Knowledge Exchange Speaker Series: Season 17
An online series distinguished by its focus on aphasia and real-life participation. The webinars provide an opportunity for practicing clinicians to hear from a prestigious group of international aphasia researchers.
Please refer to each course description for instructional level and ASHA CEUs
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Course Code: F6 – LIVE/G6 – ARCHIVE
Date/Time: LIVE: Monday, October 24: 12-1pmET
ARCHIVE: October 25 – November 8
Intermediate level
0.1 ASHA CEUs
Webinar Description
The conversation on measuring experience presents a dynamic tension with questions of what and why we measure and what truly matters to those who experience care. Grounded in the article, “Measuring what matters: A proposal for reframing how we evaluate and improve experience in healthcare” this webinar will explore the integrated nature of human experience, the need for healthcare providers to refocus on what matters and will reinforce the role communication plays.
Meet the Presenter
Jason is a globally recognized expert on the human experience in healthcare. In his over 12 years leading The Beryl Institute, the Institute has grown into the leading global community of practice committed to transforming the human experience in healthcare and established the framework for the field of patient experience. The Institute now engages over 60,000 people in more than 85 countries.
Disclosures:
Content: This webinar will focus on themes raised in Jason Wolf’s article, “Measuring what matters: A proposal for reframing how we evaluate and improve experience in healthcare.”
Financial: Jason Wolf is employed by The Beryl Institute and receives a salary. He will receive an honorarium for this webinar presentation.
Non-Financial: Jason Wolf has no non-financial relationships to disclose.
Course Code: G5 – ARCHIVE
Date/Time: ARCHIVE: September 13-27
Intermediate level
0.1 ASHA CEUs
Webinar Description
Engaging in motivating activities can reduce social isolation and improve communication for people with aphasia. Aphasia Games for Health is a community-based approach that provides engaging group contexts to make practice more fun. This talk will review existing aphasia games research and lay out aphasia rehabilitation and game design principles that clinicians can use and adapt to develop their own therapeutic games.
Meet the Presenter
Will Evans is an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh in the Department of Communication Science and Disorders and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute. As an aphasia rehabilitation researcher, he seeks to develop more effective interventions by incorporating counselling principles, adaptive computer- based training, and gamification
Disclosures:
Financial: Will Evans is employed by University of Pittsburgh and receives a salary. He is principle investigator on research grants funded by the National Institute of Health (NIDCD 1R01DC019325-01A1; NICHD NCMRR 1R03HD104246-01). He will receive an honorarium for this presentation.
Non-Financial: Will Evans is Principle investigator, aphasia games for health researcher/designer/community collaboration.
Course Code: F7 – LIVE/G7 – ARCHIVE
Date/Time: LIVE: Monday, November 21: 12-1pmET
ARCHIVE: November 22 – December 6
Intermediate level
0.1 ASHA CEUs
Webinar Description
This webinar will examine evidence about how family care partners of stroke survivors with aphasia process information and manage their own wellness across phases of recovery, and how care partners have been included in aphasia management across phases of recovery. Strategies for including family care partners across aphasia service delivery models and phases of recovery will be highlighted.
Meet the Presenter
Cathy Off is Professor and Chair of the School of Speech, Language, Hearing, & Occupational Sciences at the University of Montana and is founder of the Big Sky Aphasia Program. Her research focuses on patient, family care partner, and student clinician outcomes in high intensity service delivery models of post-acute aphasia rehabilitation including intensive comprehensive aphasia programs (ICAPs).
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Course Code: F8 – LIVE/G8 – ARCHIVE
Date/Time: LIVE: Monday, December 12, 12-1pmET
ARCHIVE: December 13 – 27
Intermediate level
0.1 ASHA CEUs
Webinar Description
This webinar will present information for clinicians and researchers working with persons with aphasia on moving beyond conceptual understanding of equity and inclusion to implementing transformative practices in aphasia assessment and treatment. Examples provided will highlight equitable and inclusive service delivery for bilingual/multilingual persons with aphasia, financially disadvantaged persons, and persons with aphasia who live alone.
Meet the Presenter
Nidhi Mahendra is Professor and Chair of the Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences at San José State University. A certified multilingual speech-language pathologist, her areas of expertise are adult neurogenic language disorders, life participation approaches for persons with aphasia and dementia, and equity issues in speech-language pathology. She directs SJSU’s Spartan Aphasia Research Clinic, and is a co-founder of SJSU’s Healthy Development Community Clinic.
FEES
INDIVIDUAL Webinars: $40 – $50*CAD
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GROUP RATES for 12 – 30 participants:
INDIVIDUAL Webinars
– up to 12 participants – $70CAD
– up to 30 participants – $100CAD
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