WHAT MAKES A THERAPY - SOME PARAMETERS OF THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION INAPHASIA

It has often been assumed that detailed analyses of aphasic impairment s would be both necessary and sufficient for the development of remedi ation programmes. In this paper, we argue that the analysis of the imp airment is a necessary but not sufficient precondition for therapy. Ad equate remediation programmes require the development of an independen t theory of therapy that provides a detailed specification of the diff erent components of the therapeutic process. Therapy can be shown to h ave as many interacting components as the impairment itself. In this p aper, we try to identify some of the components of the therapy process by comparing different therapy programmes that have been employed in the remediation of 'mapping deficits' in agrammatism.