Conversation partner training in aphasia

Review of the evidence and presentation of ongoing implementation projects of Supported Conversation for Adults with Aphasia (SCA™) in the Danish Health Care sector.

Programme

13:01 - 13:55  Systematic Review of Partner Training in Aphasia: What’s New?
                      Nina Simmons-Mackie, Health & Human Sciences, Southeastern Louisiana
                      University

13:55 - 14:15  Coffee break 

14:15 - 15:00  Brief presentations of ongoing SCA-related implementation projects at
                      four Danish hospitals.
                      Speech-language therapists from Rigshospitalet (Glostrup Hospital),
                      Aarhus Hospital, Svendborg Hospital, and Hammel Neurorehabilitation
                      Centre.

15:00 - 15:30  Panel and plenary discussion

Registration

The seminar will be in English and is open to all interested professionals working with
patients with aphasia as well as for students in Audiologopedics. Attendance is free; for practical planning purposes, we ask that you register in advance by sending an email to inss-sca@hum.ku.dk by 26 October.