Problem-Focused Group Treatment for Clients With Mild Aphasia

Abstract
This report describes a problem-focused group treatment approach for treatment of persons with mild aphasia. The program aids its clients in compensating for and adjusting to day-to-day cognitive/communication problems secondary to brain injury. Speech and language test results, and client self-reports, are presented for 25 individuals with mild aphasia who have participated in the program to date. Treatment outcomes for improved and nonimproved clients receiving group treatment are discussed. Suggestions for improving documentation of the changes made in group treatment by persons with mild aphasia are provided.