A very robust 4 (or 3.5 days plus a tour of Malta) days of learning at #IALP2025 - this is fast becoming my favourite conference. 💫
Happy to hear your comments, feedback & questions. Otherwise see you next conference (current plans: Global TALES Symposium in Sept 2025, RCSLT in Nov 2025) ☺️
Assessment tools must be translated AND adapted to match language differences #IALP2025
Essential characteristics of bilingual aphasia assessment tools: psychometrically sound & standardised, time efficient & easy administration, need to incorporate both language comprehension & production, reading & writing assessment, cultural & linguistic considerations & bilingual eval #IALP2025
Recovery patterns in bilingual #aphasia may vary - parallel recovery, differential recovery, antagonistic recovery, alternating antagonism, blending recovery, selective aphasia, successive recovery #IALP2025
1/3 of people w stroke will develop #aphasia (some studies quote up to 40%) - estimated 27 million people globally w aphasia #IALP2025
100 million stroke survivors worldwide with 50% suffering from chronic disability #IALP2025
Now learning about a bilingual Maltese English Assessment for Aphasia (MEAA) #IALP2025
Lexical informativeness quite important- as it is often reduced in this population; but measures for it lack fine grain analysis #IALP2025
MDA facilitates more accurate diagnosis and guides the development of tailored treatment plans that address the specific challenges present in each person #IALP2025
MDA is time consuming but worth it #IALP2025
Discourse production in healthy ageing demonstrates linear trends #IALP2025
MDA offers comprehensive understanding beyond traditional linguistically measures #IALP2025
Trying to develop ways to automate the process of transcribing and analysing #IALP2025
Now a presentation on multilevel discourse analysis (MDA) for aphasia #IALP2025
Fundamental concepts of disability rights, inclusion, and social justice universally apply to the care of all persons with communication disorders regardless of diagnosis #IALP2025
Ensure all social communication interventions focus on agency and self-determination: this should anchor our goal setting/intervention. Ask yourself: is this something that benefits them or others? Am I forcing masking or anxiety? What are the long term implications of teaching this skill? #IALP2025
Concrete suggestions of solutions for barriers - quiet spaces, sensory-friendly environments, flexible seating, flexible routines, inclusive policies, AAC, autism acceptance training/activities #IALP2025
Life Participation aligns with the social model of disability #IALP2025
Life Participation in Autism - creating supportive environments, honouring individual communication preferences, and promoting agency and self-determination #IALP2025
Life Participation can mean different things - eg telehealth modality, aphasia group outings, spending time creating tools that invite conversation, and aphasia-friendly tools to give clients autonomy to express how they found the therapy session #IALP2025
The Life Participation Approach to Aphasia turns 25 this year.. #IALP2025
No correlations with CELF formulating sentences subtest and Global TALES responses indicate that personal narrative assessment is testing constructs that the CELF does not assess #IALP2025
Kristine Jensen de López & colleagues extended the Global TALES protocol to include six prompts of self-conscious emotions: envious, impressed, embarrassed, guilt, jealous, and thankful #IALP2025
Personal narratives have specific criteria we can use to assess and analyse them #IALP2025
Some more research from the Global TALES research team - Personal narratives, coherence, expressive language and content of life stories of Danish-speaking children with and without Developmental Language Disorder #IALP2025
A universal intervention provided to all children and encouraging use of home/first language #IALP2025
Språkstart Halland "Talk play sing read" intervention #IALP2025
Explored using low intensity intervention using the Behaviour Change Wheel #IALP2025
