Acquired Reading Impairment in Aphasia: Alexia Assessment & Treatment

Description

Alexia is an acquired reading impairment that is common in people with aphasia and can contribute to reduced quality of life, difficulty performing vocational tasks, and decreased participation in social activities. Though many people with aphasia experience challenges with reading, clinicians often report feeling uncomfortable adequately assessing and treating alexia. This webinar is designed to serve as an overview of alexia for speech-language pathologists who work with aphasia in the acute, outpatient, and long-term care settings. By attending this webinar, clinicians will learn about a variety of assessment and treatment approaches for alexia at the single-word level, sentence level, and paragraph/discourse level. Case study examples will also be provided that demonstrate using a Life Participation Approach to Aphasia (LPAA) in alexia management.

Instructor

Learning Objectives

● Examine what alexia is and how acquired reading impairments can impact quality of life for people with aphasia

● Analyze how impairments to specific components of the Dual Route Cascaded (DRC) Model of reading may impact reading abilities

● Plan for an alexia assessment that examines reading abilities at the single-word level, sentence level, and paragraph/discourse level

● Implement a variety of alexia treatment approaches at the single-word level, sentence level, and paragraph/discourse level

● Integrate alexia assessment and treatment approaches utilizing a Life Participation Approach to Aphasia (LPAA) framework

Agenda

All times in Eastern Time.

6:00pm–6:10pm

Introduction to Alexia

6:10pm–6:20pm

Dual Route Cascaded Model of Reading

6:20pm–6:30pm

Alexia Subtypes

6:30pm–6:50pm

Assessment and Treatment at the Single-Word Level

6:50pm–7:05pm

Assessment and Treatment at the Sentence Level

7:05pm–7:15pm

Assessment and Treatment at the Paragraph/Discourse Level

7:15pm–7:20pm

Patient-Reported Outcome Measures and Assistive Technology Options

7:20pm–7:30pm

Alexia Case Studies Utilizing a Life Participation Approach to Aphasia (LPAA)

7:30pm–7:35pm

Break

7:35pm–8:05pm

Question and Answer Session

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