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🧠 Resource Round-Up: PPA, Aphasia Research, and Online Resources
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It's been a minute since my last collection of resources from around the web related to medical speech pathology. I want you to know we're working hard behind the scenes and are nearly ready to share our latest development with you. If you've been following our social media, you might even be on our waitlist already! Without further ado, here are some of the most relevant resources I've rounded up lately: 1. 👱🏾♀️ Wendy Williams: American broadcaster Wendy Williams has been officially diagnosed with Primary Progressive Aphasia, a form of Frontotemporal Dementia. This is the same diagnosis that actor Bruce Willis received. Learn more about PPA here. 2. 🩷 Being There for a Person with PPA: A family member of a person with PPA shares lessons about what it was like and what helped when her father was diagnosed with this degenerative communication disorder in this helpful article. 3. 📱 Aphasia Software Finder: Find the software and apps you need from an objective source in the newly-updated Aphasia Software Finder from the Tavistock Trust for Aphasia. The new look is even more aphasia-friendly! 4. 👥 Navigating Online Aphasia Groups: One positive outcome of the pandemic is the proliferation of virtual aphasia groups, but it takes special skills to facilitate these groups. This video summarizes new research on how to run a successful online group. 5. 🎞️ Supporting Emotional Recovery: A wonderful series of new short films from the UK to help healthcare professionals support the emotional recovery of people after a stroke and aphasia. 6. 💬 Picking Conversation Topics: Everyone likes to talk about different things, but in this small study, people with aphasia reached a consensus on wanting to talk about friends/family, food/drink, and living with aphasia. Words on these topics can then be incorporated into therapy. 7. 📓 Aphasia Handbook: The Stroke Foundation in Australia has released a nice PDF guide to aphasia that anyone can download. It contains information, communication boards, and resources. 8. 🥛 Dysphagia and Diets in Skilled Nursing: A new study shows that diet recommendations from acute care should not be assumed to be stable for patients in skilled nursing facilities. Use this to advocate for imaging access in your facility. The numbers are truly shocking! 9. 👀 Free DEI Course: ASHA is offering a 30-minute continuing education course to help fulfill the new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion requirement (2 hrs every 3 years) for free to members during March. Wishing you well, Megan P.S. We love when SLPs recommend apps for home practice! Be sure your clients purchase the right apps and use the ideal settings by using our Homework Prescription Pad in this free download. |
Megan @ Tactus Therapy
I'm a speech-language pathologist & co-founder of Tactus. Tactus offers evidence-based apps for aphasia therapy and lots of free resources, articles, and education - like this newsletter. Sign up to get my updates 1-2 times a month.
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