Over the past three days I have had the pleasure of attending the Aphasia Camp on the Gold Coast in Queensland. I attended to gain ideas about how this model can inform services for children with speech sound disorders. The Aphasia Camp was attended by people with aphasia and their caregivers, volunteer speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and volunteer SLP students. It was coordinated by researchers from The University of Queensland - Professor Linda Worrall, Dr Megan Trebilcock and Dr Kim Garden.
The camp received a generous grant from the James Frizelle Charitable Foundation to run for three years, and a number of the participants had attended last year. I was so impressed that James Frizelle came to the final session of the day to listen to the participants presenting at the microphone about what skills had improved over the three days.
Here are a few great resources I learned more about over the three days:
- Australian Aphasia Association: https://aphasia.org.au/
- The Australian Aphasia Guide (2nd ed.) by Angela Berens, Georgie, Laney, Tanya Rose and Tami Howe https://aphasia.org.au/resources/aaa-guide/
- Getting Online for People with Aphasia https://www.stroke.org.uk/what-is-aphasia/communication-tools/getting-online-people-aphasia
- Resources and Research from the Aphasia CRE: https://www.latrobe.edu.au/research/centres/health/aphasia/resources
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| Prof Linda Worrall, James Frizelle, Kim Garden, Megan Trebilcock |
