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Using Virtual Reality To Treat Cognitive & Communication Impairments In Adults, Aubrey Hicks
Using Virtual Reality To Treat Cognitive & Communication Impairments In Adults, Aubrey Hicks
2023 SLP Posters
Cognitive and communicative deficits are experienced by individuals with dementia, stroke, traumatic brain injury, and developmental disabilities. Skilled speech therapy services are required for these individuals’ experiencing impairments in communication, memory, problem-solving, and processing. Treatment targets may vary including communication, attention, focus, orientation, word retrieval, and executive functioning. Treatment tasks must be personalized and purposeful to provide the most functional therapy possible. Virtual reality (VR) has been proposed as a means to provide these services for individuals to promote independence in their environment, and in turn, more functional success in real life. VR is the “use of interactive simulations created …
Dementia: Effects On The Language Skills Of Bilingual Speakers, Christopher Logan Durr
Dementia: Effects On The Language Skills Of Bilingual Speakers, Christopher Logan Durr
2023 SLP Posters
Dementia is a type of condition that is generally characterized by any progressive decline in the brain’s ability to function cognitively and linguistically, brought by either injury or disease. Around the world, roughly 55 million people, live with dementia, with an incidence rate of nearly 10 million per year. Some of the individuals affected by this condition are also bilingual speakers, who comprise about 43% of the global population (World Health Organization: WHO, 2023). Individuals who speak more than one language actively engage in code-switching, where they must alternate between languages. Because of this, speech-language pathologists and other allied health …
Effectiveness Of The Montessori Method For Dementia Patients, Breanna Baker
Effectiveness Of The Montessori Method For Dementia Patients, Breanna Baker
2022 SLP Posters
Dementia is characterized by a progressive decline in memory and other cognitive domains that can interfere with daily living and independent functioning. Symptoms associated with dementia continue to progress in severity until death occurs. This poster will present the available data on The Montessori Program, a specific treatment method that was initially researched more than twenty years ago and is currently being utilized around the globe in more than ten countries. In 1907, Dr. Maria Montessori discovered that experiential learning led to a deeper understanding of language, mathematics, science, music, social interactions, and much more. Montessori is a method of …
Creative Arts Therapy For Individuals With Cognitive-Communication Disorders, Julianne Cadieux
Creative Arts Therapy For Individuals With Cognitive-Communication Disorders, Julianne Cadieux
2022 SLP Posters
This poster will provide an overview regarding the characteristics and prevalence of cognitive-communication disorders, specifically in terms of dementia. Discussion of cognitive, functional, and affective difficulties among those with dementia will occur. The session will give a description of creative arts therapy, with inclusion of the forms and purpose. The utilization and efficacy of creative arts therapy among those with dementia will be examined. Discussion of the impact of creative arts therapy regarding quality of life (QOL) and its affect on skilled services for dementia patients will occur.
White Matter Disease And Subcortical Vascular Dementia: Interventions For Cognitive Deficits And A Case Study, Rachael N. Velius
White Matter Disease And Subcortical Vascular Dementia: Interventions For Cognitive Deficits And A Case Study, Rachael N. Velius
2020 SLP Posters
This session introduces and defines White Matter Disease and Subcortical Vascular Dementia, reviews research discussing the significance of cognitive deficits in patients with Subcortical Vascular Dementia and examines interventions targeting these deficits. The limited research supporting interventions targeting cognitive deficits in patients with White Matter Disease and Subcortical Vascular Dementia is also discussed and a case study is presented.