What can we work on?

• Communication impairment due to Stroke, Head injury, Dementia, Progressive Neurological e.g. MS, Parkinson’s Disease

This may include:

• Language
  • difficulty getting words out or finding the right word
  • understanding conversations,
  • reading,
  • writing
• Speech
  • quiet voice,
  • slurred speech (dysarthia),
  • difficulty forming sounds or words (dyspraxia),
  • effortful or erratic speech (ataxia)
• Stammering that may be from childhood or acquired as an adult

How to move forward:

• Initial assessment: to find out the specific difficulties you may have with aspects of communication and to look at why you want or need support.
• Treatment sessions: individual or group therapy sessions working on achieving a goal
• Conversation partner training: working with people in your environment to support your communication and increase opportunities to communicate.
• Training: giving skills to others to increase awareness of communication difficulties and how best to support people.