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
- Helpful Hints for Conversation
- Guidelines for Communicating with People who have Communication Difficulties
Publications
- Augmentative and Alternative Communication Treatment for Persons with Primary Progressive Aphasia - ASHA Perspectives, SID 12
- Providing Augmentative and Alternative Communication Treatment to Persons With Progressive Nonfluent Aphasia- ASHA Perspectives, SID 2
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
- ASHA (Philadelphia, PA), Communication Boards Support Conversation in PNFA , November, 2010PDF DAAC, AAC Treatment for Persons with PPA, 2008
- Pacific Rim International Conference on Disabilities, Aging Well with Dementia: Supporting Conversational Skills of Individuals with Progressive Aphasia, April, 2010
- ISAAC (Barcelona, Spain), Evidence for AAC Treatment in Nonfluent Progressive Aphasia, July, 2010
Grant Abstracts
Conference Abstracts
Clinical Resources
- International PPA Connection (IMPPACT)
- The Association for Frontotemporal Dementias
- Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center- Northwestern University
- Memory & Aging Center (frontotemporal dementia) - University California, San Francisco (UCSF)
- The National Aphasia Association
- Layton Aging & Alzheimer's Disease Center -OHSU
- National Institutes of Health, Frontotemporal Disorders Information
