An Example of the "Week at a Glance" Resource
This is a transcribed session with several clients. Mr.G and Mrs.A are the main players. This illustrates the usage of the "Week at a Glance" (WAG) tool.
As can be seen, Mr. G uses writing and drawing to augment his verbal communication. He is becoming a good speller again. Mr. G shared his WAG with a group of people with aphasia. One group member asked the question about the 'shed'. We all participated in the conversation and had a good laugh.
Therapist 1: "What day is your question about?"
Mrs. A: "On Saturday. Saturday he put...4 hours? There's something here."
Mr. G: "Yah."
Volunteer: "And what did he draw?"
Mrs. A: "It's a roof, it's a house. Spent four hours. He made a roof." (laughing)
Therapist 2: "Did you make a roof Mr. G.?"
Mr. G: "No, ah."
Mrs. A: "It says 10x10, yah." (Laughing)
Mr. G: "Yah, but, but–"
Therapist 2: "Do you know what she's asking?"
Mr. G.: "Yah but–"
Therapist 2: "Say it. Yah try."
Therapist 1: "Come on keep trying. Do you want us to guess? Did you do shingling?"
Mr. G: "No. No . . . ?"
Volunteer: "It looks like he made a roof."
Therapist 2: "Yah picture house sorta, roof 4 hours. 10x10. Did you build something? Yah you built something. Oh a shed. You built a shed."
Mr. G: "Yah." (laughing)
Therapist 1: "A roof, did you work on the roof on the shed? Yah great. So it wasn't a house it was a shed."
Mr. G: "Yah."
Therapist 1: "What are you going to put in the shed Mr. G.?"
Mr. G: "Eh?"
Therapist 1: "The shed."
Mr. G: "Oh a lawn tractor."
Mr. M: "Mr. G, put your wife in the shed."
Therapist 1:"Oh for heaven's sake."
(Everyone laughing)