We're a speech therapy software company making evidence-based treatment for adults with stroke, brain injury, and other conditions more accessible.
πΊοΈ Your patient's errors are a map
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Every word-finding error your patient makes is guiding you toward diagnosis and treatment. 'Banana' for 'apple' = semantic breakdownβ Once you know where the breakdown is, clinical decision-making gets easier. π And that's exactly what these two new handouts in the Virtual Rehab Center are designed to help with: π SLP Cheat Sheet: Anomia Treatments β a quick-reference table that matches treatments (SFA, PCA, AbSANT, VNeST, and more) to specific anomic profiles. Pull it up when you're deciding what to try with a patient. π What SLPs Need To Know: Anomia β a summary covering anomia foundations, assessment tools, treatments, and word-finding strategies. Great for a quick refresher any time. No pulling out your grad school notes, searching for research articles, or second-guessing your treatment. These handouts have it all, and they're free to download during your 3-week Virtual Rehab Center trial.
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Tactus Therapy
We're a speech therapy software company making evidence-based treatment for adults with stroke, brain injury, and other conditions more accessible.
Hi there, Last week I shared something on social media that got 475+ likes, 214 saves, and 102 people sent it directly to someone they love. Maybe you need to hear this, too. β₯οΈ See the full post on Facebook or Instagram The word isn't missing. The road to it is blocked. The good news is that brains can heal. Roads can get cleared. Sometimes new roads get built around the damage. It can feel hard at first, because these "new roads" start as gravel pathways. Yes, they still get to the word......
Hi! π There's a new article covering anomia on the Tactus website. And while there's a lot of great info, three findings kept stopping me in my tracks... https://tactustherapy.com/speech-therapy-anomia-word-finding-retrieval-aphasia/ 1οΈβ£ First: SFA isn't just SFA anymore. Two recent studies added cognitive components. One study paired it with executive function training, and another with working memory. Both showed gains beyond naming, including discourse and quality of life. π Sample sizes...
In my last email, I left you with a mystery. Grandma. Raccoon. Garage. Our patient was trying to tell a story. We had some nouns, but desperately needed a verb. (Missed the last email? π Read it here.) Well, we finally have an answer... Grandma was trying to trap the raccoon! And now we know, because Strengthening Verb Networks is live in the Virtual Rehab Center. π Strengthening Verb Networks is based on VNeST principles: generating agents and patients for a verb to strengthen its semantic...