Constraint Therapy for Aphasia

Recently the same constraint therapy principles (Taub) have been applied to aphasia rehabilitation.  In speech therapy:

1. Constraint means talking and avoiding compensatory strategies like writing, drawing, or gesturing,
2. Forced use is talking, and,
3. Massed practice is 2–6 hours per day of individual and group intensive therapy.  

The aphasia treatment and activities don’t differ much from traditional treatment approaches but they are intensive.  There are several places that offer this intensive therapy:


InterACT – Dalhousie University
      InteRACT
      Tel. 902.494.5158
       Fax. 902.494.5151
       E-mail: interact@dal.ca

Mailing Address:
     InteRACT
     c/o Dalhousie University
     Human Communication Disorders
     1256 Barrington Street
     P.O. Box 15000
     Halifax, Nova Scotia
     Canada B3H 4R2

England
     Connect
     16-18 Marshalsea Road
     Southwark London
     SE1 1HL
     Tel: 020 7367 0840
     Email: info@ukconnect.org

USA
     Intensive Aphasia Treatment Centers