47 min.
Integrative Health For Treating Aphasia with Abbe Simon No Plateau Podcast
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What does aphasia treatment look like?
In this episode, we talk with speech-language pathologist Abbe Simon M.A., CCC-SLP, whose professional work has been focused on helping to treat communication disorders, specializing in evaluating and treating aphasia.
“One of the most important things I must stress and hope that the listeners take away from this: Aphasia does not affect intellect, one’s intelligence, or the knowledge that’s stored in their brain before the stroke or other reason that happened to cause it occurred.”
With over 24 years of experience working with aphasia patients, Abbe shares with us common misconceptions about aphasia and communication disorders, as well as how aphasia is evaluated and treated.
“The last thing the brain wants is a compensatory strategy, but we need to acknowledge that some people’s brains or some brains actually want that - dare I say it - the easy way out, right? When we approach speech therapy to improve language, as you mentioned, occupational therapists can do or we, as professionals, can introduce compensatory strategies, or we can introduce restorative strategies - how can we restore something or regain its function….there’s nothing wrong with compensating…but it’s not maximizing neuroplasticity.”
Abbe also shares her perspective on various treatment methods for aphasia, her opinion on specific evidence-based approaches to treating and evaluating aphasia, and all the amazing work she does with iCommunicare.
“People do make huge strides…There ain’t no such thing as a plateau…There’s no plateau. I can work with someone who is 6 days, 6 weeks, 6 months, or 6 years post-stroke and who has aphasia, and they will make improvements if they want to.”
In This Episode
Abbe shares her background and career journey to starting iCommunicare (02:08)
The types of communication disorders Abbe helps treat as a Speech Language Pathologist (04:17)
How speech therapists evaluate and treat aphasia traditionally and currently (06:00)
Where is the cutoff to shift from traditional treatment to modern technological treatments with aphasia patients? (14:10)
Constraint-Induced Language Therapy (CILT) with aphasia patients: does it work? (20:02)
Why is CILT not as popular as Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT)? (24:20)
What are the expectations of patients and outcomes experienced with aphasia? (27:10)
Can we bridge the gap between Occupational Therapists and Speech-Language Therapists with cross-therapeutic interventions? (31:01)
Abbe’s top recommended technology tools for treating aphasia (37:25)
Abbe’s company iCommunicare, and her integrative health coaching work (39:49)
Our Guest
Abbe Simon is a speech-language pathologist and integrative health coach with over 20 years of experience helping adults with aphasia and communication disorders take back control of their life and overcome the barriers of these disorders.
Abbe believes everybody can improve their aphasia if they are motivated and willing to try. She also believes that small wins build momentum and encourages patients to keep pushing to improve. Abbe’s focus is client-centered and emphasizes creating outcomes that go beyond just the treatment room.
Abbe lives in North Carolina, where she runs iCommunicare, an aphasia rehabilitation private practice combining evidence-based programs and integrative health coaching principles to improve aphasia.
Resources & Links
iCommunicare
Abbe Simon on LinkedIn
Abbe Simon on Facebook
Abbe Simon on Instagram
Kleim and Jones article (2008): Principles of Experience-Dependent Neural Plasticity: Implications for Rehabilitation After Brain Damage
Henry Hoffman on LinkedIn
Saebo
On YouTube
On Instagram
On LinkedIn
Saebo’s Stroke Caregiver Support Group
Saebo’s Stroke Survivor Support Group
What does aphasia treatment look like?
In this episode, we talk with speech-language pathologist Abbe Simon M.A., CCC-SLP, whose professional work has been focused on helping to treat communication disorders, specializing in evaluating and treating aphasia.
“One of the most important things I must stress and hope that the listeners take away from this: Aphasia does not affect intellect, one’s intelligence, or the knowledge that’s stored in their brain before the stroke or other reason that happened to cause it occurred.”
With over 24 years of experience working with aphasia patients, Abbe shares with us common misconceptions about aphasia and communication disorders, as well as how aphasia is evaluated and treated.
“The last thing the brain wants is a compensatory strategy, but we need to acknowledge that some people’s brains or some brains actually want that - dare I say it - the easy way out, right? When we approach speech therapy to improve language, as you mentioned, occupational therapists can do or we, as professionals, can introduce compensatory strategies, or we can introduce restorative strategies - how can we restore something or regain its function….there’s nothing wrong with compensating…but it’s not maximizing neuroplasticity.”
Abbe also shares her perspective on various treatment methods for aphasia, her opinion on specific evidence-based approaches to treating and evaluating aphasia, and all the amazing work she does with iCommunicare.
“People do make huge strides…There ain’t no such thing as a plateau…There’s no plateau. I can work with someone who is 6 days, 6 weeks, 6 months, or 6 years post-stroke and who has aphasia, and they will make improvements if they want to.”
In This Episode
Abbe shares her background and career journey to starting iCommunicare (02:08)
The types of communication disorders Abbe helps treat as a Speech Language Pathologist (04:17)
How speech therapists evaluate and treat aphasia traditionally and currently (06:00)
Where is the cutoff to shift from traditional treatment to modern technological treatments with aphasia patients? (14:10)
Constraint-Induced Language Therapy (CILT) with aphasia patients: does it work? (20:02)
Why is CILT not as popular as Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT)? (24:20)
What are the expectations of patients and outcomes experienced with aphasia? (27:10)
Can we bridge the gap between Occupational Therapists and Speech-Language Therapists with cross-therapeutic interventions? (31:01)
Abbe’s top recommended technology tools for treating aphasia (37:25)
Abbe’s company iCommunicare, and her integrative health coaching work (39:49)
Our Guest
Abbe Simon is a speech-language pathologist and integrative health coach with over 20 years of experience helping adults with aphasia and communication disorders take back control of their life and overcome the barriers of these disorders.
Abbe believes everybody can improve their aphasia if they are motivated and willing to try. She also believes that small wins build momentum and encourages patients to keep pushing to improve. Abbe’s focus is client-centered and emphasizes creating outcomes that go beyond just the treatment room.
Abbe lives in North Carolina, where she runs iCommunicare, an aphasia rehabilitation private practice combining evidence-based programs and integrative health coaching principles to improve aphasia.
Resources & Links
iCommunicare
Abbe Simon on LinkedIn
Abbe Simon on Facebook
Abbe Simon on Instagram
Kleim and Jones article (2008): Principles of Experience-Dependent Neural Plasticity: Implications for Rehabilitation After Brain Damage
Henry Hoffman on LinkedIn
Saebo
On YouTube
On Instagram
On LinkedIn
Saebo’s Stroke Caregiver Support Group
Saebo’s Stroke Survivor Support Group
47 min.