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Graduate Student Clinicians in Health Care Professions as Stakeholders in Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Program (ICAP) Implementation and Research
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Off, Catherine A.; Scharp, Victoria L.; Griffin-Musick, Jenna R. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2023
Purpose: This article characterizes graduate student clinicians' (GSCs') understanding of their roles as stakeholders in clinical implementation and research before participating in an intensive comprehensive aphasia program (ICAP). Method: Seven GSCs participated in a pre-ICAP intervention focus group to characterize their perceived roles in…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Allied Health Personnel, Role, Stakeholders
Stakeholder-Engaged Research: What Our Friendship in Aphasia Team Learned about Processes and Pitfalls
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Strong, Katie A.; Douglas, Natalie F.; Johnson, Rebecca; Silverman, Maura; Azios, Jamie H.; Archer, Brent – Topics in Language Disorders, 2023
There is a need for intervention to support friendship for people living with aphasia. The purpose of this article is to describe a stakeholder engagement process that involved researchers, clinicians, people living with aphasia, and care partners to inform such intervention. Through reflection and firsthand accounts of non-university-based…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Friendship, Intervention, Stakeholders
"Well, You Are the One Who Decides": Attempting Shared Decision Making at the End of Aphasia Therapy
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Isaksen, Jytte – Topics in Language Disorders, 2018
Clinical borderlands manifest themselves through encounters between people deemed to be in need of health care and health care providers (Mattingly, 2010). This article addresses the problem of inherent asymmetry in the clinical discourse between clinical providers, such as speech-language pathologists (SLPs), and persons with aphasia.…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Therapy, Communication Skills, Video Technology
"Hopeless, Sorry, Hopeless": Co-Constructing Narratives of Care with People Who Have Aphasia Post-Stroke
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Hersh, Deborah – Topics in Language Disorders, 2015
Despite widespread support for user involvement in health care, people with aphasia (PWA) report feeling ignored and disempowered in care contexts. They also rarely have the opportunity to give feedback on their experiences of care post-stroke. However, it is important for health care professionals to hear this feedback, both to understand the…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Neurological Impairments, Psychological Patterns, Health Services
Clinicians as Communication Partners: Developing a Mediated Discourse Elicitation Protocol
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Hengst, Julie A.; Duff, Melissa C. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2007
This article presents the development and piloting of a mediated discourse elicitation protocol. Grounded in situated theories of communication and informed by mediated discourse analysis, this protocol selectively samples familiar discourse types in a manner designed to preserve interactional aspects of communication. Critically, the mediated…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Allied Health Personnel, Speech Language Pathology, Aphasia
Communication Access to the Arts
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Duchan, Judith; Jennings, Marian; Barrett, Ray; Butler, Brian – Topics in Language Disorders, 2006
Art galleries, theaters, and museums are often communicatively inaccessible to people with aphasia. This article describes how a group of people with aphasia and a group of health and arts service providers worked together to develop an arts access initiative that involved people with aphasia in accessing museums and arts courses in the community…
Descriptors: Arts Centers, Theaters, Museums, Aphasia