The Brainy Speech Therapist Podcast

S2 Ep 6: Aphasia Awareness

June 2022 is Aphasia Awareness Month, so Jan and Helen took this as a cue to chat about aphasia, how speech and language therapists identify areas of difficulty, ways to support a person with aphasia, and a couple of key intervention strategies. There's lots of further resources to access: Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland https://www.chss.org.uk
The Stroke Association https://www.stroke.org.uk
Better Conversations with Aphasia https://extendstore.ucl.ac.uk/product?catalog=UCLXBCA
Aphasia Access https://www.aphasiaaccess.org
https://tactustherapy.com/mor-multiple-oral-rereading-how-to/
https://honeycombspeechtherapy.com/script-training/
Communication access UK
https://communication-access.co.uk/
Some interesting training opportunities too: UCL Aphasia Symp May 2022
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/events/2022/may/cnr-aphasia-symposiumqueen-square
Webinar: The Neurobiology of Language Recovery in Stroke-Aphasia, https://asha.figshare.com/articles/presentation/2018_ASHA_Research_Symposium_Cynthia_K_Thompson_Recovery_of_Sentence_Processing_in_Aphasia/10257587?file=18535703
Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Program: training days Oct 2022 Applying ICAP approach to your Clinical Practice ICAPcourse@gmail.com

S2: Ep 5 A conversation with Dr Nicholas Behn

Dr Nicholas Behn from City, University of London joins Jan and Helen for a conversation about cognitive communication and project based interventions. We cover lots of ideas in this episode, if you'd like to learn more about running projects, Nick is starting an online course in June: https://www.city.ac.uk/prospective-students/courses/city-health/social-communication-after-brain-injury Examples of project work carried out previously can be seen on YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCL_KmMcSwrsl_HdwTddc0pA

S2: Ep4 Compassionate Leadership

Jan and Helen are joined by Pauline Downie. Pauline speaks about her varied role as a manager, the challenges of being in a leadership role during Covid-19, and the need to bring greater diversity to the profession. Information on the leadership skills course mentioned is here: https://learn.nes.nhs.scot/18217/leadership-and-management-programmes NHS Lanarkshire's Children and Young People SLT service have a YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCCvScgXmOB1gRbYJ3CFJ3xA The SLTea Time podcast is on YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCRp9XAEGrUJ8QsgoQA1lTnw Communication Access information is at https://communication-access.co.uk/ Lastly, there are many links on YouTube to hear Michael West speak about compassionate leadership, this gives some basics to begin to understand the concept: https://youtu.be/RrPmMwg9X8s

Managers behind the scenes

Jan and Helen are joined by Louise Steer, a Speech and Language Therapist who is developing a group programme focused on helping families understand communication difficulties. Louise presented on this programme at the 2021 RCSLT Conference, which can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp4ZnU__G_g&feature=emb_imp_woyt

Social Stories

Jan speaks to Helen about her experience of using Social Stories with those who have had a brain injury. For more information head to https://carolgraysocialstories.com/ As always, comments and suggestions are welcome via Twitter @BrainySLT and Instagram @brainyspeechtherapists.

What is Cognitive-Communication?

Welcome to the second series of The Brainy Speech Therapist Podcast. In this episode, Jan and Helen discuss cognition and how it effects communication. We talk about the Model of Cognitive-Communication Competence by Sheila Macdonald, more information can be found in her paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29064304/ If you are keen to undertake specific training in this area, head to courses.brainandcommunication.ca We also chat through a couple of case studies to illustrate how difficulties might present and impact on the individual and their communication partners. Information on registering for the International Cognitive-Communication Disorders Conference can be found at https://www.chapman.edu/crean/academic-programs/graduate-programs/ms-communication-sciences-and-disorders/international-cognitive-communication-disorders-conference.aspx As always, comments and suggestions are welcome via Twitter @BrainySLT and Instagram @brainyspeechtherapists.

Episode 13: A chat about speech therapy

Featuring a conversation between Alan, a survivor of a brain injury, and Megan, a speech and language therapist. They talk about the role of speech and language therapy, diversity in the profession, and misconceptions of rehabilitation. Huge thanks to them both for taking the time to chat.

CCD chat!

Jan and Helen are joined by Vicky Mayer, Clinical Lead for SLT at the Astley Ainslie Hospital in Edinburgh. We focused our chat on the recent Cognitive Communication Disorders Symposium, which took place online. 
You'll hear us reference various researchers and assessment tools, to check them out for yourself we've included all the links:
On Twitter: Dr Melissa Brunner @LissBEE_CPSP
Professor Leanne Togher @LeanneTogher
Dr Rachel Rietdijk @RachaelReedake
Dr Nicholas Behn @NicholasBehn
Simon Grobler @simongrobler
Claire Farrington-Douglas @clairefarring20
CCCABI 
http://www.ccdpublishing.com/cccabi.aspx
The Social Brain Toolkit
https://abi-communication-lab.sydney.edu.au/having-better-conversations-after-brain-injury-the-social-brain-toolkit-project/
Information about the FAVRES http://www.ccdpublishing.com/favres.aspx 
Brisbane Language Test: https://brisbanetest.org/
A link to more information on OARS https://positivepsychology.com/motivational-interviewing-exercises/
A couple of research papers are mentioned in the episode. Pragmatic Rating Scale: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31246099/
Sheila McDonald's paper on the Model of Cognitive-Communication Competence:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29064304/ 

Episode eleven: iRest meditation

This is an episode led by Lucie McIntosh, who we spoke to in episode ten. She takes us through an iRest meditation, so aside from our pre-recorded jingles there is no other talking. Perfect for trying out meditation!

Episode ten: Healing with iRest meditation

Jan and Helen are joined by Fiona, who spoke about her journey of recovery from brain injury in the last episode. The three of us speak with Lucie McIntosh, who explains a form of meditation called iRest. This is the first of two episodes on this subject, with the second being a stand alone iRest session. More information can be found at www.irest.org and at https://vimeo.com/integrativerestoration.