CE Credit: 8 Hours (0.8 CEUs)
Target Audience: Psychology Counseling Speech-and-Hearing Social-Work Occupational-Therapy Marriage-and-Family Dietetics-and-Nutrition Learning Level: Intermediate
Course Abstract: This excellent new edition of a highly respected text provides clear, essential information on aphasia and other neurogenic language disorders in a user-friendly format. Organized in the coursebook format, pages are divided into columns with written information side by side with space for notes, allowing you to keep all your information in one, easy to access location. Thorough revisions reflect recent developments in the field including expanded information on dementia, traumatic brain injury, and right hemisphere syndrome. Current and clinically relevant, additional information on the study, assessment, and treatment of language disorders associated with neurologic problems has been included making this an essential and practical resource. Thomson | 2006 | 546 pages | Course #80-40 Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss historical, localization, and holistic approaches to describing aphasia
2. Define neuroanatomic and neurophysiological terms used to describe brain functioning
3. List and classify types of aphasia
4. Differentiate between nonfluent and fluent aphasias
5. Define disorders often related to aphasia, such as anomia, alexia or agraphia
6. Recall components of a diagnostic battery for differential diagnosis of aphasia
7. Select language characteristics of Right Hemisphere Disorder
8. Identify causes, consequences and management approaches for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
9. Discriminate between dementias associated with Alzheimer’s Disorder (AD) and other neurogenic disorders
About the Author(s):
Dr. Hegde is Professor of Speech-Language Pathology in the Department of Communicative Disorders at California State University, Fresno. A highly regarded author in speech-language pathology, his books include leading texts in academic courses and valuable resources for clinicians. His books have been used in worldwide in speech-language pathology programs. He holds a master’s degree in experimental psychology from the University of Mysore, India, a post master’s diploma in Medical (Clinical) Psychology from Bangalore University, India, and a doctoral degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Dr. Hegde is a specialist in fluency disorders, language disorders, research methods, and treatment procedures in communicative disorders. He has made numerous presentations to national and international audiences on various basic and applied topics in communicative disorders and experimental and applied behavior analysis. With his deep as well as wide scholarship, Dr. Hegde has authored several highly regarded and widely used scientific and professional books, including Treatment Procedures in Communicative Disorders, Clinical Research in Communicative Disorders, Introduction to Communicative Disorders, A Coursebook on Aphasia and Other Neurogenic Language Disorders, A Coursebook on Scientific and Professional Writing in Speech-language Pathology, A Coursebook on Language Disorders in Children, Hegde’s PocketGuide to Treatment in Speech-Language Pathology, and Hegde’s PocketGuide to Assessment in Speech-language Pathology. He also has served on the editorial boards of scientific and professional journals and continues to serve as an editorial consultant to Journal of Fluency Disorders and the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. Dr. Hegde is a recipient of various honors including the Outstanding Professor Award from California State University-Fresno, CSU-Fresno Provost’s Recognition for Outstanding Scholarship and Publication, Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Southern Illinois University Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, and Outstanding Professional Achievement Award from District 5 of California Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Dr. Hegde is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Accreditation Statement:

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