PTARI Resources
Aphasia Games for Health
Games are a powerful way to connect with others and can provide fun and engaging contexts for language and communication practice. The Language Rehab and Cognition Lab has teamed with professional game designers, game design researchers, and members of the aphasia community to co-design aphasia treatment game prototypes. Training resources and free game prototypes are available here: https://www.aphasiagamesforhealth.com/
Rob Cavanaugh, MS, CCC-SLP, is a PTARI researcher and Pitt CSD doctoral candidate. His personal website contains a number of apps and resources for computer-based aphasia assessment data analysis, and reproducible research: https://robcavanaugh.com/
Rob has also developed an aphasia-friendly website for finding active aphasia research studies registered on clinicaltrials.gov: https://aphasiaresearch.org/
Aphasia Communication Outcome Measure
This is a patient-reported assessment of communicative effectiveness for use by clinicians with clients with aphasia. It’s available for web-based administration or download here: https://william-hula.shinyapps.io/acom/
PNT-CAT
A shortened, computer-adaptive version of the Philadelphia Naming Test, is available for web-based administration or download here: https://william-hula.shinyapps.io/pnt-cat/
General Aphasia Resources
Aphasia Access
https://www.aphasiaaccess.org/
National Aphasia Association
https://www.aphasia.org/
Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences
https://www.ancds.org/
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
https://www.asha.org/practice-portal/clinical-topics/aphasia/
Better Conversations with Aphasia
A free E-Learning Resource from University College London designed to to improve access to conversation therapy: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/short-courses/search-courses/better-conversations-...
Veterans with aphasia can email Mary.Sullivan@va.gov to learn about clinical services available to veterans at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System.