Burke Rehabilitation, a leader in rehabilitation medicine and therapy in the lower Hudson Valley, announced it will resume its intensive comprehensive aphasia treatment program (ICAP) with a session in October, after a successful launch in June. Aphasia is a language disorder impacting the ability to speak, read, write and understand words. It can develop as a result of stroke, brain injury or neurological disorder.
Burke Rehabilitation will offer this intensive aphasia program through its Outpatient Speech Department at its White Plains campus at 785 Mamaroneck Ave. The program runs for four weeks from Oct. 2-27, with participants attending five days per week for four hours each morning. Burke runs each ICAP in small groups of four to six individuals.
“A quick hello, a word of encouragement, a promise to stay in touch; these are simple verbal interactions we usually take for granted. But for the two million or more people who have aphasia in the U.S., the ability to use even the simplest words can be a major challenge,” said Susan Wortman-Jutt, M.S., CCC-SLP, senior speech-language pathologist and facilitator, Burke ICAP, Outpatient Speech. “Our program is designed to provide evidence-based targeted recovery methods for people with aphasia, and the results are promising. Participants in our first ICAP in June made substantive improvements in both qualitative and quantitative measures.”
Aphasia can affect the ability to speak, read, write and comprehend language, while leaving intelligence essentially intact. As a result, it commonly leads to feelings of depression and isolation and can result in unemployment and difficulty maintaining relationships. While aphasia is most common in people who are middle-aged and older, it can also affect young adults.
The intensive comprehensive aphasia treatment program is generously supported by Burke benefactors Barbara and Steven Kessler.
For more information, please contact Burke”™s Outpatient Speech Department at 914-507-2234 or email Susan Wortman-Jutt at swortmanju@burke.org.
Burke Rehabilitation is a not-for-profit health-care organization devoted solely to acute physical rehabilitation. Founded in 1915 through an endowment from philanthropist John Masterson Burke, it has been a member of the Montefiore Health System since 2016. Burke operates the only hospital in Westchester County dedicated solely to adult and adolescent rehabilitation medicine. It also offers therapeutic care in locations throughout Westchester County, the Hudson Valley, and the Bronx for those who have experienced injuries, surgery, or chronic conditions, from the simple to the very complex.
