The Comprehensive Aphasia Test (CAT) is a test for people who have acquired aphasia and can be completed over one or two assessment sessions. The test includes a user manual, a ring-bound cognitive screen and language battery, a ring-bound disability questionnaire and a scoring booklet. The cognitive section assesses people's abilities across a range of task that can affect rehabilitation. Forming the main body of the test, the language battery provides a profile of performance across all modalities of language production and comprehension. An optional innovative disability questionnaire explores the impact of aphasia from the perspective of the person with aphasia. In addition the CAT helps the therapist to track changes over the course of recovery, and provides a guide to likely outcomes on the basis of an early assessment. It is supported by normative data on people both with an without aphasia, and extensive data on reliability and clinical validity. The CAT allows users to: Identify underlying impairments Find where to focus assessments using PALPA and other batteries Ascertain the practical, psychological and social impact of aphasia Create a profile of strengths and weaknesses to guide therapy. Structured around fully up-to-date models of language processing from cognitive neuropsychology this test is an indispensable resource for speech and language therapists and researchers. It provides as much information about people's language ability as possible in a relatively brief test designed to be completed in 90-120 minutes. The Scoring Software for the Comprehensive Aphasia Test is available at https: //www.routledge.com/Scoring-Software-for-the-Comprehensive-Aphasia-Test/Keith-Croot/p/book/9781848720640 Additional scoring booklets can be ordered in packs of 10 at https: //www.routledge.com/Comprehensive-Aphasia-Test-Scoring-Book-pack-of-10/Swinburn-Porter-Howard/p/book/9781841695198
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN-10
1841693790
ISBN-13
9781841693798
eBay Product ID (ePID)
43757519
Product Key Features
Author
Gillian Porter, Kate Swinburn, David Howard Jr., David Howard
Publication Name
Comprehensive Aphasia Test
Format
Merchandise, Other
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Dimensions
Item Length
15.6in
Item Height
4.3in
Item Width
12.2in
Item Weight
157.7 Oz
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Reviews
"The rationale for the test is excellent and the manual offers very useful and well-resourced guidance about related areas and pointers for clinicians." - Annette Cameron & Penny Gravill, Aberdeen Royal Infirmaryin theBritish Aphasiology Society Newsletter, "The rationale for the test is excellent and the manual offers very useful and well-resourced guidance about related areas and pointers for clinicians." - Annette Cameron & Penny Gravill, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in the British Aphasiology Society Newsletter, "The rationale for the test is excellent and the manual offers very useful and well-resourced guidance about related areas and pointers for clinicians." -Annette Cameron & Penny Gravill, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in the British Aphasiology Society Newsletter
Table of Content
THE COGNITIVE SCREEN. 1. Line Bisection. 2. Semantic Memory. 3. Word Fluency. 4. Recognition Memory. 5. Gesture Object Use. 6. Arithmetic. THE LANGUAGE BATTERY. Language comprehension. 7. Comprehension of Spoken Words. 8. Comprehension of Written Words. 9. Comprehension of Spoken Sentences. 10. Comprehension of Written Sentences. 11. Comprehension of Spoken Paragraphs. Repetition. 12. Repetition of Words. 13. Repetition of Complex Words. 14. Repetition of Non-words. 15. Repetition of Digit Strings. 16. Repetition of Sentences. Spoken naming. 17. Naming Objects. 18. Naming Actions. 19. Spoken Picture Description. Reading aloud. 20. Reading Words. 21. Reading Complex Words. 22. Reading Function Words. 23. Reading Non-words. Writing. 24.Writing: Copy. 25.Writing Picture Names. 26.Writing to dictation. 27.Written Picture Description. THE DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE. Disability. 28. Disability: Talking. 29. Disability: Understanding. 30. Disability: Reading. 31. Disability: Writing. Impact. 32. Intrusion. 33. Self Image. 34. Emotional Impact.