Therapy often comes to an end after one or two months, long before the patient has regained functional speech. The caregiver inherits the job of following through with a home program of therapy. This Kit addresses that situation. It provides a way in which the caregiver can become an active participant in helping the aphasic patient regain the ability to communicate. This pocketsize book can serve as an alternative to speech or as an adjunct to talking.
Aphasic patients are often able to say a word when they see it printed.
Patients use the Communication Book to help them say words and to find additional words. All pages have space for personalizing with words or pictures the patient uses frequently. Focus Pages and Storytelling Pages provide a way to expand communication beyond one word responses. A Manual It provides instructions for teaching the patient to use the Communication Book. It is important that this method be followed if the patient is to accept the book and successfully use it in the home as well as in the community.