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Communication with Patients with Aphasia: An Interdisciplinary Approach
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This course has been developed for delivery to Occupational Therapists. It is registered with AOTA for 0.1 CEU.

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Course Description
To maximize communication with patients with aphasia, the interdisciplinary team must have knowledge of different communication strategies and tools that can be utilized to facilitate optimal patient care and collaborative goal setting. This course defines and outlines the characteristics of fluent and non-fluent aphasia, provides aphasia focused communication tips, and introduces Alternative and Augmentative Communication supports (including No Tech, Light Tech and High Tech AAC). Guidance on how to utilize these different supports to enhance communication with patients with aphasia is provided.

Disclaimer:
This course is focused on Lingraphica high-tech AAC devices. There will be limited information about other device manufacturers

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To view a full list of available sessions, click the orange 'Enroll' button.

This course has been developed for delivery to Occupational Therapists. It is registered with AOTA for 0.1 CEU.

 

Learners must use the most updated version of Chrome for all CEU activities on this portal. Using mobile devices or other browsers at any juncture will cause an error in the course completion process.

 

Course Description

To maximize communication with patients with aphasia, the interdisciplinary team must have knowledge of different communication strategies and tools that can be utilized to facilitate optimal patient care and collaborative goal setting. This course defines and outlines the characteristics of fluent and non-fluent aphasia, provides aphasia focused communication tips, and introduces Alternative and Augmentative Communication supports (including No Tech, Light Tech and High Tech AAC). Guidance on how to utilize these different supports to enhance communication with patients with aphasia is provided. 

 

Disclaimer: 

This course is focused on Lingraphica high-tech AAC devices. There will be limited information about other device manufacturers 

 

Course/Activity Information

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Define Aphasia and name three common characteristics 

  • Identify two ways that an interdisciplinary approach improves patient care for the Person with Aphasia (PWA)

  • Identify three types of communication supports and give an example of each

  • Recall two ways an AAC device can be used with an Occupational Therapist to achieve session goals

Time-Ordered Agenda

10 minutes: Definition of Aphasia

10 minutes: Interdisciplinary Aphasia Advocacy

15 minutes: Communication Strategies and Supports (No Tech, Light Tech, High Tech AAC)

10 minutes: Case study

5 minutes: Device Trials

10 minutes: Questions and Answers

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Course Completion Requirements 

  1. Attendance and/or Completion of Online Lecture
  2. Completion of Learning Assessment with a minimum score of 70%
  3. Completion of a PD Activity Evaluation

 

 Instructional Personnel 

Teresa Thompson, MA, CCC-SLP  

Teresa joined Lingraphica in 2020. She has more than 12 years of experience in speech-language pathology and has worked as a speech-language pathologist with adults in the acute care, outpatient, skilled nursing and home health settings. Teresa earned her BSBA from the University of Denver and her Masters of Arts in Speech-Language Pathology from Northwestern University.  

Relevant Financial Relationships: Teresa Thompson is an employee at Lingraphicare America, Inc. Relevant Non-Financial Relationships: No relevant non-financial relationships exist 

 

 

We are here to help. Please contact us for learning accommodations or your accessibility needs: 

continuinged@lingraphica.com 

 

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