Unbelievably proud of this clinical guidance paper - the culmination of years of work. We hope it will meaningfully guide practice, research and training in #neuropsychological interventions across Australia & the world Australian Psychological Society ASSBI INS link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Does language training (+/- tDCS) work in #PPA? First meta-analysis written on this topic. 😍 #progressiveaphasia

Stroke-ologists will see this image every day, but when did you last properly look at it? See the problem? If not, read our editorial in Stroke. ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/ST…

What a lovely analogy!

We’re looking for speech pathologists & interpreters to help co-design solutions to the challenges of adapting #aphasia therapy into other languages. Link for info & consent: redcap.latrobe.edu.au/redcap/surveys… aphasiacre

How do we choose what words or conversation topics to use as treatment stimuli in speech and language therapy? This is not often reported in papers. We asked a group of people with #aphasia what they thought: Link to paper: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… #SLT #SLP City Language & Communication Science

The Aphasia Handbook - a vital introduction for people experiencing aphasia due to stroke, developed by the Stroke Foundation & AAA is now available here - tinyurl.com/9wdm25c5 Packs of hardcopies 10/20/50 are FREE. Postage & packing fee applies. Order-www.strokefoundation.org.au

A newly pinned resource on ASHA that explains primary progressive aphasia (PPA)... and the role of the SLP!... in an accessible way! asha.org/slp/explaining…

The IARC2024 program has dropped!! 🎉 What a line-up!! 🤩 Register now: shrs.uq.edu.au/research/resea… Aphasia Trialists aphasiacre Speech Pathology Australia Australian Aphasia Association Aphasia at UQ

I'm generally a fairly easy going kind of person, but if someone sends me a Word document set to English (United States), I become emotionally dysregulated to the point where I need to have a cup of coffee and a good lie down.

So excited about attending the IARC2024 conference in Queensland, Australia- just finalised flights & we at Better Conversations Lab Breast Cancer Prevention Partners BCPP will be delivering a workshop on communication partner training the day before the conference- super excited! Come along!!! onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-an…

Next #BetterConversationsLab #SLT training is in Australia in June hosted by Dr Anna Volkmer and Richard Talbot! If you're going to IARC2024 why not tag it on - you know it makes sense 😉 booking link ⬇️ Better Conversations Better Conversations with Parkinson's Professor Steven Bloch Aphasia Trialists

Access to a website of resources is NOT enough to make a difference to children’s speech difficulties Sharynne McLeod Bristol_SLTRU RCSLT 💙 #WaitingList #NHS #EarlyIntervention CSHCR Cardiff Met

Finished up my lectures on quality of life to student speech pathologists yesterday and we were discussing exactly this. "Mild" on an impairment based screener has no relationship to QOL or mood. We must never make assumptions about people's lived experiences.

🚨"Rehabilitation services for Young-Onset dementia" is out!🚨 In this new paper we: ✅ Describe evidence-based rehabilitation therapies for YOD ✅ Provide real examples of services from 3 continents 🌏 ✅ Discuss telehealth in YOD rehabilitation 💻 ➡️: mdpi.com/1660-4601/21/6…

What fun to arrive in Brisbane yesterday to a balmy 26degrees ready for IARC2024 #Winterin QLD #aphasia Looking forward to connecting with old colleagues and presenting my poster tomorrow on communication partner perspectives on living with #PPA #IARC24

“”I’m still me” - what friends of people with #aphasia need to understand to ensure good friendships endure. Powerful insights from people living with #aphasia #IARC24

So lovely to chat to so many engaged people about all things #PPA, lived experiences, family support, advocacy as well as surviving qualitative analysis during your PhD at #IARC24 today! #aphasia IARC2024

Wow how useful is this, #SLTs #SLPs??? This FREE website summarises the evidence base, admin instructions and provides video demos for 21 #aphasia therapies. Amazing work by Professor Miranda Rose and co!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 #IARC24

Last chance to sign up to this care partners course run by the Australian Aphasia Association!