Cognitive-communication disturbance following traumatic brain injury (TBI) has historically been well characterized, along with recommendations for assessment and treatment. Approaches often focus on underlying disorders of attention, memory, and executive functioning and their impact on communication behaviors, especially in the chronic stages of recovery. Another cognitive domain, language, is often underrecognized in these approaches, and recommendations for management in the acute stage of neurorehabilitation are lacking, leaving clinicians in the inpatient rehabilitation setting with uncertainty about how to work with this population. In this clinical webinar, Kim Frey, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, CBIS will review findings from a 3-year study investigating acute post-traumatic language disturbance (aPTLD) in an inpatient neurorehabilitation setting.
Learning Objectives:
- Explain the neuroanatomy of aphasia in TBI.
- List the benefits of considering aphasia in TBI.
- Describe clinical presentation and assessment of persons with aphasia due to TBI.
Kim Frey, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, CBIS, holds a dual Doctorate in Cognitive Science and Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences and has directed the Speech-Language Pathology department at Craig Hospital in Englewood, CO since 2012. Clinically, she has worked in the inpatient neurologic rehabilitation setting since 1995, including developing and directing an intensive aphasia program. Dr. Frey has researched, published, and presented on behavioral, cognitive, and communication impairment due to stroke, traumatic brain injury, and viral illness.
Fee: $50 (includes 1 ACBIS CEU)
