This is the first official post recapping specific sessions I attended during the ASHA 2016 Convention. You can access more posts labeled "ASHA 2016" under the labels section found in the right tool bar of this page (you'll need to scroll down) once they are published.
Diane German, Ph.D., presented a session on word-finding
difficulties. Just for a little
background information for those of you unfamiliar with Dr. German, she’s a
professor at National Louis University, Chicago and has done some wonderful
work in the area of word-finding and word-retrieval deficits. Her research has lead to the creation on the
Test of Word-Finding-Third Edition (TWF-3) and just this year, the publication
of the second edition of the Test of Adolescent/Adult Word-Finding-Second Edition (TAWF-2). So to hear her speak was a great pleasure for
me. I recommend that you take advantage of hearing her if you ever get the chance. What I will share will you in this and a follow up post is the basic information I took away from her presentation but it is far from everything she discussed.
Although I could never do justice to Dr. German's presentation, I will share with you the things I learned during her session and
why they are important to me as a clinician.
What I learned from Dr. Diane German:
- Is word-finding deficit a language delay?: Although Wallach (2008) was able to determine that word-finding deficits can co-occur with language deficits, Dr. German reports that they can also occur independently and that it’s extremely important to use in-depth assessment and error analysis to determine the types of word-finding difficulties present in order to treat effectively. Keep in mind in-depth assessment is much MORE than picture naming.
- 3 types of word-finding error patterns (EP) and Interventions:
Next post I'll share a bit about assessment and intervention Dr. German recommends for each error pattern type.
Happy Talking!
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