National Aphasia Association

Speaking Out! Sixth National Aphasia Association Conference

June 19, 2008 - June 21, 2008

• Audrey Holland, PhD, University of Arizona Regents Professor Emerita, NAA Advisory Council
  
  
• Ruth Codier-Resch, PhD, Person living well with aphasia, NAA Advisory Council
• John Liechty, Person living well with aphasi, NAA Advisory Council
• Thomas Cole, PhD, McGovern Center University of Texas – Houston Medical School

Invited Speakers

• Paul Rao, PhD, National Rehabilitation Hospital, NAA Board Member
• Joan Peters, Esq. Consultant, NAA
• Pélagie M. Beeson, PhD, University of Arizona
• Maria L. Muñoz, PhD, Texas Christian University
  
  
• Susan Watt, MHSc, The Aphasia Institute
  
  
• Linda Carozza, PhD, St. John's University, NAA Advisory Council
• Anna Barrett, MD, Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, NAA Board Member
  
  
• Lynn Maher, PhD, University of Houston
  
  
• Edna Babbitt, MEd, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
• Maura English Silverman, MS, Triangle Aphasia Project at WakeMed Rehab (TAP), NAA Advisory Council
  
  
• Jeanne H. Fisher, MS, Louisiana State University
  
  
• Christina Wieneke, Northwestern University
  
  
• Darlene Williamson, MA, The STROKE COMEBACK CENTER, NAA Advisory Council
  
  
• Winston Lindsley, person living well with aphasia
  
  
• Paul West, person living well with aphasia
  
  
• Diane Ackerman, cosurvivor living well with aphasia
  
  
  
  

Discussion Points Include

• Pre-Conference Professional Day: Wellness counseling for adults with aphasia and their families
  
  
• Keynote Speakers: Living Well with Aphasia; Through the Eyes of an Aphasic
  
  
• Facilitating conversations with people with aphasia
• Incorporating art into life and work for individuals with aphasia
• Treatment approaches and Aphasia programs
  
  
• Aphasia Advocacy
• Networking and sharing of experiences
• Multicultural Issues
• Primary Progressive Aphasia
  
  
• Additional points of interest
  • Exhibition of artwork by individuals with aphasia
  • Professional Vendors and Exhibitors
  • Media room
  • Friday June 20, 2008 Evening Banquet with entertainment

Office of Special Programs at New York University. (212) 992-9380.

Sharon M. Antonucci, Ph.D. CCC-SLP. Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology. (212)-992-9445, sma208@nyu.edu

Ellayne Ganzfried, M.S. CCC-SLP, Executive Director, National Aphasia Association, (212) 267-2814, ganzfried@aphasia.org