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Record Nr.

UNINA9910915610203321

Titolo

Better conversations with communication difficulties : a practical guide for clinicians / / Suzanne Beeke and Steven Bloch (eds)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Havant [England] : , : J & R Press Ltd., , 2023

©2023

ISBN

9781917465007

9781907826481

1907826483

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (109 pages) : illustrations

Soggetti

Speech therapy

Aphasic persons - Communication

Conversation analysis

Conversational repair

Handbooks and manuals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction to Better Conversations / Suzanne Beeke and Steven Bloch -- An Outcomes toolkit for a Better Conversations approach / Kate Swinburn, Firle Beckley and Suzanne Beeke -- Better Conversations therapy case studies in aphasia, primary progressive aphasia and dysarthria / Anna Volkmer, Steven Bloch and Suzanne Beeke -- Implementing Better Conversations in practice / Nicola Sirman -- Views and experiences of Better Conversations : what people with communication difficulties, communication partners and SLTs say / Steven Bloch -- Future directions / Lucy Hughes and Wendy Best ; in collaboration with Susan Howell, Richard Cave and Firle Beckley.

Sommario/riassunto

Communication difficulties and needs in children and adults arise from a wide range of causes but one unifying factor is their effect on people's everyday lives -- lived through conversations. Communication difficulties affect life opportunities, societal participation and mental health. They impact on everyday interactions and conversations with others at home, in communities, in education and in healthcare. There



is a growing movement amongst speech and language therapists to offer communication partner training (CPT) to tackle the impact of communication difficulties and needs. Better Conversations is both an approach to the study of conversation in communication difficulty and a growing suite of CPT intervention programs underpinned by Conversation Analytic principles and methods. [This book] is a practical resource for clinicians who wish to implement the Better Conversations approach to CPT.