Refer to the case study of Maurice above. While in the intensive care unit, you receive an order for speech therapy to eval and treat this patient. Identify the following: List two assessment measures/tasks you would use in this acute medical setting and briefly explain your rationale List the areas you would assess and your rationale

In one sentence, differentiate between a thrombotic and embolic stroke. 

Primary progressive aphasia is typically a presentation of which type of dementia? 

Which vessel supplies blood to the area of the brain that controls voluntary movements of the face and the basal ganglia?

As Maurice transfers to an intensive inpatient rehabilitation setting, suppose you were the SLP to see him. List the following:  Two assessment measures you would use and your rationale Two treatment approaches or strategies that you would incorporate into your therapy and your rationale One impairment-based goal  One functional/life participation-based goal

This neuroplasticity principle speaks to the importance of therapy being meaningful and functional to induce plasticity.

You have a new client on your caseload. He is a 50 year-old man 8 months post left CVA, resulting in mild fluent aphasia. Prior to his stroke, he was working as a financial advisor. Currently, he is on short-term disability as he recovers. He hopes to return to work within the year. He lives at home with his wife and two teenage children and was an avid gardener and reader (news, fiction, and non-fiction). He struggles with oral reading rate and clarity. He is motivated to work on his reading as well as improve his word finding abilities to better explain his thoughts and ideas for conversing with his family and his clients waiting his return to work.  1. How could you incorporate the life participation approach to aphasia in your work with this client? (1 point) 2. Identify two evidence-based treatments that may be appropriate for this client and explain your rationale (3 points) 3. Identify two principles of neuroplasticity that you will consider in your treatment. In 2 sentences, explain your application of each principle in tx for this client (2 points)

The following arteries are part of the anterior circulation of the brain, EXCEPT for which of the following?

Your patient has been in bed for months and has developed lateral hip rotator contractures (tightness). The muscle(s) you need to stretch to improve hip alignment is the:

In anatomical position, the wrist is in which of the following positions?