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Bilingual Aphasia:
A Practical Framework
for Assessment
and Treatment
www.AdlerAphasiaCenter.org
(201) 368-8585
MAYWOOD, NJ 07607
60 WEST HUNTER AVENUE
FIRST TIME PROFESSIONAL ATTENDEE?
Enjoy a discount on your registration and pay only $125!
13TH ANNUAL SLP WORKSHOP
LISA A. EDMONDS,
Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Associate Professor and Director of the
Aphasia Rehabilitation and Bilingualism
Research Laboratory at Teachers College,
Columbia University,
Department of Communication
Sciences and Disorders
Friday, March 27, 2015
Adler Aphasia Center
60 West Hunter Avenue
Maywood, NJ
.6 Continuing Education Units
Sponsored by
LISA A. EDMONDS
Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Dr. Lisa A. Edmonds is an Associate
Professor and Director of the Aphasia
Rehabilitation and Bilingualism Research
Laboratory at Teachers College, Columbia
University in the Department of
Communication Sciences and Disorders.
Dr. Edmonds’ research focuses mainly
on aphasia, with an emphasis on the
development of assessment materials and
treatment protocols for monolingual and
bilingual speakers with aphasia.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Assessing and treating bilingual aphasia
is difficult given the variability in the
combination of languages that bilingual
individuals speak and differences in the
language background of the clinician.
Further, assessment materials and
treatment protocols for bilingual aphasia
are limited. This workshop will present
the most current research findings as
well as practical information related to
assessment and treatment. Issues unique
to this population such as cross linguistic
generalization, which language to treat,
and pathological code switching will be
addressed. Participant questions and
involvement will be highly encouraged!
Disclosure: Dr. Edmonds is receiving an
honorarium for this presentation. Other than
this, she has no relevant financial or relevant
nonfinancial relationships to disclose.
With respect to treatment, she aims to
develop treatment approaches, such as Verb
Network Strengthening Treatment, that are
designed to maximize generalization to
untrained items, contexts, and modalities
with the ultimate goal of increasing
functional communication. This perspective
also applies to bilingual aphasia treatment,
where consideration of cross-linguistic
generalization is important.
and
This course is offered for .6 ASHA CEUs.
(Intermediate level, Professional area)
AGENDA
8:00 – 8:30 amRegistration & continental
breakfast provided
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
8:30 – 10:00 amWelcome & speaker
introduction
Participants will:
• Name and describe models of bilingual
aphasia that consider premorbid language
use patterns, effects of aphasia across
languages and various recovery patterns.
Review of bilingual aphasia
models as a foundation for
development of a clinical
framework.
• Identify factors that must be considered in
a bilingual evaluation and how some of that
information can be gathered and interpreted
as part of an assessment.
10:00 – 10:15 am Break
• Identify unique issues involved in bilingual
aphasia treatment and describe how to
address to address those issues.
10:15 – 12:00 pm
Assessment of bilingual
aphasia: difficulties,
limitations and practical
solutions.
12:00 – 12:45 pm Lunch provided
12:45 – 2:15 pmReview of treatment
research with an emphasis
on principles that can be
translated and directly
applied to bilingual aphasia
treatment.
2:15 – 2:30 pm
• Describe a framework for assessment and
intervention of bilingual aphasia, and
apply this framework to specific clinical
case studies.
3:45 – 4:00 pmPaperwork wrap-up &
certificate distribution
Who should attend?
This workshop is for speech-language
pathologists (clinicians, academic faculty and
students).
Fee:
Include .6 CEU workshop, continental breakfast
and lunch.
Professionals:
First Time Professional Attendees: $125
Professionals before 3/13/15: $150
Professionals after 3/13/15: $175
Students before 3/13/15: $50
Students after 3/13/15: $65
Location:
This program will be held at the Adler Aphasia
Center at 60 West Hunter Ave. in Maywood,
N.J. The Center is conveniently located within
20 minutes of the George Washington Bridge.
We are easily accessible from Route 17,
Route 4 and Route 80 in northern New Jersey.
Break
2:30 – 3:45 pmPutting it all together: how
to integrate current aphasia
treatment protocols and
materials and adapt them
for persons with bilingual
aphasia. Includes case
studies and interactive
discussion.
OTHER INFORMATION
The Center is also only a 10-15 minute walk from
NJ Transit bus lines # 163, 164 & 144.
a·pha·sia (uh-fay’-zhuh) n. A language disorder
that impairs the expression and understanding of
spoken language, reading and writing.
It occurs most often from a stroke or brain injury.
This frustrating condition affects a person’s ability to
comunicate, but does not affect
his or her intellect.
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Directions and Hotel Information:
For directions, please refer to our website:
http://www.adleraphasiacenter.org/information.
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Call the Adler Aphasia Center at (201) 368-8585
for suggested area hotels.
COURSE REGISTRATION
BILINGUAL APHASIA:
A PRACTICAL FRAMEWORK
FOR ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT
March 27, 2015
First Time Professional Attendees: $125
Professionals before 3/13/15: $150
Professionals after 3/13/15: $175
Students before 3/13/15: $50
Students after 3/13/15: $65
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