Episode 107: Discourse Treatment in Aphasia Therapy: Attentive Reading Constrained Summarization (ARCS) with Yvonne Rogalski PhD, CCC-SLP
This course introduces an aphasia treatment that uses reading and verbally summarizing text to improve discourse. Attentive Reading Constrained Summarization (ARCS) improves informativeness, efficiency, and topic maintenance in conversation.
topics covered:
What is ARCS?
What is the purpose of ARCS?
Who is ARCS for?
Where can I use ARCS?
Why use ARCS?
What materials work best for ARCS?
How do I use ARCS? Brief case study to illustrate the implementation and expected outcomes of ARCS
The writing modification for ARCS
This podcast is accompanied by an audio course offered for ASHA CEU credit by SpeechTherapyPD.com
Resources mentioned in the episode
Resources to implement ARCS:
Sourcing reading materials to implement ARCS:
Health Literacy options:
Choosemyplate.gov
stroke.org
biausa.org
apdaparkinson.org
Other options:
Patient’s own reading material
TalkPath News by Lingraphica: http://talkpathnews.aphasia.com/
PBS News Hour: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/
The Week Magazine: https://theweek.com/
ESL websites: https://www.elcivics.com/
TOOLS TO MEASURE READABILITY:
Microsoft Word also has a readability tool that scans your document as you type
Print-Friendly Tool:
journal articles
Obermeyer, J. A., & Edmonds, L. A. (2018). Attentive Reading With Constrained Summarization Adapted to Address Written Discourse in People With Mild Aphasia. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 27(1S), 392.
Obermeyer, J. A., Rogalski, Y., & Edmonds, L. A. (2019). Attentive Reading with Constrained Summarization-Written, a multi-modality discourse-level treatment for mild aphasia. Aphasiology, 1-26.
Rogalski, Y., Altmann, L., & Rosenbek, J. (2014). Retrieval practice and testing improve memory in older adults. Aphasiology, 28:4, 381-400.
Rogalski, Y. & Edmonds, L. (2008). Attentive Reading and Constrained Summarisation (ARCS) treatment in primary progressive aphasia: A case study. Aphasiology. 22. 763-775.
Rogalski, Y., Edmonds, L., Daly, V., & Gardner, M. (2013). Attentive Reading and Constrained Summarisation (ARCS) discourse treatment for chronic Wernicke’s aphasia. Aphasiology, 27:10, 1232-125.
Yvonne Rogalski is an associate professor at Ithaca College in the department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. Her research interests include discourse analysis and treatment as well as memory and cognition in healthy aging and adult populations with acquired communication disorders. She teaches courses in cognitive communication disorders, aphasia, motor speech disorders, and neuroanatomy. She also enjoys supervising graduate students in the clinic and in the aphasia group, and pairing up undergraduates with adults in the community as communication partners.
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