Opportunities for social participation: Facilitating inclusion of adults with aphasia

Open lecture by Dr. Tami Howe, School of Audiology and Speech Sciences at University of British Columbia, Canada. Everyone is welcome!

Lack of communicatively supportive opportunities for social participation is a critical barrier for many people with aphasia. Speech–language pathologists can address this barrier by playing a key role in ensuring that adults with aphasia have appropriate social participation choices in their communities. This talk will focus on providing examples of specific approaches that can help achieve this important goal in relation to 4 levels of social participation: 1) interacting with others without doing a specific activity with them (e.g., having satisfying conversations), 2) interacting with others during activities in which there is a common goal (e.g., participating in enjoyable recreational activities), 3) interacting with others to help a specific person or group of people (e.g., volunteering), and 4) interacting with others to make a contribution to society (e.g., being involved in an aphasia advocacy organization).

Please note: The lecture room is in KUA 3, Njalsgade 76, which is the main entrance to the Faculty of Law, near the Islands Brygge Metro. Due to construction work, it is difficult to walk across campus from Dept. of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, which is located in KUA1.