SPPARC

Provides resources to run support and conversation training programmes either for groups of partners or for the partner and the person with aphasia together as a couple. This pack offers an introduction to conversation assessment which allows to focus intervention directly on the everyday conversations of people with aphasia and their partners.

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The "SPPARC" pack has emerged from recent developments within aphasiology which have highlighted the importance of working with partners in order to create real life change both for partners and for people with aphasia. The pack provides the clinician with resources to run support and conversation training programmes either for groups of partners or for the partner and the person with aphasia together as a couple. Drawing on the methods and findings of conversation analysis, the "SPPARC" pack provides an introduction to this approach, along with conversation assessment and treatment materials which allow the clinician to focus intervention directly on the everyday conversations of people with aphasia and their partners. The pack consists of four elements: The Clinician's Manual: background information for the programmes including step-by-step instructions and a case study; The Support Programme: plans for eight support and information-giving sessions, with activities and photocopiable handouts; The Conversation Training Programme: plans for eight conversation training sessions with activities and photocopiable handouts; and, a VHS videotape: 27 extracts of everyday conversations between several people with aphasia and their partners, which can be used as a resource both for assessing everyday conversation and for facilitating change.