FOQUSAphasia
ABOUT FOQUSAphasia
We are researchers and clinicians that value the evidence derived from spoken discourse during assessment and treatment of speakers with aphasia. We want to improve the state of research, which will directly translate into improved evidence-based practice for assessment and treatment of spoken discourse in aphasia.
Listen to a short update on who we are & what we’ve been up to - as of April 2021!
BACKGROUND
Stemming from a roundtable discussion at the 49th Clinical Aphasiology Conference (2019) in Whitefish, Montana, this working group was devised as a means of addressing some of the critical gaps currently plaguing the area of spoken discourse assessment and analysis in speakers with aphasia.
MISSION
To create a working group whose task forces and initiatives improve the state of research in spoken discourse in aphasia.
Read about us more in our publication HERE (author’s copy HERE)
Florida International University
Angela R. Laird, Ph.D., Professor; Director, Center for Imaging Science
https://nbclab.github.io/team/laird-angela
Michael C. Riedel, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist
UNH Social Communication Intervention and Assessment Lab (SoCIALab)
We could not be more pleased to have strong collaboration with the UNH SoCIALab. With Dr. Kathryn Greenslade at its healm, the incredible work in discourse and social communication that is a big component of our AphasiaBank and TBIBank projects would be missing some of the most important elements. We're looking forward to all of the amazing work to come.
University of Arizona
Elena Plante, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences
https://plante.lab.arizona.edu/
Audrey L. Holland, Professor Emeritus, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences
University of Texas at Austin
Kimberly Ray, Ph.D., Researh Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
