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Foundations of Active Listening for Aphasia Caregivers

The Role of Active Listening

Core Principles of Patient-Centered Listening

Practical Techniques for Everyday Conversations

Listening With Patience in Challenging Moments

Knowledge Check

Burden Check

Active Listening for Aphasia Care: Patience and Practice is a practical, compassionate course designed for family members, friends, and care professionals who support people living with aphasia. Using clear, step-by-step strategies, you will learn how to slow down, reduce pressure, and create a safer, calmer environment that invites participation. The course blends foundational principles with real-world techniques you can use immediately at home, in clinics, and in the community. You will discover how active listening builds trust, reduces frustration, and improves safety by preventing misunderstandings. You will practice silence, pacing, paraphrasing, and simple verification tools to check understanding without interrupting a person’s flow. You will also learn how to acknowledge feelings first, set shared expectations, and reduce environmental distractions. Through guided reflection, you will develop a sustainable listening habit, supported by a simple home toolkit and collaboration with a speech-language pathologist (SLP). Whether conversations are smooth or challenging, this course equips you to respond with patience, presence, and respect—so the person with aphasia feels heard, included, and empowered.

P 2  Active Listening  (module 4)

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            <p>Active listening is more than hearing words; it is a method for creating safety, trust, and participation for people living with aphasia. This course, Active Listening for Aphasia Care: Patience and Practice, guides caregivers to slow the pace, use fewer words, and be fully present so conversations feel supportive rather than pressured. You will learn core principles of patient-centered listening—adopting a calm and respectful tone, allowing extra processing time, embracing silence, and checking understanding through simple yes/no questions, choices, or paraphrasing. By prioritizing feelings before facts, maintaining eye contact, and reducing environmental noise, caregivers can make communication clearer and less tiring for everyone involved.</p>
<p>The course moves from foundations to practical skills and ongoing maintenance. In everyday conversations, you will practice techniques for challenging moments: slowing down when word-finding is hard, avoiding finishing sentences unless invited, validating frustration, praising effort over accuracy, and using alternative modes like writing, gestures, or pictures when speech stalls. You will apply the WAIT approach—Why Am I Talking?—to reduce interruptions and support the person’s lead, and you will learn to repair breakdowns by summarizing what you heard and asking for confirmation or correction. To sustain progress, you will set personal goals, debrief briefly after interactions, build a simple home toolkit (notepad, marker, picture cards, timer), and collaborate with a speech-language pathologist. By the end, you will have a practical, compassionate framework for patient-centered listening that you can use every day.</p>
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