Write here write now. What can we learn from the writing goals of people with aphasia?
Background: People with aphasia commonly have difficulties with producing written language (dysgraphia). Greater understanding of people with aphasia's rehabilitation goals for writing can inform development of evidence-based assessment and management tools. Aims: This qualitative study aimed to exp...
| Published in: | Aphasiology Vol. 39; no. 9; pp. 1187 - 1205 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Sep2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=187310904&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 187310904 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 02687038 B6J jtl: Aphasiology issn: 02687038 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep2025 vid: 39 iid: 9 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 187310904 180193548 187310904 187310904 10.1080/02687038.2024.2411077 187310904 ppf: 1187 ppct: 18 formats: tig: atl: Write here write now. What can we learn from the writing goals of people with aphasia? aug: au: Menger, Fiona Wilkinson, Victoria Webster, Janet affil: School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK sug: subj: Aphasia Therapy Speech Therapy Language Therapy Writing Goals and Objectives Evaluation Human Qualitative Studies Social Media Assistive Technology Thematic Analysis Descriptive Statistics Data Analysis Software Male Female Adult Middle Age Aged Aged, 80 and Over Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Male Female ab: Background: People with aphasia commonly have difficulties with producing written language (dysgraphia). Greater understanding of people with aphasia's rehabilitation goals for writing can inform development of evidence-based assessment and management tools. Aims: This qualitative study aimed to explore the nature of writing goals of people with aphasia who attended an intensive speech and language therapy (SLT) centre. Methods and Procedures: Qualitative data was obtained from five years-worth of client SLT reports from an intensive aphasia centre. Using qualitative content analysis, a deductive coding framework was used to identify any description of writing goals; coding incorporated iterative refinement and agreement among authors. Themes were then constructed to reflect clients' goals to inform writing assessment and therapies. Outcomes and Results: Qualitative analysis focused on content describing 66 goals on writing from 87 reports. There were two dominant interrelated themes: Supporting Communication (33 goals) and Technology (25 goals). Technology included subthemes on Emailing, Texting, Social Media, and Assistive Technology. Two smaller themes were Impairment Focused (4 goals), where goals did not have a clear functional direction, and Other (4 goals), where goals targeted specific writing activities, e.g. crosswords. Conclusions: These thematic findings demonstrate the varied real-life goals for writing among attendees at an aphasia centre. They highlight the nature of relatively early-stage rehabilitation goals for individuals with aphasia, focusing on supporting communication and returning to valued activities. The results provide a context within which we can scrutinise the adequacy of current clinical tools to support goal setting, assess functional writing and design interventions for acquired writing difficulties. Further guidance is needed on assessment of writing as a supportive communication strategy and therapy towards improving this skill. There are also gaps in supporting the personal goals of people with aphasia who wish to produce written language via technology or in online environments. Future research should recognise these priorities and work together with people with aphasia, clinicians, and technology specialists to address an area of clinical need. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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