{"id":1631,"date":"2015-10-13T08:24:37","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T15:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sassquatch.org\/?p=1631"},"modified":"2015-10-13T08:24:37","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T15:24:37","slug":"aphasia-institute-health-care-professionals-part-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sassquatch.org\/?p=1631","title":{"rendered":"Aphasia Institute &#8211; Health Care Professionals (Part 7)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On-line &#8211; Self-Directed Learning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Helpful Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When communicating with a person with aphasia, keep some of the following materials on hand to help enable conversation and comprehension:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blank paper to present one or two pictured items or words at a time.<\/li>\n<li>Markers or pencils &#8211; the bolder or larger the writing, the better to see so use a thick black marker.  For those with aphasia, writing with a pencil is easier.  Make sure to place the pencil and paper right in front of him\/her.<\/li>\n<li>Cut out window, created from construction paper &#8211; use this to frame one picture at a time.<br \/>\nPaper and flashcards &#8211; whether letter-sized or small sheets, flashcard can be used to write keywords (e.g., TOOTHBRUSH) or to introduce or change a topic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Norma<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On-line &#8211; Self-Directed Learning Helpful Materials When communicating with a person with aphasia, keep some of the following materials on hand to help enable conversation and comprehension: Blank paper to present one or two pictured items or words at a time. Markers or pencils &#8211; the bolder or larger the writing, the better to see &#8230; <a title=\"Aphasia Institute &#8211; Health Care Professionals (Part 7)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sassquatch.org\/?p=1631\" aria-label=\"Read more about Aphasia Institute &#8211; Health Care Professionals (Part 7)\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,9,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aphasia","category-family","category-friend"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sassquatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sassquatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sassquatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sassquatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sassquatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1631"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sassquatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1633,"href":"https:\/\/www.sassquatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1631\/revisions\/1633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sassquatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sassquatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sassquatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}