SLP 566: Acquired Disorders of Language and Cognition

Unit 1 – Neuroanatomy & Neural Substrates of Language

1 - Overview

2 – Neuroanatomy

a. black and white, 3 slides per page

b. color, 2 slides per page

3. Brain Imaging

4. Blood supply and neuropathology

a. circle of willis – diagram

b. circle of willis – 3-D

Unit 2 – The Nature of Aphasia

Historical Perspectives and Theories – Part 1

Historical Perspectives and Theories – Part 2

Historical Perspectives and Theories – Part 3

Acquired Alexia and Agraphia

Primary Progressive Aphasia

Assessment of Aphasia

Unit 3 - Intervention

Intervention – Stimulation-Facilitation

Intervention – Word level and Sentence level

Intervention – Social Approaches

Intervention – Group Intervention

Intervention – AAC and Aphasia

Intervention – Alexia and Agraphia

Unit 4 – Right Hemisphere

Right Hemisphere Syndrome

Right Hemisphere – Assessment and Treatment