Great ideas, Susanne! I'll have to file these for future reference. Mary > > Wrom: YFMYXOEAIJJPHSCRTNHGSWZIDREXCAXZO > Date: 2005/04/14 Thu PM 11:21:37 GMT > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OTlist] OT and Speech Deficits > > > ----- Original Message ----- > Wrom: WCONEUQZAAFXISHJEXXIMQZUIVOTQNQEM > (snip) > > Hi Ron! > > You wrote (long time ago): > > (snip) > > >On a side note, this is a great example of 'framing the problem'. > >This > >woman: > > >1. Had a stroke - which changed every facet of her life > > >2. She is left with residual speech defects > > >3. Concerns of her speech keep her from socializing > > >4. She feels isolated and sleeps too much > > >5. She is losing physical ability because of being sedentary. > > My take: > > I would add a nr. 6 here: She loosing speech ability because of being > sedentary - and missing out on chances of gaining speech abilities. > > Think of child speech development - how the words come when > they're needed. Not for conversation but for communicating > wants and needs, and doing important occupations (like play). Speech > belongs in a context, and grows from there - also, you can tell her > noone will want to listen to her anyway, if she leads a boring life (-: > > So - could you perhaps explain to her how you're going to work on > her speech problem while you go through some familiar tasks in > the home together? First out in the kitchen and make some coffee! > With her balance problem she'll need some help from you - she > might ask you to provide that brown stuff from the top shelf. Oh - > the coffee? If she has problems with nouns you might discuss if > she wants "name tags" on certain things for a while. Would provide > her with an opportunity for training when alone - but she would have > to get out of bed for most of that. You might also use "errorless > learning" - give her starting letters for the words she can't find - > but that also only works if you're around the things, so you know > what she's trying to say! > > I'm basing this on the idea that she seems comfortable enough > talking to you about her speech problem - and therefore might be > willing to do things with you if you explain the point. I like the idea > about the aphasia group also, but I think you'll have to start "closer > to home"! > > About your billing problem I don't know - after all I'm in Denmark (-: > > > susanne - long time no seen (-: > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Change options? > www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com > > Archive? > www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > Help? > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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