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Melissa N., SLP

Collecting an oral history is an individualized, fun, functional method to begin therapy with an adult in any setting. Using a set of “interview” questions, a Speech Pathologist is able to modify the task to fit each patient’s goals. An oral interview addresses functional receptive and expressive language, long term memory, thought organization, and problem solving skills. The patient can be asked to compare/contrast life now to life at a certain age (problem solving), give instructions on how to cook or bake their favorite dish (sequencing), or recall daily events as a young parent (memory). Completing an oral history with a patient and writing responses on paper is an easy, insightful way to establish rapport, facilitate language, and stimulate memory skills. Once completed, the written responses can be given to the patient to be handed on to family members or friends for genealogical purposes. The format that I use is as follows, however, an SLP may add, modify, or reduce the interview as indicated:

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