As the skill is learned the level of complexity increases by increasing the number of objects the patient must point to.Simple: "Point to the book." Complex: "Point to the book and then to the ceiling after touching your ear." Following directions with objects. During these tasks the patient is instructed to follow the instruction of manually following directions that increase in complexity as the skill is learned.Simple: "Pick up the book." Complex: "Pick up the book and put it down on the bench after I move the cup." Yes or no questions – This task requires the patient to respond to various yes or no questions that can range from simple to complex.Paraphrasing and retelling – This task requires the patient to read a paragraph and, afterwards, paraphrase it aloud. This is the most complex of Schuells stimulation tasks because it requires comprehension, recall, and communication. Social approach to treatment
The social approach involves a collaborative effort on behalf of patients and clinicians to determine goals and outcomes for therapy that could improve the patients quality of life. A conversational approach is thought to provide opportunities for development and the use of strategies to overcome barriers to communication. The main goals of this treatment method are to improve the patients conversational confidence and skills in natural contexts using conversational coaching, supported conversations, and partner training. Conversational coaching involves patients with aphasia and their speech language pathologists, who serve as a "coach" discussing strategies to approach various communicative scenarios.
Through production of semantically similar features, participants develop more skilled in naming stimuli due to the increase in lexical activation. Restorative therapy approach
Neuroplasticity is a central component to restorative therapy to compensate for brain damage. This approach is especially useful in Wernickes aphasia patients that have had a stroke to the left brain hemisphere.Schuells stimulation approach is a main method in traditional aphasia therapy that follows principles to retrieve function in the auditory modality of language and influence surrounding regions through stimulation. The guidelines to have the most effective stimulation are as follows:
Auditory stimulation of language should be intensive and always present when other language modalities are stimulated. The stimulus should be presented at a difficulty level equal to or just below the patients ability. Sensory stimulation must be present and repeated throughout the treatment. Each stimulus applied should produce a response; if there is no response more stimulation cues should be provided. Response to stimuli should be maximized to create more opportunities for success and feedback for the speech-language pathologist. The feedback of the speech-language pathologist should promote further success and patient and encouragement. Therapy should follow an intensive and systemic method to create success by progressing in difficulty. Therapies should be varied and build off of mastered therapy tasks.Schuells stimulation utilizes stimulation through therapy tasks beginning at a simplified task and progressing to become more difficult including:

Point to tasks. During these tasks the patient is directed to point to an object or multiple objects.