Assessment and Management of Aphasia after Stroke Workshop

17th of September 2015 University of Aveiro, Portugal

The workshop will be open and free to CATs members and to Science of Aphasia 2015 participants.

Workshop goals: To provide updates in research regarding topical issues in stroke rehabilitation and professional practice.

Learning objectives:

Participants will gain a multidisciplinary understanding of current issues in research and practice in stroke and aphasia;
Participants will gain knowledge and understanding of how to consider the breadth of the sequelae of stroke in assessment and treatment.

Target audience: Stroke rehabilitation researchers and practising clinicians.

Program

9.15-9.45h	Reception and registration;
9.45-10.00h	Opening ceremony, Luís Jesus (Workshop Chair and CATs member);
10.00-10.30h	Neural predictors of stroke and aphasia recovery, David Caplan, Harvard Medical School, USA;
10.30-11.00h	Self-management approaches in stroke rehabilitation, Sara Demain, University of Southampton, UK;
11.00-11.30h	Visual impairments after stroke and the assessment and management of aphasia, Christine Hazelton, NMAHP, UK
11.30h-12.00h – Coffee break;
12.00-12.30h	Selecting Health-Related Patient-Reported Outcomes (HR‐PRO) Instruments, Luís Jesus, University of Aveiro, Portugal;
12.30h-14.00h – Lunch
14.00-14.30h	Clinicians’ Perspectives of Quality of Life in Aphasia Rehabilitation, Madeline Cruice, City University London, UK;
14.30-14.50h	Third Party Disability in Aphasia: Caregivers’ Quality of Life, Brígida Patrício, IPP, Portugal;
14.50-15.10h	Consequences of stroke & aphasia: Views of people with aphasia, and family members, Assunção Matos, University of Aveiro, Portugal;
15.10-15.30h	Instituto Português da Afasia: Implementation of life participation approaches to Aphasia in Portugal, Paula Valente, Instituto Português da Afasia, Matosinhos, Portugal;
15.30h-16.00h – Coffee break;
16.00-17.00h	Applying Quality of Life in Research and Clinical Practice: Group Discussion, all conference participants (chaired by Luís Jesus, Madeline Cruice, Assunção Matos and Brígida Patrício);
17.00-17.15h	Closing ceremony, Luís Jesus (Chair and CATs member)