An interventional study of Language intervention with group sessions and independent tasks with emphasis on improving reading and writing skills among persons with aphasia in Aphasia, Acquired, Stroke and Rehabilitation, sponsored by University of Arkansas. Active, not recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-07-01.
Sponsored by University of Arkansas · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The purpose of the study is to examine the impact of group participation on adults with aphasia. Participants will complete a standard pre-and post-assessment of language abilities (speech, comprehension, reading, and/or writing). Then participants will attend 90-minute weekly reading group sessions during an academic semester.
The objective of this research is to determine if attendance in groups positively impacts language skills, activity/participation, and/or quality of life in persons with aphasia.
This study will employ a university-clinic based outpatient group to administer language intervention. The specific aims of this study are to determine if group participation improves (1) life participation as measured by self-report questionnaires, (2) intervention-specific language skills as measured by treatment-related measures (e.g., reading comprehension and written expression), and (3) performance on non-treated language test scores as measured by a language assessment battery.
Participants will complete 4-5 individual testing sessions (e.g., initial assessment and pre-/post-testing), 7-12 group sessions (90-minute weekly reading group session), and 7-12 independent sessions at home (e.g., completion of weekly reading assignments).
The participants will read through a designated book incrementally across multiple weeks. The activities completed during the group sessions will focus on improving reading comprehension and written expression skills. Participants will read assigned passages at home and during the group sessions. Participants will complete a Copy and Recall Treatment (CART) worksheet independently to facilitate improvements in writing keywords related to the reading materials. CART involves copying target words and progresses to writing words from recall (Beeson, et al.). Participants will complete a reading comprehension worksheet and engage in discussion regarding the assigned book chapter.
Reading comprehension and written expression data will be collected and analyzed to compare the pre-treatment baseline performance from the first treatment session to the post-treatment performance from the last treatment session. Pre-and post-testing scores will be analyzed to investigate the change in scores across the 2-time points to determine the relative effectiveness of book club participation for improving reading comprehension, written expression, and life participation.
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All participants in this group will receive language intervention within weekly group sessions and independent tasks with emphasis on improving reading and writing skills among persons with aphasia.
Behavioral: Language intervention with group sessions and independent tasks with emphasis on improving reading and writing skills among persons with aphasia
The participants will read through a designated book incrementally across multiple weeks at home and complete reading, writing, and discussion related to weekly readings in a group setting.
Reading Comprehension Battery for Aphasia-2 (RCBA-2; LaPointe & Horner, 1998) Scores
To determine if group participation improves intervention-specific language skills in reading comprehension by comparing baseline score to 1-week post-intervention score
Time frame: 1-week after intervention
Communication Confidence Rating Scale for Aphasia (CCRSA; Babbitt & Cherney, 2010)
To determine participant's feelings related to their communication. Participants rate their confidence on a scale from 0 to 100 for different communication-related activities. Baseline score will be compared to 1-week post-intervention score
Time frame: 1-week post-intervention
Discourse Production Task
Discourse analysis of participants producing monologic narratives (e.g., story retell, procedural explanation, picture sequence description, etc.). Baseline score will be compared to 1-week post-intervention score
Time frame: 1-week post-intervention
Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)
Selected PROMIS instruments (from cognitive, emotional, and social domains) will be used to measure satisfaction with and quality of life. Baseline score will be compared to 1-week post-intervention score.
Time frame: 1-week post-intervention
Gray Oral Reading Test (GORT; Wiederholt & Bryant, 2012)
To determine changes in oral reading and reading comprehension, baseline score will be compared to 1-week post-intervention score
Time frame: 1-week post-intervention
Writing of Untrained Control Words (non-standardized).
Writing untrained words that will be matched for frequency, length, and complexity with the CART trained words to measure generalization. Baseline score will be compared to 1-week post-intervention score
Time frame: 1-week post-intervention
Plan to share: No
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