The International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference
2022 Agenda
Keynote Speakers

Linda Worrall, PhD
The Why and How of Integrating Mental Health Care Into Aphasia Services

John Whyte, MD, PhD
Aphasia Therapy: What Does Theory-Driven Treatment Specification Buy Us?

Charles Ellis, PhD, CCC-SLP
Achieving Equity in Aphasia Research and Clinical Outcomes
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Wednesday, June 22
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USA: EST | 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Australia | 10:00 PM – 11:00 PM England | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM |
Registration / Breakfast** | ||||
USA: EST | 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM Australia | 11:00 PM – 11:15 PM England | 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM |
Welcome** | ||||
USA: EST | 9:15 AM – 10:00 AM Australia | 11:15 PM – 12:00 AM England | 2:15 PM – 3:00 PM |
The Why and How of Integrating Mental Health Care Into Aphasia Services Linda Worrall, PhD |
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USA: EST | 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Australia | 12:00 AM – 12:30 AM England | 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM |
Outcomes of the Supporting Wellbeing Through PEeR-Befriending (SUPERB) Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial for People with Aphasia Katerina Hilari, PhD |
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USA: EST | 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Australia | 12:30 AM – 1:00 AM England | 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM |
Reducing the Impact of Aphasia in Stroke Patients and Their Caregivers a Year Post Onset via a Brief Early Intervention: A Cluster Randomised Control Trial of the Aphasia Action Success Knowledge (ASK) Program (authors listed below) |
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USA: EST | 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM Australia | 1:00 AM – 1:15 AM England | 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM |
Break** | ||||
USA: EST | 11:15 AM – 11:45 AM Australia | 1:15 AM – 1:45 AM England | 4:15 PM – 4:45 PM |
Is it Possible to Adapt Solution Focused Brief Therapy for People with Aphasia? (authors listed below) |
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USA: EST | 11:45 AM – 12:15 PM Australia | 1:45 AM – 2:15 AM England | 4:45 PM – 5:15 PM |
Confidence in Communication – Perspectives of Adults with Aphasia: “…Get [inside] the maze…not stay out[side of] it”
(authors listed below) |
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USA: EST | 12:15 PM – 12:45 PM Australia | 2:15 AM – 2:45 AM England | 5:15 PM – 5:45 PM |
Presentation of Distinguished Scholar Awards
By the Tavistock Trust for Aphasia** |
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USA:EST | 12:45 PM – 4:00 PM Australia | 2:45 AM – 6:00 AM England | 5:45 PM – 9:00 PM |
Lunch Break + Social Outing** | ||||
USA: EST | 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Australia | 6:00 AM – 6:30 AM England | 9:00 PM – 9:30 PM |
Better Conversations with Aphasia: Training for People with Aphasia and Their Family Suzanne Beeke, PhD |
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USA: EST | 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM Australia | 6:30 AM – 7:00 AM England | 9:30 PM – 10:00 PM |
Improving Participation and Communication for People with Aphasia Through Trained Medical Staff
Jytte Isaksen, PhD |
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USA: EST | 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM Australia | 7:00 AM – 7:30 AM England | 10:00 PM – 10:30 PM |
Peer-to-Peer Support – Digital Networking to Improve Quality of Life in People with Aphasia
(authors listed below) |
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USA: EST | 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM Australia | 7:30 AM – 8:00 AM England | 10:30 PM – 11:00 PM |
Conversations in COVID-19: Student and Conversation Partner Experiences of an Online Conversation Partner Scheme
(authors listed below) |
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USA: EST | 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM Australia | 8:00 AM – 10:30 AM England | 11:00 PM – 1:30 AM |
Dine Around** |
*Subject to Change
** Not Included in ASHA CEU Calculations
Thursday, June 23
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USA: EST | 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Australia | 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM England | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM |
Breakfast** | ||||
USA: EST | 8:00 AM – 8:45 AM Australia | 10:00 PM – 10:45 PM England | 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM |
Aphasia Therapy: What Does Theory-Driven Treatment Specification Buy Us? John Whyte, MD, PhD |
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USA: EST | 8:45 AM – 9:15 AM Australia | 10:45 PM – 11:15 PM England | 1:45 PM – 2:15 PM |
Dosage, Intensity and Frequency of Speech and Language Therapy for Aphasia After Stroke: Insights from the RELEASE Study Marian Brady, PhD, FRCSLT |
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USA: EST | 9:15 AM – 9:45 AM Australia | 11:15 PM – 11:45 PM England | 2:15 PM – 2:45 PM |
The Impact of Dose and Intensity on Outcomes from Aphasia Therapy in the Chronic Phase: Latest Evidence Miranda Rose, PhD |
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USA: EST | 9:45 AM – 10:15 AM Australia | 11:45 PM – 12:15 AM England | 2:45 PM – 3:15 PM |
Findings on the Usability, Feasibility, and Acceptability of TeleCHAT: A Comprehensive, High-dose Aphasia Treatment Delivered via Telerehabilitation (authors listed below) |
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USA: EST | 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM Australia | 12:15 AM – 12:30 AM England | 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM |
Break**
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USA: EST | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Australia | 12:30 AM – 1:30 AM England | 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM |
Poster Session 1 (in person presenters only) |
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USA: EST | 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Australia | 1:30 AM – 2:00 AM England | 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM |
The ICAP “Nest” – Targeting Third-Party Functioning for Family Care Partners of Stroke Survivors with Aphasia in the Comfort of a Cohort
(authors listed below) |
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USA: EST | 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Australia | 2:00 AM – 2:30 AM England | 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM |
The State of Aphasia: An Update to the 2018 White Paper
(authors listed below) |
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USA: EST | 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Australia | 2:30 AM – 4:00 AM England | 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM |
Lunch** | ||||
USA: EST | 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Australia | 4:00 AM – 4:30 AM England | 7:00 PM – 7:30 PM |
Community Aphasia Groups: Definition, Classification and Facilitation
(authors listed below) |
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USA: EST | 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Australia | 4:30 AM – 5:00 AM England | 7:30 PM – 8:00 PM |
Conversation as an Outcome Measure: A Scoping Review
(authors listed below) |
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USA: EST | 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Australia | 5:00 AM – 5:30 AM England | 8:00 PM – 8:30 PM |
Investigating Clinical Feasibility of Discourse Measurement
(authors listed below) |
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USA: EST | 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM Australia | 5:30 AM – 6:00 AM England | 8:30 PM – 9:00 PM |
Reporting on LUNA, a Novel Discourse Intervention for People with Mild and Moderate Aphasia – Primary Efficacy Outcomes
(authors listed below) |
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USA: EST | 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Australia | 6:00 AM – 6:30 AM England | 9:00 PM – 9:30 PM |
Break** | ||||
USA: EST | 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Australia | 6:30 AM – 7:30 AM England | 9:30 PM – 10:30 PM |
Poster Session 2 (virtual presenters only) |
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USA: EST | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Australia | 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM England | 11:00 PM – 2:00 AM |
Evening Social at City Tap House** |
*Subject to Change
** Not Included in ASHA CEU Calculations
Friday, June 24
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USA: EST | 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Australia | 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM England | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM |
Poster Session 3 (virtual presenters only) |
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USA: EST | 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Australia | 10:00 PM – 11:00 PM England | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM |
Breakfast** | ||||
USA: EST | 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Australia | 11:00 PM – 11:45 PM England | 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM |
Achieving Equity in Aphasia Research and Clinical Outcomes Charles Ellis, PhD, CCC-SLP |
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USA: EST | 9:45 AM – 10:15 AM Australia | 11:45 PM – 12:15 AM England | 2:45 PM – 3:15 PM |
A Qualitative Study of Post-Stroke Aphasia Rehabilitation in Ghana
Keren Kankam, MSc |
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USA: EST | 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM Australia | 12:15 AM – 12:30 AM England | 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM |
Break**
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USA: EST | 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM Australia | 12:30 AM – 1:15 AM England | 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM |
Panning for Gold: Aphasia-Friendly Research Nuggets Developed in Collaboration with the imPACT Advocacy Group** | ||||
USA: EST | 11:15 AM – 11:45 AM Australia | 1:15 AM – 1:45 AM England | 4:15 PM – 4:45 PM |
Break** | ||||
USA: EST | 11:45 AM – 12:30 PM Australia | 1:45 AM – 2:30 AM England | 4:45 PM – 5:30 PM |
Project BRIDGE: Top 5 Aphasia Questions Answered** | ||||
USA: EST | 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM Australia | 2:30 AM – 3:15 AM England | 5:30 PM – 6:15 PM |
Lunch** | ||||
USA: EST | 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM Australia | 3:15 AM – 3:45 AM England | 6:15 PM – 6:45 PM |
Delving Into the Terms We Use in Our Transnational Work for and With People With Aphasia (authors listed below) |
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USA: EST | 1:45 PM – 2:15 PM Australia | 3:45 AM – 4:15 AM England | 6:45 PM – 7:15 PM |
Towards the Consistent Inclusion of People with Aphasia in Stroke Research: Where We Are, What We Know and Where We Are Going (authors listed below) |
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USA: EST | 2:15 PM – 2:45 PM Australia | 4:15 AM – 4:45 AM England | 7:15 PM – 7:45 PM |
Current Issues in Multilingual Aphasia Loraine Obler, PhD |
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USA: EST | 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM Australia | 4:45 AM – 5:45 AM England | 7:45 PM – 8:45 PM |
Poster Session 4 (in person presenters only) |
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USA: EST | 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM Australia | 5:45 AM – 6:00 AM England | 8:45 PM – 9:00 PM |
Break** | ||||
USA: EST | 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Australia | 6:00 AM – 6:30 AM England | 9:00 PM – 9:30 PM |
“You Can’t Go into Your Room and Close the Door”: A Qualitative Study of Personal Impacts of PPA
(authors listed below) |
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USA: EST | 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM Australia | 6:30 AM – 7:00 AM England | 9:30 PM – 10:00 PM |
Results of the Better Conversations with Primary Progressive Aphasia (BCPPA) Pilot-feasibility Study: Communication Partner Training to Keep Families Together (authors listed below) |
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USA: EST | 5:00 PM – 5:15 PM Australia | 7:00 AM – 7:15 AM England | 10:00 PM – 10:15 PM |
Presentation of the Robin Tavistock Award Presentation of Additional Awards |
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USA: EST | 5:15 PM – 5:45 PM Australia | 7:15 AM – 7:45 AM England | 10:15 PM – 10:45 PM |
Improving Communicative Access and Patient Experience in Acute Stroke Care: An Implementation Journey (authors listed below) |
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USA: EST | 5:45 PM – 6:00 PM Australia | 7:45 AM – 8:00 AM England | 10:45 PM – 11:00 PM |
Closing** |
*Subject to Change.
** Not Included in ASHA CEU Calculations

Invited Speakers (disclosures)

Suzanne Beeke, PhD
Better Conversations with Aphasia: Training for People with Aphasia and Their Family
Marian Brady, PhD, FRCSLT
Dosage, Intensity and Frequency of Speech and Language Therapy for Aphasia After Stroke: Insights From the RELEASE Study


Katerina Hilari, PhD
Outcomes of the Supporting Wellbeing Through PEeR-Befriending (SUPERB) Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial for People with Aphasia
Jytte Isaksen, PhD
Improving Participation and Communication for People with Aphasia Through Trained Medical Staff


Keren Kankam, MSc
A Qualitative Study of Post-Stroke Aphasia Rehabilitation in Ghana
Loraine Obler, PhD
Current Issues in Multilingual Aphasia


Miranda Rose, PhD
The Impact of Dose and Intensity on Outcomes From Aphasia Therapy in the Chronic Phase: Latest Evidence
Oral Presentations (disclosures)
Conversation as an Outcome Measure: A Scoping Review: Jamie Azios, Brent Archer, Nina Simmons-Mackie, Stacie Raymer, Marcella Carragher, Shriya Shashikanth, Eleanor Gulick
Peer-to-peer support – Digital networking to improve quality of life in people with aphasia: Sabine Corsten, Marie Knieriemen, Daniel Kreiter, Christina Kurfess, Norina Lauer
Investigating Clinical Feasibility of Discourse Measurement: Sarah Grace Dalton, Jessica Richardson
Reporting on LUNA, a novel discourse intervention for people with mild and moderate aphasia – primary efficacy outcomes: Lucy Dipper, Nikki Botting, Mary Boyle, Deborah Hersh, Jane Marshall, Madeline Cruice
Reducing the Impact of Aphasia in Stroke Patients and Their Caregivers a Year Post Onset Via a Brief Early Intervention: A Cluster Randomised Control Trial of the Aphasia Action Success Knowledge (ASK) Program: Brooke Ryan
Delving into the terms we use in our transnational work for and with people with aphasia: Brooke Hallowell, Barbara Goulart, Clement Amponsah, Carla Krishan A. Cuadro
Confidence in Communication – Perspectives of Adults with Aphasia: “…Get [inside] the maze…not stay out[side of] it”: Tami Howe, Elaina McCarron, Jacob Rowe
Improving communicative access and patient experience in acute stroke care: An implementation journey: Aura Kagan, Nina Simmons-Mackie, Elizabeth Villar-Guerrero, Melodie Chan, Elyse Shumway, Lisa Chan, Rochelle Cohen-Schneider, Jodi Thesenvitz
Conversations in COVID-19: Student and Conversation Partner experiences of an online Conversation Partner Scheme: Aine Kearns, Roisin Cunningham
Is it possible to adapt Solution Focused Brief Therapy for people with aphasia?: Sarah Northcott, Alan Simpson, Shirley Thomas, Shashivadan Hirani, Nicholas Behn, Katerina Hilari
The ICAP “Nest” – Targeting Third-Party Functioning for Family Care Partners of Stroke Survivors with Aphasia in the Comfort of a Cohort: Catherine Off, Jenna Griffin-Musick
Community aphasia groups: definition, classification and facilitation: Kathryn Pettigrove, Miranda Rose, Michelle Attard, Lucette Lanyon, Genevieve Vuong
“You can’t go into your room and close the door”: A qualitative study of personal impacts of PPA: Leanne Ruggero, Karen Croot, Lyndsey Nickels
Towards the consistent inclusion of people with aphasia in stroke research: where we are, what we know and where we are going: Ciara Shiggins, Brooke Ryan, Farhana Dewan, Amanda Elston, Julie Bernhardt, Robyn O’Halloran, Emma Power, Richard Lindley, Sandy Middleton, Gordon McGurk, Graeme Hankey, Miranda Rose
The state of aphasia: An update to the 2018 white paper: Nina Simmons-Mackie, Jamie Azios
Results of the Better Conversations with Primary Progressive Aphasia (BCPPA) pilot-feasibility study: Communication Partner Training to keep families together: Anna Volkmer, Holly Walton, Jason Warren, Kate Swinburn, Aimee Spector, Suzanne Beeke
Findings on the usability, feasibility, and acceptability of TeleCHAT: A comprehensive, high-dose aphasia treatment delivered via telerehabilitation: Genevieve Vuong, Jade Dignam, Clare Burns, Hannah Wedley, Katherine O’Brien, Jessica Campbell, Annie J. Hill, David Copland
Poster Presentations (disclosures)