Efficacy of Group Versus Individualized Therapy for Clients With Neurogenic Communication Disorders

Thursday, 11:00am to 1:00pm
Seabright
Poster 1
Group therapy has become an increasingly popular approach for individuals with aphasia and neurogenic communication disorders. There is limited research determining if group therapy or individual therapy is more effective; therefore, the aim of this retrospective study was to determine which approach resulted in greater linguistic progress. This study contained three participants and the researcher analyzed three previously recorded individual and group therapy sessions and documented the number of times discourse was initiated, percentage of CIUs, and reviewed the chart to see if the semester goals were achieved. Results depicted that initiation of discourse and the percentage of correct information units (CIUs) were slightly greater in a group therapy environment. The results of this study also suggest that both an individual therapy regimen and a group therapy regimen yields linguistic improvements and are an effective approach.
Track: 
Adult