While some people with alexia will be relatively successful reading single words, they may encounter difficulty reading at the sentence-level. ๐ โฃ When assessing reading at the sentence-level, it will be helpful to look at factors beyond just decoding/reading single words in order to determine where the breakdown in reading lies. ๐ โฃ
Taking Semantic Feature Analysis to the Next Level
Semantic Feature Analysis (SFA) is a well-known treatment technique in the SLP world. SFA aims to improve word-finding via spreading activation within the semantic system, and has been shown to result in significant improvements in confrontation naming (Quique, Evans, and Dickey, 2019).โฃ
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While SFA is a powerful tool by itself, researchers have continued to modify and enhance the protocol in order to optimize outcomes. Here are a some ways you can enhance SFA treatment:โฃ
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Alexia Treatment--Combined Lexical and Sublexical Approach
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 ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ (Johnson, Ross, & Kiran, 2017) is designed to target ๐ผ๐๐ aspects of written word processing. โฃ
Alexia Assessment--The Arizona Battery for Reading and Spelling
Alexia assessment is no simple taskโthere are LOTS of variables to consider that can influence reading performance, and it can be difficult to tease apart where a personโs breakdown in reading lies.โฃ When assessing alexia at the single-word level, one of the most powerful assessments out there is the ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด (ABRS). โฃ