Aphasia Institute – Health Care Professionals (Part 3)

On-line – Self-Directed Learning

Communication Tools: Communicative Access & SCA™

Supported Conversation for Adults With Aphasia (SCA™) is a program that uses a set of techniques to encourage conversation when working with someone with aphasia through:

• Spoken and written keywords
• Body language and gestures
• Hand drawings
• Detailed pictographs

SCA™ is designed to help people who “know more than they can say” express their opinions and feelings in a way that makes them feel valued and heard. Through the program’s techniques, conversation partners such as family members, doctors, nurses, or friends, can help break down the communication barrier and help people with aphasia re-join life’s conversations.

The goals of Supported Conversation for Adults With Aphasia are:

• Acknowledge the competence of the adult with aphasia.
• Help the adult with aphasia to reveal his or her competence.

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