Semantic Workbooks

Kay Beveridge, Caroline Davidson, Carol Nelson, Stobhill Hospital

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9780863882678
• eBook ISBN: 9781351694377
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

Using hundreds of clear and captivating illustrations, this resource, divided into 6 sections, housed in a ring binder provides a range of semantic therapy ideas and materials. Designed for use with adults with acquired neurological disorders and based on the cognitive neuropsychological model of language processing, each workbook covers specific aspects of semantics. "Contains an excellent range of visual materials. "Gives a range of semantic therapy ideas and materials that can be used individually or modified for use with groups. "Exercises are graded in order of difficulty and presented in a range of formats, eg, pictures only, written word only and pictures with words. "Designed for use with adults with acquired neurological disorders and based on the cognitive neuropsychological model of language processing. "Many of the picture exercises would also be suitable for semantic work with children. "Gives the busy therapist an easy, quick and high quality resource for everyday use. Carol Nelson and Caroline Davidson have worked at the Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow for several years. These workbooks were created as an easily usable resource for therapists who work with aphasic clients. After 13 years' experience in working with children and young adults with learning disabilities Kave Beveridge moved to the position of Speech and Language Therapy Assistant at Stobhill Hospital in 1993. She worked in the Speech and Language Therapy department until she retired in September 2008.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• About the Authors
• Preface
• Introduction
• Contents
• Workbook 1 Odd One Out
• Workbook 2 Circles
• Workbook 3 Verb Circles
• Workbook 4 Verbs
• Workbook 5 Spoken Word to Picture Matching
• Workbook 6 Word Association