Testimonials
Acknowledgments
About The Author
Introduction- A note from Joan about how to use this guide to meet your immediate objectives
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1. Why Use Technology?
- A New Treatment Paradigm
- Benefits of Computer Use
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2. Getting Started
- First Steps
- Therapy Focus and Customized Approach
- Creating Flexible and Interesting Multimedia Practice Programs
- Computer Access
- Therapist and Client Attitudes and Expertise
- Backup Plan When Technology Fails
- Attitude Toward Computers
- Specialist Referrals
- Investment of Time and Money
- Time Requirement
- Cool tools - Top Picks
- Software That Enables Computers to Read Aloud
- Software That Teaches English As a Second Language
- Talking Photo Albums
- Adapted E-mail and Internet Access
- New Handheld Technology to Help With Memory, Organization, and Communication
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3. Treatment Settings
- Top Picks for Getting Started in Most Settings
- Acute Care
- Top Picks for Getting Started With Technology in Acute Care Settings
- Skilled Nursing Facilities, Adult Day-Care Providers, and Retirement Communities
- The Client's Home
- Advantages of Home-Based Treatment
- Disadvantages of Home-Based Treatment
- Notebook or Tablet Computer
- Home Computer
- Rehabilitation and Outpatient Clinics
- Intensity of Treatment
- Home Practice Programs
- Return to Work and Volunteer Positions
- Reasonable Accommodations for People With Communication and Cognitive Impairments
- Technology That May Help With Reading and Writing Work-Related Responsibilities
- Technology That May Help With Communication, Organization, and Memory at Work
- Helpful Web Sites and Other Resources to Help People Enter the Workforce
- Schools
- Mainstream Preschool and Elementary School Software
- Specialized Software for Students
- Software Offering Curriculum-Based Support
- Word Processing Software
- Multimedia and Current Events Software
- Visual-Based Support
- Other Tools That May Be Helpful in the Classroom
- Helpful Web Sites for Advocacy, Therapy, and Information for Students\
- College and University Settings
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4. Scenarios
- Adult in rehabilitation who had a stroke
- An adult who is not peforming work duties well after a head injury
- An adult with gradual Memory Decline
- An adult with Parkinson's Disease and intelligibility issues
- An adult with advanced ALS who requires augmentative and assistive communication devices (AAC)
- An adult in acute care because of a ruptured aneurysm
- An adult others have trouble understanding due to a foreign accent
- A child with difficult to understand speech due to apraxia
- A child having difficulty in school after a concussion
- A child with language learning and literacy challenges
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5. Scenarios
- Treatment Goals
- Ease of Use and Program Flexibility
- Computer Program Response and Feedback
- Customization of Software Content
- Time Requirement
- Use of Traditional Therapy
- Number of Stimuli and Order of presentation
- Language and Cognitive Tasks Required in the program
- Cost
- Context and Situation
- Program Format
- Clarity of Directions and Phone Support
- Recording Data
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6. Computer Access, Customization and Hardware Selection
- Computer Access
- Computer Specifications and Operating System
- Computer Format- Desktops, Notebooks, Tablets, Handhelds and Portable Word Processors
- Cursors
- Selection Devices
- Monitors
- Keyboards
- Speech and Voice Input
- Headsets and Microphones
- Networks
- Protection
- Additional Resources
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7. Computer Setup Considerations
- One Computer in a Quiet Location
- Several Treatment Rooms With One Computer in Each Location
- More Than One Computer in a Large Room Set Up for Independent Practice
- Internet Access
- Networking
- Software Storage
- Nature of Goals Most Frequently Addressed
- Software Installation
- Training and Computer Expertise of Clients, Professionals, and Other Support People
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8. Supportive Research
- Brain Neuroplasticity
- Treatment Intensity
- Compensation and Multimedia Treatment
- Research and Efficacy Studies
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9. Treatment and Technology to Improve Verbal Expression
- Software Program Characteristics for Speech Goals
- Software Program Characteristics for Language Goals
- Assistive Strategies and Technology for Basic Verbal Expressive Needs
- Computer Software to Help Improve Verbal Expression Grouped by
- Software Features
- Video of Mouth Movement
- Repetition and Naming Drill-and-Practice Tasks
- Words in Natural Settings
- Repetition Tasks With Stimuli Grouped by Speech Sound
- Software to Increase Length of Utterance and Improve Syntax
- Software With an Authoring Feature
- Cognitive Component for Production of Novel Speech Utterances
- Text and Picture Based Software Not Grouped by Sound or Topic
- Text Readers
- Topic-Based Sentences, Dialogue Tasks, and Programs
- Visual/Graphic Feedback of Speech and Voice Production
- Voice Recognition
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10. Additional Tools and Resources to Improve Verbal Expression
- Simple Communication Items Without Voice
- Communication Devices With Voice
- Tips for Selecting a Communication Device
- People Who Can Benefit from Voice Output Devices
- Computer Programs Which Generate Text For Treatment
- Communication Devices with Voice
- Direct-Select, One-Level Voice Output Communication Devices
- Dynamic Display Voice Output Devices
- Dynamic Display Communication Software
- Devices and Software Using a Client's Own Speech to Clarify the Message
- Telephones, Videophones and Assistive Options
- Emergency Alerts
- Relay Phone Assistance
- Cell Phones
- Adapted Cell Phones
- Adapted Landline Phones
- Videophones
- Music
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