Post-Stroke Communication Therapy

Post-Stroke Communication Therapy: A Step – By – Step Guide is a manual for undertaking communication therapy with patients who have survived a stroke.

The book provides step-by-step instructions on therapy with patients who have aphasia, dyspraxia and dysarthria following a stroke. Each chapter provides details on how to undertake communication therapy including singing, semantic feature analysis, drilling and conversation practice. Each technique is supported by hints and tips developed by the author over the course of her career and provides additional advice on what to do if a patient is struggling, plus guidance on how to make tasks easier or more stretching. There is a mix of impairment and functional-based therapies with tips throughout to make therapy easier for the patient and the therapist.

This accessible guide is a great resource for qualified speech and language therapists as well as speech and language therapy students looking for further reading to support their studies.