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Speech-Language Pathology Service Presents
Aphasia and the Brain:
Current Understanding and Treatment
Peter Turkeltaub, MD, PhD
Stacie Raymer, PhD
Invited Guest Speakers
29th Annual SLP Continuing Education Workshop
April 8, 2016
Registration
All participants must register online at SiTELMS.org.
1. Do a keyword or catalog search for aphasia.
2.Select the course and check ENROLL. You will need to
create an account if you are a new user or log in if you have
already set up an account in SiTEL.
When registering, be sure the price listed corresponds with
your registration code. Once registration is approved, we
cannot go back and change your registration price.
If you are registering as a group of three or more from
the same facility, please contact Earthaleen Woods at
202-877-1510 prior to registration to obtain your
group code for discounted pricing.
Time and Place
This program will be held on Friday, April 8, 2016, from 8 a.m.
to 3:45 p.m. in MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital’s
auditorium, located on the ground floor.
Who Should Attend
Speech-language pathologists, especially those in
clinical practice within the acute rehab, acute hospital,
outpatient, and skilled nursing settings, should attend.
Registration Fees
Early Regular
Single registration
$245 $275
Three or more from
the same institution
$215
$245
MedStar Health associates
$210
$240
Students (STUD for online registration)
$150
$180
Registration and payment must be received by
March 25, 2016, for early registration rates.
Registration fees include the cost of attendance, continental
breakfast and afternoon refreshments. Lunch can be purchased
in the on-site dining room.
Cancellation Policy
All cancellations must be received in writing no later than
March 25, 2016. Refunds are not available after this date.
There is a $50 administrative fee for all refunds. MedStar
National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH) reserves the right to
cancel or change a program for due cause. MedStar NRH
cancellation will result in a full refund of tuition.
For more information, go to MedStarNRH.org or contact
Eartha Woods at 202-877-1510.
MedStar NRH is a 137-bed, private, not-for-profit facility
located in northwest Washington, D.C. MedStar NRH’s services
are designed specifically for the rehabilitation of individuals
with disabling injuries and illnesses, such as stroke, brain
injury, spinal cord injury and disease, arthritis, amputations,
post-polio syndrome, chronic pain, back and neck pain,
occupational injuries, cancer, and cardiac disease that require
medical rehabilitation, and other neurological and orthopaedic
conditions. We treat patients from the age of six and up and our
Pediatric Unit—the National Center for Children’s Rehabilitation—
is a joint service of MedStar NRH and Children’s National
Medical Center.
Continuing Education Credits
This course is offered for 0.6 ASHA CEUs (Professional area,
Advanced level).
MedStar National
Rehabilitation Network is
approved by the Continuing
Education Board of the
American Speech-LanguageHearing Association (ASHA) to
provide continuing education
activities in speech-language
pathology and audiology. See course information for number of
ASHA CEUs, instructional level and content area. ASHA CE Provider
approval does not imply endorsement of course content, specific
products or clinical procedures.
Application has been made to the Maryland Board of
Examiners for speech-language pathologists for 6.0 continuing
education units.
Course Abstract
In Dr. Turkeltaub’s morning session, we will review medical
treatment options that have potential to improve recoveries
in people with stroke-related aphasia. There are now tools to
noninvasively modulate brain activity using electrical or magnetic
stimulation. These tools have shown some potential to improve
recovery from aphasia, but require more research to determine
how effective they are, the best ways in which they are delivered
and the population most likely to benefit from treatment.
Developing optimized brain stimulation treatments requires
a better understanding of the brain basis of aphasia recovery.
This seminar will summarize our current understanding of the
brain basis of language and aphasia recovery. Additionally, Dr.
Turkeltaub will discuss the current state of research on brain
stimulation treatments for aphasia and outline ways to engage
people with aphasia in research.
In Dr. Raymer’s afternoon session, we will review several
behavioral approaches to address word retrieval impairments
in individuals with stroke-induced aphasia. These will include
restorative treatment approaches that engage semantic and
phonologic processing in a manner compatible with the normal
processes engaged in word retrieval. These approaches will be
contrasted with reorganization approaches to word retrieval
treatment that attempt to facilitate word retrieval through a
fundamentally different cognitive process, such as gesture.
Other factors influencing success of word retrieval treatment and
generalization of treatment effects beyond specific training items
also will be considered. For example, errorless naming training
and training across semantic categories will be reviewed. The
seminar will take an evidence-based approach, reviewing the
most recent empirical evidence supporting the effects of the
variety of treatments available for individuals with word
retrieval impairments associated with aphasia.
Agenda
Course Objectives
7:30 to 8 a.m.
Registration and continental
breakfast
8 to 8:15 a.m.
Opening remarks
8:15 to 9 a.m.
Updates on the brain basis of
language
9 to 9:45 a.m.
The brain basis of aphasia
recovery 9:45 to 10 a.m.
Break
10 to 11 a.m.
Brain stimulation techniques
under investigation for aphasia
11 to 11:30 a.m.
Engaging people with aphasia
in research
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Lunch/break
12:30 to 1:15 p.m.
1:15 to 2 p.m.
Perspectives influencing
evidence-based practice and
word retrieval training
Restorative treatment
approaches for word retrieval
impairments in aphasia
2 to 2:15 p.m.
Break
2:15 to 3:45 p.m.
Reorganization approaches
to word retrieval training:
Gestures and limb apraxia
Participants will be able to:
• Describe how the brain performs language functions.
• Summarize the brain basis of aphasia recovery.
• Describe the current research regarding types of
noninvasive brain stimulation for use in people with
aphasia.
• Summarize the current state of research on the safety and
efficacy of brain stimulation treatments for aphasia.
• List current opportunities for people with aphasia to
participate in research.
• Describe three key components of the cognitive
neuropsychological model of word retrieval.
• Define the evidence-based practice triad.
• Describe two restorative treatment approaches for
addressing noun and verb retrieval impairments in
aphasia.
• Recognize attributes of limb apraxia.
• Describe two reorganization approaches to word retrieval
treatment implementing limb movements.
• Consider factors to facilitate generalization of treatment
outcomes to untrained stimuli and connected speech
tasks.
About the Speakers
Peter Turkeltaub, MD, PhD
Dr. Turkeltaub is an assistant professor of
neurology and director of the Cognitive
Recovery Lab at Georgetown University and the
Aphasia Clinic at MedStar National Rehabilitation
Hospital. He received his MD and PhD in
neuroscience from Georgetown University,
and completed his residency in neurology and fellowship in
cognitive neurology at the University of Pennsylvania. He has
received national and international awards for his research
and has published numerous papers on the neuroanatomy of
language and on aphasia. His research has been supported by
grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Doris Duke
Charitable Foundation, the American Brain Foundation, and the
International Dyslexia Association.
Financial Disclosure:
Honorarium and reimbursement of expenses
Nonfinancial Disclosure:
Collaborator, Soterix Medical Inc.
Stacie Raymer, PhD
Dr. Raymer is a professor in the Department of
Communication Disorders & Special Education at
Old Dominion University. She received her BSEd
in communicative disorders from the University
of Wisconsin-Madison and her MA and PhD in
speech pathology from the University of Florida.
For more than 30 years, her research has examined methods
to optimize behavioral treatment effects for individuals with
communication impairments following stroke or brain injury,
as well as neural and theoretical bases of language disorders
in these individuals. She has published more than 50 papers
and chapters, and has presented her work nationally and
internationally. Her research has been supported by grants
from the National Institutes of Health and Department of
Defense. She is a fellow of the American Speech-LanguageHearing Association, past coordinator of Special Interest
Group 2 of ASHA and president of the Academy of Neurologic
Communication Disorders and Sciences.
Financial Disclosure:
Honorarium and reimbursement of expenses
Nonfinancial Disclosure:
Past president and Board member,
Academy of Neurologic Communication
Disorders & Sciences
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