Documenting Functional Change in Complex Communicative Environments

Speaker: Louise Keegan, PhD, CCC-SLP

Live Broadcast: Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 12:00 pm (Central) 

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Recording Expires: December 31, 2019

Description:

Documenting progress towards goals can be difficult when working with in unpredictable, naturalistic settings with individuals who experience heterogeneous social communication and cognition difficulties.  This webinar outlines a group treatment program for those with chronic moderate-severe traumatic brain injury and introduces goal attainment scaling as an effective tool for documenting changes in functional communication.

Stressed Out? Stress, Language, and Aphasia

Speaker: Jacqueline Laures-Gore, PhD

Live Broadcast: Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 12:00 pm (Central) 

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Recording Expires: December 31, 2019

Description:

This course provides an overview of stress including definitions of stress; an explanation of the mechanisms of stress; past and current research in stress, language, and aphasia; and assessment of stress in adults with aphasia.

Evidence and Practice Underpinning Gesture-Based Approaches to Aphasia Rehabilitation

Speaker: Miranda Rose, PhD

Live Broadcast: Thursday, August 29, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Central) 

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Recording Expires: December 31, 2019

Description:

This lecture reviews the latest evidence and practice concerning the use of gesture in aphasia rehabilitation.  A theory of gesture-language-speech interaction will be reviewed before evidence concerning gesture production for total communication, gesture facilitation of word retrieval, and gesture assisted linguistic learning is discussed.

Striving for Independence: A Coaching Model of Support for Adults with TBI

Speaker: Mary Kennedy, PhD, BC-ANCDS

Live Broadcast: Monday, June 24, 2019 at 12:00 pm (Central) 

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Recording Expires: December 31, 2019

Reading Comprehension Treatments for Aphasia: An ANCDS Writing Committee Update

Speaker: Mary Purdy, PhD, CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS

Live Broadcast: Monday, April 22, 2019 at 11:00 am (Central)

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Recording Expires: December 31, 2019

Collaborative Intervention Planning for People with Aphasia and Their Speech-Language Pathologists

Live Broadcast: Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 1:00 pm (EST). 

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Recording Expires: December 31, 2021

Description:

In this educational webinar, Katarina Haley, PhD, CCC-SLP, will present her research on how to incorporate client-centered practices in aphasia treatment. The presentation will illustrate how communicative participation can be the first step for aphasia intervention planning. Dr. Haley will also give examples of intervention goals that address skills and abilities, intentional strategies, environmental supports, motivation, and confidence.

Return to Work and Workplace Interventions for Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury

Live Broadcast: Friday, September 14, 2018 at 1:00 pm (EST).

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Recording Expires: September 21, 2021

Description:

When persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) return to work, maintaining stable employment is associated with their communication competencies.  Dr. Meulenbroek's research focuses on the intersection of work and social communication disorders, specifically in persons with TBI.  He uses sociolinguistic approaches to analyze talk at work and develop new ways to assess and treat persons with TBI whose therapeutic aims include return to stable employment.

High definition fiber tracking and semantic feature analysis treatment for naming in aphasia

Live Broadcast: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at 1:00pm EST

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Recording Expires: July 12, 2021