Author: Brett McCardel, MS, CCC-SLP
For many people with alexia, there is no one single cause for their reading difficulties. Rather, there are a variety of language processing components that are compromised and result in difficulty reading single words.โฃ
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๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐
๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ (Johnson, Ross, & Kiran, 2017) is designed to target ๐ผ๐๐ aspects of written word processing. โฃ
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Results from this treatment study found that participants not only improved their reading of trained and untrained written words, but also their ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด of these trained and untrained words! Talk about some ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ด!โฃ
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To learn more about how to use Combined Lexical and Sublexical Treatment in your own sessions, download our ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฝ-๐ฏ๐-๐๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ด๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ. โฃ
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Also check out our ๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ to better understand the reading process, and how Combined Lexical and Sublexical Treatment targets each component of the reading process!โฃ
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For other evidence-based alexia treatments at the single-word level, check out Beesonโs Phonological Treatment (@tactustherapy has a fantastic guide on this) and Kendallโs Phonomotor Treatment (a comprehensive guide from the creators of Phonomotor Treatment can be found at https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1166215)โฃ
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Happy Alexia treating!โฃ
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