Specific information regarding the Communication Sciences and Disorders' Acute Care Speech Language Pathology practicum led by Carley Evans MS CCC SLP. Carley is a medical speech pathologist at the Evelyn Trammell Institute for Voice and Swallowing of the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. If you are new to this practicum, start with the oldest post listed in Archive.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Therapy Tidbits: Expansion and Elaboration

Expansion/Elaboration:
Basically, the response you have obtained from the patient is correct but not perfect; so, you expand the response or ask the person to elaborate.

For example, you ask: "How are shoes and boots alike?" and the person responds, "You wear them." You say, "That's right. Shoes and boots are worn." You can continue to expand the response by saying "Yes, they are worn on your feet. What kind of clothing are they?" or you may ask them to elaborate, "On what part of the body do you wear shoes and boots?" and/or "What kind of clothing are shoes and boots?"

The "perfect" response you are trying to elicit is "footwear."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thank you very much for the feedback! It is very helpful. I will work on using it therapy!