Conversation partners of individuals with aphasia, including health care professionals,
families, and others, play a role that is as important for communication as the language …

Background: Conversation partner training can be effective in improving communication in
aphasia. However, there is a need for further research about effects of specific training …

This article reports the development and evaluation of a new intervention termed" Supported
Conversation for Adults with Aphasia"(SCA). The approach is based on the idea that the …

Background: Conversational training programmes are increasingly being reported for
partners of people with aphasia. While these all aim to increase communicative …

Background: The investigation into conversational interaction in aphasia and its therapeutic
implications has received much interest. It is increasingly accepted that people with aphasia …

Background: People with long‐standing aphasia and other stroke‐related impairments have
difficulty accessing opportunities for conversation and social inclusion. This paper outlines …

Background: Conversation is one of the most important forms of human communication. The
way in which one participates in conversation is necessarily impacted by aphasia. Recent …

This study describes a communication skills group programme for four carers of adults with
aphasia that ran once a week for 6 consecutive weeks. The content of the group was based …

Background: The literature suggests that mild aphasia negatively affects everyday
experiences, social life, and identity. However, while mild word‐finding problems and …

This is a time in which practitioners (at least in the United States) are being increasingly
required to consider functional outcomes, and encouraged to measure the effects of their …