SLP Survey Report_Final - Aphasia Institute
SLP Survey Report_Final - Aphasia Institute
SLP Survey Report_Final - Aphasia Institute
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Section E: Enablers and Barriers<br />
Question 27 - ACCESS TO EVIDENCE: Currently, which of the following are enablers and<br />
which are barriers to the therapy you provide to people with aphasia?<br />
(BPG = Best Practice Guidelines)<br />
Comments:<br />
Usability/Relatability<br />
• Access to evidence is not a barrier. The barrier is being able to apply it. Our programs are<br />
not designed to allow for anything remotely approaching best practice.<br />
• The evidence based guidelines are helpful but I feel the conclusions drawn by Teassell et.<br />
al did not delineate well enough between intensive Tx and non-intensive. We already know<br />
aphasia therapy works with the right dose. We now need to know who needs which type of<br />
Tx.<br />
• Most literature is non-specific and rarely replicable in clinical setting - little exists re:<br />
specific treatments and for which patients they would work<br />
• Almost none of my clients fit research inclusion criteria (they all have multiple severe<br />
conditions and usually ESL). And our model is mostly consultative, so, while read best<br />
practice guidelines, I find they seldom apply<br />
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