As members of the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification Networking Group of the American
Congress of Rehabilitation, we want to express our appreciation for the collection
of articles applying the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System (RTSS) to the
domain of aphasia therapy.
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Overall, the overview and 3 accompanying articles that apply the RTSS to neurobiological,
cognitive-linguistic, and functional communication treatment approaches offered a
positive assessment of the utility of the RTSS. The authors argued that the RTSS's
conceptual framework could improve the design and replication of aphasia treatment
research and the aggregation of evidence across studies. They also postulated that
the RTSS can help educators train, clinicians deliver, and supervisors ensure the
fidelity of evidence-based aphasia treatments.
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Achieving these effects will ultimately require effort to implement and disseminate
RTSS-based treatment descriptions. Thus, the authors explored the potential benefits
of applying the RTSS to specific aphasia therapies as well as the challenges they
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References
- Defining the neurobiological mechanisms of action in aphasia therapies: applying the RTSS framework to research and practice in aphasia.Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2022; 103: 581-589
- Evaluating cognitive-linguistic approaches to interventions for aphasia within the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System.Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2022; 103: 590-598
- Applying the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System to functional communication treatment approaches for aphasia.Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2022; 103: 599-609
- Demystifying the complexity of aphasia treatment: application of the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System.Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2022; 103: 574-580
- Manual laryngeal reposturing as a primary approach for mutational falsetto.Laryngoscope. 2017; 127: 645-650
- Manual circumlaryngeal therapy for functional dysphonia: an evaluation of short-and long-term treatment outcomes.J Voice. 1997; 11: 321-331
- Voice therapy According to the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System: expert consensus ingredients and targets.Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2021; 30: 2169-2201
American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Manual for rehabilitation treatment specification. Available at:https://acrm.org/acrm-communities/rehabilitation-treatment-specification/manual-for-rehabilitation-treatment-specification/. Accessed February 7, 2022.
- The behaviour change wheel: a new method for characterising and designing behaviour change interventions.Implement Sci. 2011; 6: 42
American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Manual for rehabilitation treatment specification. Available at:https://acrm.org/acrm-communities/rehabilitation-treatment-specification/manual-for-rehabilitation-treatment-specification/get-the-manual/#submit-a-question. Accessed February 7, 2022.
Article info
Publication history
Published online: March 16, 2022
Accepted:
February 9,
2022
Received:
February 8,
2022
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