 | The Men's and Woman's Aphasia Group NO CHARGE To Members Of The Aphasia Solution Network |
William Connors, M.A., CCC-SLP :: Founder/Executive
bill@aphasiatoolbox.com PH: 724-494-2534http://www.aphasiatoolbox.com
The Men's Aphasia Bootcamp
The Bootcamp has two sessions - an AM and PM. Using www.oovoo.com, 4-5 men with aphasia work with and support each other once a week. Bill Connors facilitate the session.
The Woman's Aphasia Practice Club
The Woman's Club has one session - an AM. Using www.oovoo.com, 4-5 women with aphasia work with and support each other once a week. Pushpa Ramachandran facilitate the session.
Bill Connors, MA,CCC-SLP specializes in combining technology, neuroscience and learning theory with current evidence and research to advance the treatment of aphasia and related disorders. He is the director of The Pittsburgh Aphasia Treatment, Research and Education Center as well as founder of www.aphasiatoolbox.com. He provides aphasia treatment to clients and collaborates with SLPs around the world through the Aphasia-Apraxia Treatment CyberClinic. He is a clinical instructor for the Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh and served as chairperson of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center SLP Rehabilitation committee. He has assisted on numerous research studies in the assessment and treatment of aphasia and related disorders. Bill is a state representative and member of the Multicultural Task Force for the National Aphasia Association and a member of the Advisory Board at www.speechpathology.com.
Pushpa Ramachandran, MA,CCC-SLP has been a speech language pathologist since 2002. She has a wide variety of interests and experiences that range from alternative and augmentative communication, pediatric speech and language issues, brain injury/ strokerehabilitation and swallowing disorders. Pushpa has worked in the public schools, autism clinics, home health, private practice, acute hospital setting as well as a core team member at a community stroke rehabilitation program. Her most recent accomplishment was the coordination and development of an unified Tracheostomy Weaning Protocol as well as starting staff training program regarding "Dysphagia in Tracheostomy patients" at the Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, CA. She is an ASHA member and currently holds a practicing license in the State of California. At present she practices out of her home in Pune, India. Pushpa began her training in aphasia rehabilitation in 2002 serving as a graduate clinician in the intensive treatment program at the Pittsburgh Aphasia Treatment Center when it was housed at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She was one of the finest student clinicians in our 14 year history. Pushpa will be leading our distance clinic and SLP collaboration networking. Bill Connors, Director of PATREC
