Incorporating Strategy Training Into Naming Treatment in Aphasia

The strategy training of focus in this study is metacognitive strategy training intended to build awareness of naming and methods to overcome instances of difficult naming. Strategy training involves (a) teaching the participant to identify instances in which they are unable to name objects, (b) learn a 6-feature framework (e.g. group, use, action) that has been identified to support semantic feature activation in aphasia, (c) learn and practice strategies to utilize the framework in instances of word finding difficulty