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Article: Operant conditioning and programmed instruction in aphasia rehabilitation.(r)
- Article from:
- The Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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Abstract
Behavior theory has fallen from favor as a foundation for aphasia rehabilitation. Once a robust basis for experimental and clinical examination of communication disorders in adults, behavior modification has been largely absent in the literature of the past 25 years. This paper advocates a return to the application of a behavioral framework for the treatment of aphasia, with particular attention to the principles of reinforcement, and punishment, including overcorrection. It also advocates a return to such programs of instruction as melodic intonation therapy and to the application of contemporary alternate augmentative communication systems (AAC). The ...