Reporting interventions in communication partner training: a critical review and narrative synthesis of the literature

M Cruice, M Blom Johansson, J Isaksen, S Horton - Aphasiology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Communication partner training (CPT) is an umbrella term for a complex
behavioural intervention for communications partners (CPs) of people with aphasia (PWA) …

Stroke communication partner training: a national survey of 122 clinicians on current practice patterns and perceived implementation barriers and facilitators

HF Chang, E Power, R O'Halloran… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background Communication partners (CPs) find it challenging to communicate with
people with communication disorders post‐stroke. Stroke communication partner training …

“Relating through sameness”: a qualitative study of friendship and social isolation in chronic traumatic brain injury

CE Salas, M Casassus, L Rowlands… - Neuropsychological …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Social isolation has been described as a common problem among traumatic brain injury
(TBI) survivors during the chronic phase. Due to physical, cognitive and behavioural …

Computer-based treatment of poststroke language disorders: a non-inferiority study of telerehabilitation compared to in-person service delivery

JA Meltzer, AJ Baird, RD Steele, SJ Harvey - Aphasiology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Telerehabilitation promises to greatly expand access of underserved
populations to speech therapy, but concerns remain about the effectiveness of services …

People with aphasia's perception of the therapeutic alliance in aphasia rehabilitation post stroke: a thematic analysis

M Lawton, G Haddock, P Conroy, L Serrant, K Sage - Aphasiology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The therapeutic alliance has been found to be a critical component of treatment
delivery in mental health interventions. This construct may have the potential to inform both …

The efficacy of an inter-disciplinary community aphasia group for living well with aphasia

MC Attard, Y Loupis, L Togher, ML Rose - Aphasiology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Background: Community aphasia groups (CAGs) are argued to have various
benefits for people with chronic aphasia. However, there is a paucity of evidence regarding …

Common and distinct components of communication partner training programmes in stroke, traumatic brain injury and dementia

A O'Rourke, E Power, R O'Halloran… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Communication partner training (CPT) programmes for health and care staff
working with people with the neurologically based communication disorders associated with …

Complexity in measuring outcomes after communication partner training: Alignment between goals of intervention and methods of evaluation

C Saldert, LR Jensen, M Blom Johansson… - Aphasiology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Researchers are currently discussing the need for consensus on a core set of
outcome measures to assess interventions in aphasia. For indirect, environmental …

A life participation approach to primary progressive aphasia intervention

EJ Rogalski, B Khayum - Seminars in speech and language, 2018 - thieme-connect.com
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a clinical neurodegenerative dementia syndrome
characterized by deficits in spoken and written word retrieval, word usage, and/or word …

Communication partner training in aphasia: Reflections on communication accommodation theory

N Simmons-Mackie - Aphasiology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Clinicians and researchers have reported that some people with aphasia fail to
generalize trained augmentative strategies to everyday communication. Communication …