ASA 2025 Program of EVENTS

Location: Hoogenraad Lecture Theatre, La Trobe University Bundoora Campus, Melbourne.

9.00     Registration 

9.15     Welcome: Prof Miranda Rose                                                                                                                                        

               Acknowledgement of Country: Dr Rebecca Sullivan                                                                                     

               Program overview : Prof Miranda Rose                                                                                                                    

9.30    Keynote Lecture 1 - Session Chair - Prof Miranda Rose

              A/Prof Robyn O’Halloran: “Collaborating for health equity” 

10.30  Morning tea - Served upstairs on TLC Level 2  (Posters can be installed at this time)

11.15  Lecture Session 1  (15-minute talks  Session Chair: Dr Rebecca Sullivan) 

1.  Dr Sam Harvey: Mapping Australian usual care aphasia rehabilitation against                Best Practice Statements: Evidence from the Measuring and  Monitoring Aphasia               Services project.
2. Dr Kathleen Mellahn: The inpatient clinical pathway for people with aphasia from                              CALD backgrounds:   Differences from admission to discharge. 
3. Chelsea Larkman: A   co-designed tool to support collaboration in cross-linguistic and cross-cultural aphasia therapy: Development and evaluation of the La Trobe University Aphasia therapy Collaboration Tool for Speech Pathologists and Interpreters.
4. Emily Eley: Delivering Group Aphasia Therapy via Telehealth: Pilot Results and Clinician Perspectives on M-MAT Tele.
5. Dr Genevieve Vuong: Supporting   the active engagement of people with aphasia and      their support people, in   Comprehensive High-dose Aphasia Treatment delivered  via telerehabilitation.

1.00      Lunch - upstairs on TLC Level 2, special dietary requirements are labelled with your name.

2.00      Lightning talks 1   (7-minute presentations).  Session Chair: A/Prof Annie Hill          

1. Ryan dos Santos Meechan: "It's in the cupboard": Factors influencing the assessment practices of speech language therapists working in post-stroke  communication.
2. Dr Kirstine Shrubsole: Communication Partner Training (CPT) in stroke services: Current practice, training   preferences, and factors influencing implementation.
3. Prof Emma Power (presenting for Sonia Lau): Developing   Communication Competence in Orthoptics: A mixed-methods study of an online Acquired Brain Injury Communication Partner Training Program                      
4. Roisin Hayes: Improved confidence and knowledge in interacting with people with acquired brain injury after completing the self-guided online program, interact-ABI-lity: a mixed methods case series study.
5. Clare Kendrick: Acute inpatient Multidisciplinary Stroke Squad- Increasing Synaptic and Social Connection.

3.00    Poster Session   – Building TLC Level 2  

             Interactive poster session and afternoon tea served on TLC Level 2  

 4.00    Keynote Lecture 2  - Session Chair: Dr Kathleen Mellahn

               Lauren Fletcher:  "Collaborating and researching within a health service: 

               HealthTalk Connect"

4.45   Close Symposium   Day 1

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 Location: Little Henri, 850 High St, Thornbury (short tram ride from La Trobe Uni)

 ASA Collaboration & Connections Social is being held from 6pm following on from day 1 of the Symposium. This is the perfect opportunity to network with other Symposium attendees and discuss the days presentations and collaboration opportunities. 

Join us for platters of delicious canapes, a loaded grazing table and a range of cocktails and non-alcoholic drinks. 

Registration for this event is essential.

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 Location: Hoogenraad Lecture Theatre, La Trobe University Bundoora Campus, Melbourne.

9.00     Registration and welcome tea and coffee - Upstairs on TLC Level 2

9.30      Prof Miranda Rose: Welcome and housekeeping                                                                                             

9.40    Keynote Lecture 3 -  Session Chair:  Prof Miranda Rose 

              Emma Beesley:  "How to successfully collaborate with lived experience expertise in 

              research."                                                                      

10.20   Bathroom and stretch break

10.30   Lightning talks 2  (7-minute presentations)  Session Chair: Dr Lucie Lanyon 

1. Dr Claire Bennington: Collaboration is vital for the successful implementation of an international aphasia awareness campaign.
2. Kate Dallenbach & Kate Milford: "I had a stroke": How do people with aphasia explain aphasia?
3. Dr Megan Trebilcock: Empowering   the aphasia community to drive the development of aphasia camps in Australia
4. Kathryn Pettigrove: The power of real stories - video testimonials from aphasia group members enhance the impact of facilitator education.

11.15    Morning tea - Served upstairs on TLC Level 2  

12.00  Lecture Session 2  (15-minute presentations)  Session Chair: Dr John Pierce 

1. Dr Sam Harvey: A cross-sectional survey exploring the experiences of Australians with aphasia during emergencies. 
2. Sheree Lu: "One website change and it's like starting from the beginning again": User experiences of technology-mediated communication and dynamic assessment in traumatic brain injury (TBI)
3. Dr Jennifer Lee: Co-design and iterative development of a web-browser extension to support digital access for people with post-stroke aphasia. 
4. Dr Jade Dignam: Codesign of an interdisciplinary intervention to support text messaging for adults   with post-stroke aphasia: Phase 1 Experience gathering and priority identification.
5.  Dr Sue Sherratt: Will-making and people with aphasia

1.40     Lunch - Catering provided, special dietary info will be requested with your registration

2.30  Lightning talks  (7-minute presentations)   Session Chair: Dr Sam Harvey

1. Edwina Lamborn: Can an App Bridge the Gap? Exploring Tech-Assisted Healthcare Communication for People with Aphasia in Hospital
2. Dr Joanna Shorland: The experiences of people with aphasia receiving healthcare in the community: A   qualitative study
3. Nelson J. Hernandez: Development of the Carer Platform in Communication Connect: A co-produced, AI-enabled digital health resource.

3.05  Stretch and bathroom break

3.25  Keynote 4 - Session Chair: Prof Robyn O’Halloran 

            A/Prof Dana Wong and Dr John Pierce: "Better together: Interdisciplinary collaboration

             and innovation to improve aphasia support. "

4.25   Prof Miranda Rose: Final words                                                                                                                                        

4.40   Symposium Close  

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 Held on Thursday 3pm  - Upstairs in TLC Level 2

Join us upstairs for a leisurely afternoon tea with the opportunity to view the conference posters and discuss with the presenters.

Posters : 

Room TLC - 2.12

• Community aphasia rehabilitation and   views on the potential implementation of Communication Connect in Malaysia: a survey of Malaysian health professionals - 

                   Shu En Lee

• Integrated UPper limb and Language   Impairment and Functional Training (UPLIFT) after stroke: Study protocol for an umbrella Bayesian Optimal Phase IIa clinical trial. - Siobhan Kavanagh

• Climate change: Implications for the health and everyday participation of people with aphasia. - Dr Sue Sherratt

• Developing a treatment fidelity checklist for a modified Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Program - Woon-Ki Chew

Room TLC - 2.13

• Use of Non-Verbal Communication Behaviours and the Communication Effectiveness among Sinhala speaking   Individuals with Aphasia in Sri Lanka. - Amanthi Jayathilaka

• What is usual care for people with aphasia? Preliminary results from the usual care phase of a hybrid   implementation effectiveness study. - Anna Humphries 

• Optimising communication supports in psychological care teams for people with aphasia experiencing severe depression. - Dr Annette Rotherham

• Measuring successful conversations for couples affected by aphasia: Content validation of the Measure of Dyadic Conversation in Aphasia. - Dr Annette Rotherham

• Language and cognitive communication   assessment in a changing world: future   directions and possibilities for the 'Assess for Success' study. - Prof Deborah Hersh

Room TLC - 2.15

• Traumatic Brain Injury and Aphasia:   Utilising lived experience to enhance recovery and RTW by integrating   evidence-based neurorehabilitation methodologies within standard clinical practice. -Mr Garry Whittaker

• "Everything was English":   Rehabilitation Experiences and Preferences of Multilingual People with   Aphasia and their Close Communication Partners. - Ms Josephine Mabin

• Collaborating with healthcare services to measure aphasia care and outcomes: A pilot study to implement a co-developed minimum dataset. - Marissa Stone

• Beyond Monologue and Picture Description: Exploring a novel co-constructed communication task to evaluate aphasia treatment outcomes. - Ruby Leishman

• Developing Dynamic and   Technology-Mediated Communication Tasks for TBI Assessment: A Delphi Study - Sheree Lu

*This program is correct at the time of publication but subject to change prior to the event.