Aphasia Support Groups
MAAC Aphasia Support Group
September 2023 Calendar
Aphasia Support Group, Aphasia Center, Aphasia Conferences
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MAAC Aphasia Support Group
MAAC Aphasia Support Group
About this event
This is the MAAC (Mid-Aphasia Aphasia Conference) Aphasia Support Group. We will meet monthly on Zoom, with Special Guests on September, December, March, and June. This will be a safe place to meet people with aphasia, share their stories (successes and struggles), and information.
You will receive a link for Zoom one week before and on the day of the event.
Please email Mark Harder at msharder.maac@gmail.com for questions.
September 2023 MAAC Calendar
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MAAC Calendar September 23 (docx)
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Julie Schlesinger
Speech & Hearing Center
https://www.esu.edu/communication_sciences_disorders/service_learning/aphasia_group.cfm
Natalia Stroutinsky MS, OTR/L at 215-893-6324 or via email
The monthly Stroke Support Group at Penn Rehab provides education and encouragement for individuals living with the effects of a stroke and those living with aphasia.
https://www.pennmedicine.org/departments-and-centers/physical-medicine-and-rehabilitation
Maureen Costello-Yacono, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Aphasia support group
For more information, call 484.596.5602 or email trestonl@mlhs.org
Nikki Benson-Watlington - Outreach & Admin Coordinator Email Nikki at BensonWN@einstein.edu https://www.mossrehab.com/speech-language-and-aphasia/aphasia-center
Group meets 3rd Wednesday of the month, 4:30-6 PM.
Contact: Randy Dubin, M.A., CCC-SLP Randy.Dubin@uphs.upenn.edu
Our Goal
To provide a place for Penn State alumni who are living with stroke and aphasia to connect, support each other, share resources, and advocate for aphasia awareness. https://www.psu-aphasia.com
jessica.welter@readinghealth.org
https://www.towerhealth.org/services/neurorehabilitation The Aphasia Support Group at Reading Health Rehabilitation Hospital
Alison Finkelstein, M.A., CCC-SLP - afinkelstein@salus.edu
The Snyder Center for Aphasia Life Enhancement (SCALE) is a specialty program at The League for People with Disabilities in Towson, Maryland. SCALE improves the quality of life for people living with aphasia and their families by:
- providing individuals with aphasia a place to connect
- offering 36 weekly in-person and virtual interactive groups facilitated by speech language pathologists and designed to support/empower members as they re-engage in community
- providing educational materials, training, and support for family members
- raising public awareness and understanding of aphasia through community outreach and advocacy projects
SCALE utilizes the Life Participation Approach to Aphasia which emphasizes individual choice, increased life participation, resources for all those affected by aphasia, and addressing personal/environmental communication factors.
The link to our website is,
https://leagueforpeople.org/program/the-snyder-center-for-aphasia-life-enhancement-scale-program/
Please contact Marlene Stankus, 609-896-9500, ext. 2260 or email mstankus@slrc.org.
Around the Country and Beyond
Academy of Aphasia
The Academy of Aphasia is an organization made up of researchers who study the language problems of people who have neurological diseases. Some of these researchers also provide clinical services to help people improve their language skills following strokes or other illnesses. Although this web site is primarily for the service of members, we have provided a few links containing general information for people with aphasia.
AphasiaAccess
Until every voice is understood.
Communication is key to person-centered health care and meaningful life. Aphasia Access empowers healthcare professionals, interdisciplinary teams, speech-language pathologists, and community advocates.
Aphasia Nation, Inc.
Aphasia Nation – The Mission
The purpose of Aphasia Nation is to educate the wider public about aphasia (loss of language) and especially all healthcare providers and hospitals. About 25-40% of people with stroke acquire aphasia yet few in the public are aphasia “aware”.
But beyond aphasia awareness, educating the public about neuroplasticity, the foundation of all learning, is the next step. Stroke survivors and people with aphasia have learned about plasticity the hard way. The rest of the population need to learn about it too. Learning a new language, mastering algebra or relearning one’s language and rewiring one’s brain after a stroke all possess the same ability of plasticity, whether healthy or not. tbroussa@comcast.net
ARC Aphasia Recovery Connections
ARC is a non-profit organization that was founded by a stroke survivor and his mother after they faced the same challenges that many of you face everyday. ARC’s mission is to end the isolation of aphasia by connecting families who are on the journey they know so well. Throughout the years, ARC has grown to become a community of thousands of families who connect online and at aphasia events. We are continually inspired by the stories of aphasia warriors, and we encourage you to join our community and share your story.
BU Aphasia Resource Center
Step inside the Aphasia Resource Center at Boston University College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College. You’ll sense very quickly that we are truly a community—individuals with aphasia, their families and friends interacting with clinicians, researchers and students. We provide a place not only for learning to live with aphasia but also for sharing experiences with others touched by the disorder. Since 2006, we’ve offered an expanding mix of resources for aphasia therapy, support, socialization, education and advocacy.
just A.S.K.
In 2019 Just ASK held the first ever "Aphasia Conference" in RI, and it is now an annual event held in June (Aphasia Awareness Month). This year's conference focused on health and wellness and was held in a Zoom format (check out the videos here)
Lingraphica Virtual Connections
Lingraphica
An Entire Community at Your Fingertips
Connect with hundreds of individuals with aphasia and their loved ones from anywhere in the world. Live online meetups facilitated by speech-language pathologists and other aphasia experts are available 7 days a week for FREE.
National Aphasia Association
Aphasia is an impairment of language, affecting the production or comprehension of speech and the ability to read or write. Aphasia is always due to injury to the brain-most commonly from a stroke, particularly in older individuals. But brain injuries resulting in aphasia may also arise from head trauma, from brain tumors, or from infections. an answer to this item.
Project BRIDGE
Gretchen Szabo, gszabo@adleraphasiacenter.org
Purdue University
This group meets once a month for guided conversation practice, education, resource sharing, and connection with others.
The group is currently led by Michelle Gutmann, PhD, CCC-SLP, and SLHS Purdue Graduate Students.
Both persons with aphasia and their loved ones/caregivers are invited to attend.
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