Resources for Professionals
Below is a list of some favorite resources for apps, activities, group treatment and materials that can be helpful in working with people with aphasia.
Aphasia Access
Aphasia Access is an alliance of Life Participation Providers and is rooted in the Life Participation Approach to Aphasia (LPAA). The LPAA is an essential service approach positively impacting how a person with aphasia navigates their environment, life situation, personal identity, attitude and feelings, in addition to their language impairment. Check this link for informative webinars and videos on life participation and supportive conversation: aphasiaaccess.org/videos
Aphasia Access website: aphasiaaccess.org/about-us
Aphasia Institute
Based in Canada, the Aphasia Institute has built a reputation as a world leader in aphasia care: www.aphasia.ca
The Aphasia Institute in Toronto provides this eLearning module at no cost to healthcare providers and institutions.
This eLearning module is a 40-minute, self-paced, online module entitled, Introduction to Supported Conversation for Adults with Aphasia (SCA™). Link: www.aphasia.ca/communityhub
The techniques demonstrated in this module can enable critical healthcare conversations for patients who know more than they can say. The module includes video examples of concrete techniques based on evidence-based practice.
Constant Therapy
This personalized iPad therapy uses brain rehabilitation exercises to create tasks for at-home or treatment practice: www.constanttherapy.com
Home Speech Home – Word Vault
Great affordable app for speech practice materials, including 30,000 functional words, questions and stories to use in therapy: www.home-speech-home
TESL Journal
Some great ideas for planning conversation groups with lesson plan ideas and hundreds of conversational questions and topics to stimulate conversation for working with people with aphasia. They are originally intended for ESL teachers, but we have found that these types of materials work very well in groups for people with aphasia:
The Internet TESL journal is found at: iteslj.org
Lingraphica
This site has useful reference sheets, links to webinars, videos and slides, and product information: www.aphasia.com
Pinterest: Aphasia Boards
Pinterest has some great boards for SLPs and aphasia specifically. Check these out: www.pinterest.com #1 www.pinterest.com#2
Tactus Therapy
THE BEST resource for SLP’s on APPS for adult aphasia therapy: www.tactustherapy.com
Talk To Me Technologies
Sales staff is comprised of Speech Language Pathologists who put their clinical expertise to work to match communication devices to the person with a communication need: www.talktometechnologies.com