Aphasia CRE seminar: International stakeholder perspectives, experiences, and priorities for aphasia awareness
Co-design of a unified campaign
Wednesday 26 March 2025
- Melbourne, Sydney – 4 pm (AEDT)
- Brisbane – 3 pm (AEST)
- Perth – 1 pm (AWST)
- Berlin – 10 pm (CET)
- Seattle – 10 pm, 25 March (PDT)
Presented by Dr Claire Bennington, Australian Aphasia Association
This presentation summarises Claire’s PhD research and will:
- redefine what we mean by aphasia awareness
- summarise what stakeholders have done to raise awareness of aphasia internationally and the barriers and facilitators to raising awareness
- describe international priorities for a unified campaign
- outline the codesigned international campaign blueprint and operationalisation plan.
Dr Claire Bennington is a UK-trained speech and language therapist with extensive experience working with people with aphasia in a range of clinical settings in the UK and Australia.
Claire is honoured to be the current Chairperson of the Australian Aphasia Association, having been a board member since 2018.
Previous seminars are available to view online
Seminar recordings are available on the Aphasia CRE YouTube channel.
See the most recent seminars:
- Designing trials for aphasia: Do’s and Don’ts, presented by Caterina Breitenstein, PhD.
- Testing our patients: How can we apply therapeutic assessment in aphasia rehabilitation? Presented by Professor Deborah Hersh, Curtin University.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Aphasia: Phase I pilot findings, presented by William S. Evans PhD, University of Pittsburgh.
- Understanding unmet aphasia service needs and priorities using experience-based co-design, presented by Dr Lisa Anemaat, University of Queensland.
- Automatically assessing paraphasias in discourse: Breakthroughs and remaining challenges, presented by Alexandra Salem, Oregon Health & Science University.
- Co-constructing stories: Supporting people with aphasia in meaning-making and moving forward, presented by Dr Katie A. Strong, Central Michigan University.
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