How do you communicate with someone with aphasia?
How do you teach someone with aphasia?
Listen to the video with your loved one.
Then, ask yourselves, "What tip would best help our situation?"
Then, implement the tip and practice using it.
It takes effort and planning to begin to use strategies for aphasia.
David Dow had a massive stroke at age 10 destroying nearly 2/3 of the left brain. He was left with global aphasia.
School issues were incredibly difficult for David as he could not speak, read, or write. Aphasia is an invisible disability that affects language - not intellect.
Here, David and his mom Carol Dow-Richards, Director of the nonprofit organization The Aphasia Recovery Connection, share tips for school staff to learn more about aphasia and how they can best support students with this diagnosis. These tips are also good for tutors, caregivers, or those working with or for people with aphasia.
David and Carol wrote about his story and recovery.
It is available on Amazon.
www.amazon.com/Brain-Attack-Jo...
The nonprofit website is
www.aphasiarc.org
Carol and David have been speakers at ASHA and RIC.
If you are looking for speakers on academic issues for an event or in-service staff training for educators, contact Carol at 702-336-0200.
You can reach Carol Dow-Richards or David Dow at aphasiasupport@gmail.com
4 июл 2024
