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Table 2 Illustration of CLT with the semantic therapy program BOX and the phonological program FIKS

From: Rotterdam Aphasia Therapy Study (RATS) – 3: “The efficacy of intensive cognitive-linguistic therapy in the acute stage of aphasia”; design of a randomised controlled trial

Semantic therapy program BOX Subject: word meaning Objective: consolidate the internal semantic network to improve word finding Presentation: oral, visual or by computer (eBOX)

Examples:

 

Word level

Sentence level

  

Which word does not match?

Is this sentence correct?

Ruler

The balloon flies in the air.

Musical scale

Correct.

Gauge

 

Balance

The candle is burning embittered.

Measuring tape

Incorrect. Please correct the sentence.

Phonological therapy program FIKS Subject: processing and production of speech sounds Objective: consolidate the internal phonological network and improve production of speech, to improve word finding Presentation: oral, visual or by computer (eFIKS)

Examples:

 

Word level

 

Which word is printed here?

tion

trans

la

= translation

Read it out loud please.

ment

ta

tes

= testament

Sentence level

 

Please finish the sentence with a rhyming word:

The enthusiastic amateur cook,

 

read the recipe carefully in his cooking- …