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Communication between caregiver and person with aphasia

Assessment and training

Lara Laschi, Giada Bartolini

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Product: Book

Trim size in cm: 17x24cm

Pages: 160

ISBN: 9788859044215

Publication date: 01/11/2025


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This volume was created to provide concrete, validated tools for those who care daily for a person with aphasia and face the challenges of everyday communication.

It presents two innovative and complementary tools:

  • The ACCA-cl Scale, an assessment grid that allows for a structured evaluation of the caregiver’s communicative competence, helping to guide intervention;
  • The TIC-TAC Method, a practical and flexible training programme designed to help the caregiver become an effective conversational partner, even in the early stages of aphasia.

Through theoretical foundations, operational protocols and clinical examples, the volume shows how these tools can be integrated into rehabilitation practice to improve interaction quality, support the autonomy of the person with aphasia, and reduce the caregiver’s emotional burden.


Presentation

Chapter 1
Theoretical and Foundational Aspects


  • Concept and epidemiology of aphasia

  • Clinical manifestations

  • Aetiopathogenesis

  • Prognosis


Functional communication

  • Communicating with a person with aphasia

  • The role of the caregiver

  • The role of the speech and language therapist in caregiver training: communicative strategies and emotional support


Chapter 2
Assessment Scale of Communicative Competence and Training Methods: State of the Art

  • Assessment of communicative competence

  • Training methodologies


Chapter 3
The ACCA-cl Scale: Background and Application
The ACCA-cl Scale: Assessment of Caregiver Communication in Aphasia – ACCA Checklist

  • Administration procedures

  • Scoring grid

  • Standardisation and validation study


Chapter 4
TIC-TAC: Background and Application
The TIC-TAC Method: Training for Instruction in Communication between Person with Aphasia and Caregiver

  • General conditions

  • Day 1

  • Day 2

  • Validation study of the method


Chapter 5
Clinical Cases

  • Case study F.M.

  • Case study M.M.

  • Case study C.T.

  • Case study A.I.

  • Case study S.P.

  • Case study P.E.

  • Case study P.F.

  • Case study S.G.

  • Summary considerations


Appendix 1
ACCA-cl: Fillable version

Appendix 2
Booklets

Bibliography





Thematic Areas
Language/Speech therapy > Perception, phonology and articulation
 Language/Speech therapy