From the first time in Philadelphia when I had a stroke and my issue with Aphasia, I met Alex at Penn Medicine therapy. We have worked for almost a year talking about adding a group at Aphasia Support Group at Penn. Alex and her team did a great job of finally start the group this year. They have been a great job.
Aphasia Support Group
Hello everyone,
Thank you for attending the aphasia support group on Wednesday. We hope it was helpful!
See below for resources that were discussed during the meeting. Also, I attached the mind maps that you can use to help you tell or write a story.
RESOURCES:
Grammarly: Free Online Writing Assistant
Thesaurus and Word Tools | WordHippo
Speak4Me – Text to Speech on the App Store (apple.com)
Don’t forget, you can use your phone to create photo albums for separate stories, or write down a script or key vocabulary ahead of time to help you tell your story!
Our next meeting will be Wednesday, April 13th at 3:00 pm
If possible, please bring a family member, friend, significant other etc. as we plan to review and practice some communication partner strategies.
Have a great month!
Alex Merlino M.S. CCC-SLP CBIS
Speech Language Pathologist
Certified Brain Injury Specialist
GSPP Penn Therapy and Fitness at UNC
3737 Market Street, 2nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-294-9215
Fax: 215-222-5749