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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beeke, Suzanne, editor.

Bloch, Steven, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Speech therapy--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Speech therapy.

Aphasic person--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Aphasic person.

Conversation analysis--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Conversation analysis.

Conversational repair--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Conversational repair.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 97 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

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

Summary:

"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."-- Back cover.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781917465007

1917465009

9781917465205

1917465203