Ch. 10

Question 1

___ and ___ may coexist.

Answer 1

Aphasia and TBI may coexist.

Question 2

Assessment of pragmatic skills:

o ___ ___: Uses of ___ or indices listing different communication parameters

Examples:

• ___ ___: Considered to be the “___ ___ ” for observation ___ . It includes 32 pragmatic behaviors that are divided into 4 categories. You look for these ___ during the observation. Items are judged as ___ , ___ , or not ___.
• ___ ___ ___: It includes cyclical collection and analysis of ___ communication data.

Answer 2

o Systematic observations: Uses of checklist or indices listing different communication parameters

Examples:

• Pragmatic Protocol (Page 312): Considered to be the “gold standard” for observation checklists. It includes 32 pragmatic behaviors that are divided into 4 categories. You look for these behaviors during the observation. Items are judged as appropriate, inappropriate, or not observed.
• Communication Profiling System (Page 313): It includes cyclical collection and analysis of naturalistic communication data.

Question 3

Assessment of pragmatic skills (CONT):

___ ___ : ___ conversations are ___ ___ , ___ , and ___ . Data driven approach.

Answer 3

Conversational analysis: Natural conversations are tape recorded, transcribed, and analyzed. Data driven approach.

Question 4

Assessment of pragmatic skills (CONT):

Use of ___ ___ : Based on research by Turkstra. Four tasks: ___ ___ , ___ , semistructured ___ elicitation task, and ___ . Overall conclusion, we need more studies on pragmatic skills so we have the information for assessment and treatment.

Answer 4

Use of elicitation tasks: Based on research by Turkstra. Four tasks: Negotiating requests, hints, semistructured discourse elicitation task, and sarcasm. Overall conclusion, we need more studies on pragmatic skills so we have the information for assessment and treatment.

Question 5

Management of Pragmatic Skills:

• ___ ___ ___ ___ (Page 319): Specific deficits in communication skills are first identified, exercises are then selected to target those functions.
• ___ ___ (Page 320): The pragmatic skills may be addressed in the form of exercises or activities. Group settings allow opportunities for modeling target skills and promote generalization.
• ___ ___ : Family members and friends may be included in the group planning and review meetings. It can include gathering information about client, recruiting team members, conducting initial team meeting, and conducting regular review meetings.

Answer 5

• Individualized Communication Skills Training (Page 319): Specific deficits in communication skills are first identified, exercises are then selected to target those functions.
• Group Intervention (Page 320): The pragmatic skills may be addressed in the form of exercises or activities. Group settings allow opportunities for modeling target skills and promote generalization.
• Social Networks: Family members and friends may be included in the group planning and review meetings. It can include gathering information about client, recruiting team members, conducting initial team meeting, and conducting regular review meetings.

Question 6

Management of pragmatic skills:

Maybe these… (???)

Answer 6

self-strategies, environmental support, external devices, psychosocial support