Kathryn Pettigrove

Is Communication Training for Significant Others a Reasonable Rehabilitation Goal in Aphasia Therapy? Purpose: This study was motivated by goal samples from practicing speech-language pathologists (SLPs) that were submitted to a website our group ...

#AJSLP authors ask, is communication training for significant others a reasonable rehabilitation goal in aphasia therapy?

To address this, they constructed a survey, which was completed by 156 SLPs and 138 graduate students.

@sigperspectives.bsky.social

Abstracts open now for BAS 2025 in Dundee Scotland!! #aphasia 🎉⬇️⬇️

#aphasia (I’m a bit rusty - forgot to add the hashtag)

Getting it just right – developing and piloting a speech pathology education package about facilitation in community aphasia groups Community aphasia groups (CAGs) can contribute significantly to the long-term psychosocial wellbeing of people living with aphasia. However, they may also contribute to negative outcomes for group ...

🗣️First Bluesky post seems like a good opportunity to share the second publication of my PhD! It outlines the design & development of our education package about community #aphasia group facilitation, and our phase I acceptability pilot. More info on phase II will follow soon @aphasiacre.bsky.social

so I think the more opportunities the better (including vice versa as you suggested). I stayed in community settings from that point, but I know that if I returned to inpatient settings, my experiences from the community would make me a substantially better #aphasia care provider than I was before!

From my perspective, absolutely. My understanding of *living* with aphasia (not just having aphasia) expanded radically once I spent time in the community with people with long-term #aphasia. The most significant perspective shift was immediate (day 1!) but it has continued to grow ever since, so