11/03/2025
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Given the increasing use of texting in everyday life, many people with aphasia endorse a desire to focus on texting in treatment sessions. With this in mind, researchers in this study evaluated the Transactional EXchanges in Texting for Aphasia (TEXT-A): a brief and functional tool for assessing how effectively PwA convey meaning through text messages.โฃ
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This study introduced the Functional Rating of Interaction Engagement Needs and Difficulties Scale (FRIENDS), a patient-reported tool developed to assess how aphasia affects friendships and social participation. Developed through eight co-design meetings with three people with aphasia and a caregiver, FRIENDS uses accessible language, pictorial supports, and a 5-point scale to mesure social access, reciprocity, emotional support, trust, and comfort in social settings.โฃ
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The Aphasia Brief COPE (ABC) is an aphasia-accessible adaptation of the Brief COPE designed to measure coping strategies in PwA. Researchers in this study simplified the original 28-item tool using plain language and a binary yes/no response format in order to reduce linguistic and cognitive demands.โฃ
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This pilot study evaluated the La Trobe University Aphasia Therapy Collaboration Tool for Speech Pathologists and Interpreters (LTU ACT-SPI), a co-designed resource aimed at supporting collaboration between SLPs and interpreters when delivering aphasia therapy to culturally and linguistically diverse clients. Four SLP-interpreter dyads used the tool to guide a role-played briefing session for a treatment session. Qualitative framework analysis identified four main themes: (1) mutual engagement promotes productive collaboration, (2) adapting therapy across languages is complex and requires additional skills and resources, (3) time is a limited resource, and (4) the tool has multiple benefits.โฃ
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