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June is aphasia RECOVERY month.
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Editor's Note - Sharon Rennhack:
If you find this newsletter helps you and it gives you important information and treatment and practice ideas, please be sure to share with others on Facebook and in other social media communities.
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Yes, we know that June is known as aphasia awareness month; at aphasiatoolbox
®, we prefer to call June - and EVERY month -
aphasia recovery month.
Aphasiatoolbox
® takes a blended approach to aphasia treatment and recovery, covering in - person treatment AND telepractice. Our program gets you talking by focusing on mindfulness and conversation by exploiting neuroplasticity.
Our program is customized to you - including an affordable intensive treatment program with conversational groups.
NO NEED to fly somewhere to to begin your intensive program; you can work on your recovery from the comfort of your own home!
CLICK HERE to see our Powerpoint presentation for details.
In this edition:
- We discuss what you can do to ensure your aphasia recovery;
- We discuss recent aphasia awareness events;
- We discuss current stroke and aphasia news.
Conclusion:
When you have questions about aphasia, the answer is aphasiatoolbox®. We ARE aphasia recovery.
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What can you do to ensure your recovery?
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In this edition, Bill Connors and the staff of aphasiatoolbox® have selected the most- often - requested videos on aphasia recovery. These links bring you to videos created for previous editions of the aphasiatoolbox® newsletters. If you want to subscribe to the aphasiatoolbox® newsletter, click here.
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Aphasia awareness and recovery
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Aphasia Recovery Connection
Ask family and friends to join you in supporting ARC. Help us end the isolation of aphasia!
Oklahoma State University, Tulsa
OSU-Tulsa™s Cowboy Aphasia Camp participants will be testing special T-shirts emblazoned with an array of picture icons to see if they can help people with aphasia communicate with others.
The intensive week-long treatment program, which began on Monday, pairs each client with a graduate student clinician. Activities include pet therapy, yoga, music and brain games. This year, a certified laughter yoga instructor will visit to provide laugh therapy.
link:
https://www.osu-tulsa.okstate.edu/news/details.php?id=1704
Third Annual Aphasia Awareness Walk, June 17, University of Nebraska
The third annual Aphasia Awareness Walk, hosted by speech-language pathology students in
2017 Walk to Talk, June 24, Aphasia Center of California
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The Aphasia Center of California held its 15th Annual "Walk to Talk" fundraising event on Saturday June 24th, 2017. The event featured a ¼-mile and 3-mile un-timed walk/run at Lake Merritt. This fun, family event was designed to raise awareness of aphasia and funds for ACC programs. ACC participants, family members, friends, and members of the community joined the Center for live music, refreshments and a silent auction.
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APHASIA/STROKE NEWS and EVENTS:
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1. Is Aphasia More Than Just a Language Disorder?
The detrimental effects of aphasia may spread beyond language deficits, according to new research.A small-scale neuroimaging study from Pennsylvania State University (PSU) shows that brain damage in patients with aphasia may be more extensive than previously thought, affecting other cognitive functions such as attention, executive function and nonverbal working memory.
2. A Professor's Tumor
In exploring aphasia from the inside out, an SLP finds more than just a communication problem.
3. Aphasia Recovery Program Heals and Builds a Community
Melinda Corwin, Ph.D., professor and director for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Health Professions Stroke/Aphasia Recovery (STAR) Program has been working in speech pathology for years. She says aphasia is challenging for those who have survived a stroke or traumatic brain injury.
4. Gov. Roy Cooper evokes Woody Durham in declaring June Aphasia Awareness Month
Gov. Roy Cooper told Woody Durham on Wednesday that he knew Durham long before Durham knew Cooper. Growing up in North Carolina, Cooper was among the untold thousands in this state who came of age to the familiar soundtrack of Durham's voice on the radio.
5. Mind-controlled bionic hand can help stroke patients move again
A team of scientists from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have proven that the mind-controlled device they developed can help stroke survivors regain control of their hands.
6. Aphasia Task Force first of its kind
New Jersey Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg of Teaneck hasn't seen it all, but she's seen quite a bit. "I've been around long enough that, fortunately and unfortunately, there are not too many things to legislate about that I haven't seen," said Ms. Weinberg, who has been a member of the New Jersey Senate since 2005 and a public servant for many years before that.
Speaking about her successful efforts to educate the senate about aphasia - she spearheaded the drive to name June Aphasia Awareness Month, and more recently she helped spur the creation of the Mike Adler Aphasia Task Force - Ms. Weinberg said that her mother lived with aphasia for many years, and that her sister has the condition now.
7. Mapping How Words Leap From the Brain to the Tongue
Summary: A new study reports on the complex brain connections employed during word retrieval.
Source: San Diego State University.
8. Kent State To Study Aphasia For NIH
A $2.4 million grant from the National Institute of Health will pay for researchers to investigate the disorder.
9. Study: DBS shows promise for treating patients with post-stroke pain syndrome
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the ventral striatum/anterior limb of the internal capsule is safe and feasible in addressing the affective component of pain in patients with post-stroke pain syndrome.
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