 Strategies for communicating with PwGA

Index