REKNEW: Primary Progressive Aphasia

Research tests the extent to which AAC intervention is associated with changes in conversation for persons with primary progressive aphasia under controlled and natural conditions. We also describe the behavioral and socio-relational characteristics of caregiver/partners and participants who display improved conversational skills with AAC treatment. Persons with AD and matched normal adults are included in this study. Funded by NIDRR

Communication Supports

Publications

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Treatment for Persons with Primary Progressive Aphasia - ASHA Perspectives, SID 12
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Providing Augmentative and Alternative Communication Treatment to Persons With Progressive Nonfluent Aphasia- ASHA Perspectives, SID 2
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Presentations

Webcast: AAC for persons with PPA, Melanie Fried-Oken, PhD
http://aac-rerc.psu.edu/index.php/webcasts/show/id/18
American Academy of Neurology (Honolulu, HI), Evidence to Support AAC Treatment for PPA, 2011 PPT
ASHA (Philadelphia, PA), Communication Boards Support Conversation in PNFA, November, 2010
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DAAC, AAC Treatment for Persons with PPA, 2008
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Pacific Rim International Conference on Disabilities, Aging Well with Dementia: Supporting Conversational Skills of Individuals with Progressive Aphasia, April, 2010
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ISAAC (Barcelona, Spain), Evidence for AAC Treatment in Nonfluent Progressive Aphasia, July, 2010
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