Journal article
Can Learning Theory Teach Us about Aphasia Therapy?
Aphasiology, Vol.13(2), pp.134-140
02/01/1999
Abstract
Commentary on Alison Ferguson's "Learning in Aphasia Therapy: It's Not So Much What You Do, but How You Do It!" (1999) agrees with Ferguson that theories of impairment & rehabilitation are not to be conflated, as the former is insufficient to specify the latter. Although current therapeutic models fail to account for the relationship between pre- & posttreatment behaviors, it is not clear that this gap can be filled as Ferguson proposes by specifying the learning theory underlying the therapy method: Ferguson's cognitive-behavioral & behavioral categories are not sufficiently distinct, as both involve conscious & unconscious processes; & very different therapeutical methods with no obvious common factors are grouped together in Ferguson's four categories based on learning theories. It is suggested that a theory of aphasia therapy may be premature, given both insufficient knowledge regarding impairments & a widely felt need for such a theory to motivate treatment of specific deficits. 18 References. J. Hitchcock
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Can Learning Theory Teach Us about Aphasia Therapy?
- Creators
- Jeanne Gordon
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Aphasiology, Vol.13(2), pp.134-140
- ISSN
- 0268-7038
- eISSN
- 1464-5041
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/01/1999
- Academic Unit
- Communication Sciences and Disorders
- Record Identifier
- 9984267724002771
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