Main description:

Understanding the recent science about how therapy changes the brain can empower clinicians to face the challenges of increasingly demanding medical and educational settings. However, many speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are unaware of the vast impact new neuroscience research has on clinical practice. Cognitive and Communication Interventions: Neuroscience Applications for Speech-Language Pathologists is a practical guide which informs and enables SLP's, clinical psychologists, and other therapeutic professionals to use new research to enhance their clinical outcomes.

Although based on independent neuroscience principles and research, this unique book is designed to be a readable and scientifically sound clinical guidebook. Written with the busy clinician in mind, this professional resource uses accessible, easy-to-understand language to walk readers through the complexities of neuroscience and provide workable strategies for application.

The beginning chapters break down important concepts, such as neuroplasticity, environmental stressors, and connectomics, to create a base of understanding. The middle chapters delve into recent investigations of factors that potentially affect typical brain development, as well as disrupt connectomics. The final chapters provide neuroscience considerations for intervention, including the "What, How, and When" of therapy and other important considerations for individualizing and maximizing outcomes.

Throughout the book, clinicians will also find case studies which provide examples of the practical applications of neuroscience research and study questions to improve memory and inference.

Contents:

Preface
Introduction and Chapter Overview
Chapter 1. NEUROSCIENCE OVERVIEW AND UPDATE
Chapter 2: HUMAN BRAIN: ORAL, GESTURAL AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE NETWORKS
Chapter 3: COGNTIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND CONNECTOMICS APPLICATIONS TO NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
CHAPTER 4: HOW THE HUMAN BRAIN CHANGES: NEUROGENETICS, NEUROPLASTICITY IN MATURATION, RECOVERY, AND ENVIRONMENT
Chapter 5: ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN BRAIN MATURATION OF LANGUAGE AND COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS
Chapter 6: CONNECTOMICS & GENETICS OF NEURODEVELOPMENTAL COGNITIVE AND COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
Chapter 7: CONNECTOMICS & GENETICS OF ACQUIRED COGNTIVE AND COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
Chapter 8 HOW THERAPY CHANGES THE BRAIN
Chapter 9 OTHER CONSIDERATIONS: MAXIMIZING THERAPEUTIC OUTCOMES
Appendices:
I A Short Syntax Overview
II ICD-11 Language Disorders
III ICD-11 Dementias
IV Recent Clinical Resources for Task Selection with Strong Evidence-Base