Preliminary Programme
Sunday, June 29, 2008
| 14:00 - 18:00 | Registration | |
| 18:00 - 20:00 | Opening Ceremony and Keynote Lecture I. | |
| Chair: Nada Žemva | ||
| “THE HISTORY AND PORTRAIT OF IARC” Ilias Papathanasiou |
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| Welcome Reception | ||
Monday, June 30, 2008
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Keynote Lecture II. | |
| Chair: Ilias Papathanasiou | ||
| “NEUROPLASTICITY AN APHASIC REHABILITATION: AN ERA OF OPTIMISM” Leslie Gonzalez-Rothi |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:30 - 12:30 | Oral Session I. | |
| Chair: Bronwyn Davidson | ||
| DOES SEMANTIC THERAPY FACILITATE WORD RETRIEVAL AND READING? R. Nilipour |
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| ENHANCING WORD RETRIEVAL IN ANOMIC APHASIA USING SEMANTIC FEATURE ANALYSIS M. Hough |
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| REHABILITATION OF BILINGUAL PERSONS WITH APHASIA: CHALLENGES, THEORETICAL PRINCIPLES, AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS J. G. Centeno |
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| REHABILITATION OF THE ABILITY TO MAKE A ‘POINT’ USING PERSONAL NARRATIVES: A DATA-BASED EXPLORATION OF APPROACHES G. Olness |
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| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch & Poster Session I. | |
| Chair: Ilias Papathanasiou | ||
| 1. PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE STROKE AND APHASIA QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE (SAQOL-39) IN A GENERIC STROKE POPULATION K. Hilari |
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| 2. WHAT EFFECTS DOES THE PARTICIPATION IN A THEATRE WORKSHOP HAVE ON INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY APHASIA? C. Croteau |
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| 3. THE EFFECT OF IMPAIRED INHIBITION PROCESSES ON AUDITORY LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION AND INNER SPEECH IN PATIENTS WITH APHASIA – AN EYETRACKING STUDY K. Kádár |
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| 4. SPEECH – LANGUAGE DIFFICULTIES IN ADULTS WITH RIGHT HEMISPHERE BRAIN DAMAGE K. Lice |
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| 5. SOCIAL PHOBIA AS A RESULT OF APHASIA AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) - CASE REPORT M. Ogrin |
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| 6. A DIAGNOSTIC BATTERY TO ASSESS LANGUAGE AND SHORT-TERM MEMORY DEFICITS IN APHASIA F. Kohen |
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| 7. REMEDIATION OF LANGUAGE PROCESSING IN APHASIA: IMPROVING ACTIVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF LINGUISTIC REPRESENTATIONS IN (VERBAL) SHORT-TERM MEMORY F. Kohen |
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| 8. ENHANCING COMMUNICATION PARTNERS’ INTERACTIVE SKILLS AFTER STROKE: PRELIMINARY OUTCOMES OF INTENSIVE INTERVENTION T. Kukkonen |
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| 9. REACTION TIME OF WORD RETRIEVAL BY APHASIC SUBJECTS V. Akrap Arsovski |
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| 10. INTENSITY AND DURATION OF APHASIA THERAPY – IMPACT ON RECOVERY M. Vukovic |
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| 11. DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN CHRONIC APHASIA M.E. Santos |
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| 12. MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH IN DIAGNOSTICS AND REHABILITATION OF AN APHASIC PATIENT – THE PRESENTATION OF THE CASE G. Simic, M. Gutesa, Z. Sukur |
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| 13. MENTAL HEALTH AND RELATED FACTORS IN SPOUSES OF PEOPLE WITH APHASIA IN JAPAN H. Nakamura |
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| 14. JUDGING CONVERSATION: HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? A. Correll |
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| 15. APHASIA – WHAT'S THAT??? T. Prizl Jakovac |
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| 16. THE THEATRE LAB AS ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH APHASIA A. Tinti |
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| 17. AN INVESTIGATION OF LINGUISTIC MEASURES FOR DIFFERENTIATING APHASIC FROM NORMAL DISCOURSE PRODUCTION A.P.H. Kong |
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| 14:00 - 15:00 | Keynote Lecture III. | |
| Chair: Leslie Gonzalez-Rothi | ||
| “NEUROBEHAVIORAL STUDIES OF SENTENCE PROCESSING AND PRODUCTION IN APHASIA. TREATMENT INDUCED RECOVERY” Cynthia K. Thompson |
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| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:30 - 17:30 | Oral Session II. | |
| Chair: Luise Springer | ||
| IMPROVING VERB PRODUCTION IN APHASIA: DOES IT MATTER WHETHER WE TREAT AT THE SINGLE WORD LEVEL OR IN SENTENCES? A. Whitworth |
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| ON-LINE MORPHO-SYNTACTIC PROCESSING IN THE HEALTHY AND APHASIC BRAIN L. Schneider |
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| EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF REVERSIBILITY AND WORD ORDER ON SENTENCE PRODUCTION AND COMPREHENSION IN PEOPLE WITH APHASIA J. Webster |
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| TREATMENT OF NON-FLUENT APHASIA IN PATIENTS WITH FRONTO-TEMPORAL DEMENTIA M. Pachalska |
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Keynote Lecture IV. | |
| Chair: Cynthia K. Thompson | ||
| “COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE REHABILITATION OF THE LEXICON” Anna Basso |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:30 - 12:30 | Oral Session III. | |
| Chair: Katerina Hilari | ||
| TRANSACTION AND INTERACTION IN SEVERE APHASIA: COMPLEMENTARY OR INCOMPATIBLE? A. Correll |
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| JS MOVING ONWARDS: THERAPY AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH APHASIA J. Morris |
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| ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF APHASIA IN A MULTI-LINGUAL AND AN INCREASINGLY DIGITIZED WORLD – CONSIDERATIONS FOR NOT MISSING THE WOOD AND THE TREES M. Akin, J.A. Stark |
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| CHAT FOR PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC APHASIA L. Springer |
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| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch & Poster Session II. | |
| Chair: Linda Worrall | ||
| 1. PHONEMIC PARAPHASIA OR APRAXIA OF SPEECH?? ERRORS THAT MATTER. I. Papathanasiou |
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| 2. THE EFFECTS OF CONSTRAINT-INDUCED APHASIA THERAPY IN PATIENT WITH CHRONIC APHASIA D. Razinger |
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| 3. COMPARISON OF TWO MEASURES OF SEVERITY OF APHASIA (APHASIA QUOTIENT AND SEVERITY RATING SCALE) AND A MEASURE OF FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATION (FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATION PROFILE) IN A POPULATION OF STROKE APHASICS. F. Garcia |
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| 4. A QUALITATIVE LONGITUDINAL CASE STUDY OF A DAUGHTER’S ADAPTATION PROCESS C. Croteau |
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| 5. WHAT FAMILY MEMBERS OF PEOPLE WITH APHASIA WANT: THEIR GOALS AND HOW THEY ARE REPRESENTED WITHIN THE ICF J. Gilbert |
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| 6. SPEECH-MUSIC THERAPY FOR APHASIA (SMTA) J. Hurkmans |
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| 7. MY "SECOND LIFE" J. Sluga |
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| 8. COMMUNICATION DISORDERS OF PATIENTS WITH RIGHT HEMISPHERE DAMAGE. RELATIVES' RATING OF DAY-TO-DAY COMMUNICATION BEFORE AND AFTER STROKE M. Gull |
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| 9. ENHANCING FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATION IN AN ADULT WITH CHRONIC NONFLUENT APHASIA M. Hough |
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| 10. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANOMIA TREATMENT OUTCOMES AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS O. Yeung |
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| 11. MELODIC INTONATION THERAPY AND APHASIA: ANOTHER VARIATION ON A THEME M. Hough |
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| 12. ASSESSMENT IN APHASIA: "EVALUATION" OF MEASUREMENT APPROACHES M. Hough |
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| 13. THE INFLUENCE OF AGING AND APHASIA ON BILINGUAL SEMANTIC ORGANIZATION S. Siyambalapitiya |
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| 14. QUALITY OF LIFE IN PEOPLE WITH APHASIA – FIRST EXPERIENCES WITH MEASURING IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Z. Konůpková |
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| 14:00 - 15:00 | Keynote Lecture V. | |
| Chair: Travis T. Threats | ||
| “FROM PHONOLOGY TO ARTICULATION IN APHASIC SPEECH: THEORETICAL CONCEPTS AND THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS” Wolfram Ziegler |
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| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:30 - 17:30 | Symposium: “A Chronic Need” | |
| Chair: Madeline Cruice | ||
| INTRODUCTION C. Code (Moderator) |
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| CHRONIC BROCA’S APHASIA FROM A LONG TERM PERSPECTIVE: ANALYSIS OF AN ILLUSTRATIVE SINGLE CASE J.A. Stark |
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| OUTCOME OF A ONE-MONTH THERAPY INTENSIVE FOR CHRONIC APHASIA: VARIABLE INDIVIDUAL RESPONSES C. Code |
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| IS MORE BETTER? PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM A COMPUTER TREATMENT STUDY FOR APHASIA L. R. Cherney |
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| DATA-DRIVEN INTERVENTION IN CHRONIC APHASIA: ADAPTED BRAIN PLASTICITY MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN THE RECOVERY OF NAMING FOLLOWING SPECIFIC THERAPY A. Ansaldo & K. Marcotte |
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| 20:00 | Farewell Dinner | |
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Keynote Lecture VI. | |
| Chair: Linda Worrall | ||
| “EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE IN APHASIA: FORM AND SUBSTANCE” Travis T. Threats |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:30 - 12:30 | Oral Session IV. | |
| Chair: Jacqueline Stark | ||
| LEARNING-IN-INTERACTION: RESOURCEFUL WORK BY PEOPLE WITH APHASIA AND THERAPISTS IN THE COURSE OF LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT THERAPY S. Horton |
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| TALKING ABOUT GOALS IN APHASIA THERAPY A. Ferguson |
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| BEING A FAMILY MEMBER OF A PERSON WITH APHASIA WHO LIVES ALONE B. Davidson |
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| APHASIA-FRIENDLY HEALTH INFORMATION T.A. Rose |
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| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Keynote Lecture VII. | |
| Chair: Chris Code | ||
| “QUALITY OF LIFE IN APHASIA: A HISTORY OF THE PAST, THE REALITIES AND PRACTICALITIES OF THE PRESENT, AND VISION OF THE FUTURE” Madeline Cruice |
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| 15:00 - 17:00 | Oral Session V. | |
| Chair: Alison Ferguson | ||
| HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN PEOPLE WITH SEVERE APHASIA K. Hilari |
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| SAQOL-39 CAN HELP TO UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH APHASIA N. Žemva |
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| LIVING SUCCESSFULLY WITH APHASIA: EXPLORING THE INSIDER PERSPECTIVE K. Brown |
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| 17:00 | Closing Ceremony | |
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| 09:45 - 15:00 | Excursion to Bled (optional) | |
| 13:00 - 18:30 | Excursion to Postojna Caves & Predjama Castle (optional) | |