School of Audiology & Speech Sciences Aphasia Mentoring Project

TitleSchool of Audiology & Speech Sciences Aphasia Mentoring Project
Faculty/College/UnitMedicine
StatusCompleted
Duration2 Year
Initiation04/01/2011
Completion03/31/2013
Project Summary

This proposal is for the development, implementation, and evaluation of a mentoring program involving community-dwelling people with chronic aphasia who are participating in the education of speech-language pathology (SLP) students over the course of their two-year program. In a weekly group program, participants with aphasia serve as mentors for students about what it means to live with aphasia; students and participants with aphasia also work together to explore and evaluate strategies for supporting communication in aphasia. Feasibility of this project, now in its first year, was initially demonstrated in a time-limited research pilot project. This TLEF project is building on pilot project findings, and is now integrating group activities into SLP coursework (including classroom-based courses and clinical practica), through alignment of specific goals and objectives within the SLP curriculum that will guide the nature of student participation within the group.

Funding Details
Year 1: Project YearYear 1
Year 1: Funding Year2011/2012
Year 1: Project TypeSmall TLEF
Year 1: Principal InvestigatorBarbara Purves
Year 1: Funded Amount29,273
Year 1: Team Members

Barbara Purves, Associate Professor, Audiology and Speech Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
Lisa Avery, Instructor, Audiology and Speech Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
Valter Ciocca, Director, Audiology and Speech Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
Angela Towle, Co-Director, Health Care Communication, College of Health Disciplines
Joanna McGrenere, Associate Professor, Computer Science, Faculty of Science

Year 2: Project YearYear 2
Year 2: Funding Year2012/2013
Year 2: Project TypeSmall TLEF
Year 2: Principal InvestigatorBarbara Purves
Year 2: Funded Amount28,072
Year 2: Team Members

Barbara Purves, Associate Professor, Audiology and Speech Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
Lisa Avery, Instructor, Audiology and Speech Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
Valter Ciocca, Director, Audiology and Speech Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
Angela Towle, Co-Director, Health Care Communication, College of Health Disciplines
Joanna McGrenere, Associate Professor, Computer Science, Faculty of Science