A CAREGIVER'S GUIDE TO COMMUNICATION AFTER APHASIA: Everyday Strategies for Supported Conversation, Visual Cues, Less Frustration, and More Choice After Stroke - Couverture souple

Treadwell, Lucian George

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1995781886 ISBN 13 : 9781995781884

Editeur : Pebblerook Publishing, 2026

Synopsis

Aphasia can change everyday conversation overnight, leaving families unsure whether to wait, help, write, point, correct or step back.
A Caregiver’s Guide to Communication After Aphasia is for spouses, adult children, relatives, friends and other care partners who want respectful, practical ways to support an adult with aphasia while keeping that person involved in choices and everyday life.

Turn communication support into small changes you can actually use.
The guide uses the Shared Communication Load Model to look at five places where a conversation can become harder: language demand, environment, time pressure, response mode and partner behaviour. You will learn how to say less, leave more response time, use gesture, pictures, writing or AAC when useful, offer choices without taking over, repair communication breakdowns, prepare for appointments and make useful preferences easier to share with other people.

Built for ordinary conversation, not home based therapy.
Nothing in the book asks you to grade speech, test intelligence or turn every interaction into practice. Strategies are kept flexible and person-specific, with short scripts and “try this instead” examples that help you reduce avoidable barriers while protecting adult status, preference and choice.

This book is for readers who support an adult with established aphasia after stroke or another neurological event; want practical supported-conversation strategies; need help with word-finding moments, visual supports or communication breakdowns; want more confidence during appointments and group conversations; or need a clearer way to help without speaking for the person.

Part of the Care Partner Communication Tools series.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pebblerook Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1995781886
• ISBN 13: 9781995781884
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 116
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Europaallee 1; Bad Hersfeld; 36244; Allemagne