Aphasia Therapy Workbook — Volume 1

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This practical manual emphasizes self-monitoring and self-reliance. Dozens of exercises will keep your clients’ progress on track. It begins with an introduction to dysarthria: its definitions, types, etiology, prognosis, principles of therapy, and treatment goals. Client and family handouts provide education, and a simple communication board helps people through the rough spots. Creative exercises – many appropriate for home programs – present intriguing characters and situations as they address:

• oral-motor exercises
• resonance
• phonation
• relaxation
• respiration
• prosody
• intelligibility in utterances of increasing length and complexity
• articulation in CVC syllables, minimal pairs, phrases, and sentences

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Advanced exercises feature the author’s fabulous phonemic menus, e.g. Maddy’s Pub (bilabials) and Yogi’s Rib House (glides and glottals). This reproducible resource is a must for any clinician working with clients with dysarthria.

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