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offers an intensive, comprehensive therapy program聽to those聽navigating Aphasia, a聽language聽disorder that can arise from聽health challenges such as聽stroke,聽brain聽cancer聽and brain injury,聽and聽affects聽an individual鈥檚 ability to聽read, write,聽speak聽and聽comprehend聽language.

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It鈥檚 graduation day. But not for the students.

It鈥檚 a commencement ceremony for their patients. In this case, four adults with aphasia 鈥� a communication disorder that can occur suddenly following a stroke or head injury but may also develop slowly from a brain tumor or a progressive neurological disease. June is Aphasia Awareness Month.

One of these four patients is Kyle Burke, a constantly smiling 25-year-old who seemingly knows everyone in the room.

He arrives at the ceremony in an orange Clemson University T-shirt. In May 2020, he was enrolled as a student and celebrating the completion of final exams and making the dean鈥檚 list when the pandemic brought him back home. It was there that a skateboarding accident would leave him with a traumatic brain injury and an inability to speak, write or understand language.

His family found the 鈥� one of just a few of its kind in the country and known for its intensive and highly-personalized treatment.

鈥淜yle鈥檚 a young guy and I just thought, ‘what a perfect environment,’ 鈥� . 鈥淭his is what he needs. He needs to be out with a bunch of people in a college environment. And he was excited.鈥�

In October of 2021, Burke began his first delivery of the six-week program at 麻豆原创.

On April 21, 2023, he鈥檚 completed the program for what marks his eighth and final time.

Thriving Through Therapy

鈥淜yle came to us with severe expressive and receptive language deficits making understanding what people said to him in speech and in writing severely impaired, as well as being severely impaired in his ability to express himself,鈥� says Angela Ziegler, an instructor in communication sciences and disorders and licensed clinical aphasia educator. 鈥淗e initially didn鈥檛 know many of the errors he made while trying to communicate because he couldn鈥檛 hear his own errors.鈥�

Burke鈥檚 treatment plan called for working on expressive and receptive language, making sure he could accurately understand what people say to him and easily formulate into words what he wants to say to others. His program consisted of individual therapy administered four hours a day, four days a week for six weeks. His therapists: a team of trained student clinicians 鈥攁spiring speech language pathologists, operating under the close supervision of a faculty clinician and themselves approaching graduation from 麻豆原创.

Communication sciences and disorders graduate student Nathalie Espinal 鈥�21 served as Burke鈥檚 clinician in the summer of 2022 and then again in the fall. She focused heavily on conversation-based therapy treatments.

鈥淥riginally, he didn鈥檛 know any of his clinicians鈥� names,鈥� Espinal says. 鈥淗e would recognize us, of course, and we had a relationship, but he had trouble with that recall. By the second semester, he knew all the names and was able to get our attention and engage in more verbal conversation.鈥�

By design, therapy was conducted in settings Burke would expect to be in naturally, like cooking, playing games and socializing with peers. Espinal coached Burke in Response Elaboration Training, or RET, a therapy technique that allows a patient to make a simple statement, and with a therapist鈥檚 assistance, expand on the original statement into something much richer and deeper.

鈥淲e did a lot of therapy in open areas interacting with other people,鈥� Espinal says. 鈥淗e would have a conversation and say a few words that were maybe not grammatically correct, but we would build on that sentence and add more details to it.鈥�

Progress was steady, says Espinal, who personally worked with Burke up to seven hours a week over a 12-week period and drew from common interests in therapy sessions.聽 Conversations covered movies, music and pop culture. Espinal also helped Burke improve his ability to use his phone to communicate with his friends.

鈥淚nitially, I worked with him on some ways to help him with texting some friends,鈥� says Espinal. 鈥淗e was using Snapchat a lot. We worked on spelling for texts and building his vocabulary on certain topics and areas of interest.鈥�

鈥淚t genuinely felt like it was becoming a friendship,鈥� Espinal says. 鈥淗e was so adamant about working. He would ask about my life and my family, and we definitely bonded a lot.鈥�

A Graduation Speech

The tradition at Aphasia House graduation is for the students to make speeches, sharing reflections on the progress of their clients and personal words of hope and encouragement.

On his graduation day, Burke also made a speech. He is the only one in his cohort of four to do so.

Since arriving, he has changed out of his Clemson T-shirt into a black polo shirt 鈥� the same one worn by student clinicians. It鈥檚 a graduation gift and a souvenir of his time at the Aphasia House.

His parents look on. The room is silent.

鈥淗i, I am Kyle. I have a brain injury. And I鈥檓鈥�.I鈥檓鈥�.phasia. I went to Clemson University, and I am from Greer, South Carolina.鈥�

His speech is slow and deliberate. He uses his finger as a guide along the words of the paper.

鈥淚 love that Clemson won a bunch of football ACC championships.鈥�

The room erupts in laughter.

He goes on to discuss his time at the Aphasia House. At times pausing. Sometimes reversing words. But the communication is clear.

鈥淚n the hospital, I cannot really speak or understand anything. Now I am鈥an talk and understanding the news, sports and TVs. I can read and understand song lyrics.鈥�

鈥淭he students and I play mini basketball together. Watching movies鈥eading鈥alking and listening to songs is fun. Also, we had community outings such as bowling.鈥�

He carefully acknowledges his parents, the students, their supervisors and 鈥� ever playful 鈥� his dog.

鈥淭hank you for everyone helped me.鈥�

Burke鈥檚 graduation speech is four minutes long.

Moving Forward

Research has shown that people with aphasia have higher rates of recovery when therapy is intensive, and at the Aphasia House, therapy spaces are designed to evoke a sense of home and belonging. The rooms are themed to help remind patients of favorite things: a garden room, a music room, a game room, and a garage room. Patients, students and faculty gather together in a working kitchen and a cozy living room.

鈥淥ur personal hope for Kyle is that he finds his way in this world that allows him to live well following a TBI and aphasia in whatever manner 鈥榣iving well鈥� feels for him,鈥� Ziegler says.

Burke has set his sights on one day returning to school and driving a car.

鈥淚 want him to feel independent and successful,鈥� Espinal says. 鈥淚t鈥檚 so clear that he鈥檚 willing to put in so much work to get there. It鈥檚 only a matter of time before that ends up happening for him.鈥�

Aphasia is a condition that stems from a brain injury, most commonly the result of an accident or stroke. People with aphasia聽may struggle with oral and written language, such as finding the words to express themselves. While all people forget the word they are trying to think of occasionally, this may be a daily struggle for people with aphasia.

The National Aphasia Association (NAA) estimates there are 2 million. Only 15% of the population know about the condition, according to a 2020 poll the NAA conducted. To the untrained eye, the symptoms are often mistaken聽for intoxication or an intellectual disability. Aphasia is neither.

Seva Reilly, a student earning her bachelor鈥檚 in communications sciences and disorders, took a theater class in 2020 and quickly realized the potential the performing arts could have on some of the families she works with at 麻豆原创鈥檚 . The house is a clinic staffed by 麻豆原创 communication sciences and disorders faculty. Graduate students work as student clinicians and undergraduates may volunteer to work with community clients. Reilly is the president of the Adaptive Community, also known as 麻豆原创 Aphasia Family. This is a free聽community group for individuals and their families living with aphasia.

鈥淚 took Professor (Sybil) St. Claire鈥檚 Theatre for Social Change honors course in 2020, where she introduced us to the Playback Theatre,鈥� Reilly says. 鈥淚 loved how Playback shared and honored the stories of the audience, and I invited them to perform for Aphasia Family. The collaboration has only grown since then, and I was thrilled to be part of (the production) Advocating for Aphasia and its mission to increase awareness of aphasia among first responders.鈥�

St. Claire, a lecturer at 麻豆原创 since 2002, was eager to collaborate. She introduced Playback 麻豆原创 to the campus community and has worked with the group for years as the faculty mentor. The troupe performs improvisational theatre where actors listen to stories from the audience and play them back using theatre, music, and metaphor. Her class focuses on how the performing arts can be used to support positive social change.

鈥淧eople underestimate the power of art to impact lives,鈥� St. Claire says. 鈥淭here is often a sense of isolation and loneliness with aphasia, and it was only exacerbated by the pandemic. Playback 麻豆原创 empowered participants to share their stories and build community. That鈥檚 the power of art. It can bring people together and heal in a broad sense of the word.鈥�

The troupe performs on campus and throughout the community during the school year.聽Throughout the pandemic they also found ways to perform remotely.

As St. Claire and Reilly began chatting, they added Sage Tokach, graduate student in the theatre for young audiences program and artistic director of Playback 麻豆原创, to the team. Soon they had a project they named Advocating for Aphasia: Using the Performing Arts to Raise a Conscious Community, which was funded by a Pabst-Steinmetz Arts and Wellness Innovation grant. The goal was to empower those with aphasia to self-advocate and to educate first responders about the condition.

That project culminated in a celebration called Aphasia Family Field Day held this past April at Lake Claire on 麻豆原创鈥檚 main campus. The day brought together 麻豆原创 student volunteers, 麻豆原创 faculty, stroke survivors and their caregivers, the 麻豆原创 Police Department, and Playback 麻豆原创.

A key goal of the project was to create an educational video designed to increase awareness among first responders. The team, which also involved graduate students, including film major Sherry Dadgar and performance major Sterling Street, worked together to create an educational video to be shared with first responders and organizations devoted to advocating for aphasia. The video was completed in May and is actively being shared as part of Aphasia Awareness Month, which concludes on June 30.

Sharon Pierson, an Orlando resident who participated in the project, said she was happy to be part of it.

鈥淚t means that I can share my personal experiences and how Aphasia has impacted my life,鈥� Pierson says. 鈥淎lso, to let others know that Aphasia is not the end of the world. It does not mean we are not smart people. In fact, we are very smart. It鈥檚 just unfortunate that we can鈥檛 get our words out the way we want them to come out.鈥�

St. Claire also is preparing journal articles with the faculty team from the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders (Amy Engelhoven and Lauren Bislick) and the Department of Psychology (Megan Sherrod) about the project and what was learned.

鈥淐ollaborations like these, are powerful,鈥� St. Claire says. 鈥淚鈥檓 proud we could come together to showcase how art can make a difference.鈥�

As for Playback 麻豆原创, they are taking a break this summer, but plan to continue to perform in the community, on campus and with 麻豆原创鈥檚 Aphasia House again.

A new 麻豆原创 Adaptive Community Project is seeking up to 70 participants to join sports teams, a theater production and/or a choir adapted to fit the needs of neuro-atypical conditions. Participants can join as many teams as they鈥檇 like for free.

The opportunity is open to greater Orlando residents and includes sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball, softball, acting and script-writing positions in theater, and a choir for those with acquired speech disorders. Each activity will have modified equipment, such as beeping balls for those with visual impairments to detect where the ball is by sound, costumes made for those in wheelchairs, and more.

The Adaptive Community Project is an interdisciplinary effort developed and led by 麻豆原创 neuropsychologist and clinical associate professor Megan Sherod. Her goal is to give members of the local neuro-atypical community a new outlet to socialize and exercise.

鈥淲hat鈥檚 lacking in the community is this type of resource and opportunity for people who weren鈥檛 born with neuro-atypical conditions, but who鈥檝e acquired them through accident, injury or disease,鈥� she said.

Oftentimes, those diagnosed with neurological disorders end up feeling socially isolated from the rest of the community, she said.

Sherod consulted with Robert Pritchard, a former 麻豆原创 football player who while at his home in Georgia, that led to speech and physical impairments. He helped guide Sherod in developing the sport aspect of the project.

Like Pritchard, survivors of strokes, traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis, West Nile Virus and other life-altering events that led to neurological disorders are the target of the program.

Participants will practice once a week for at least a semester, and will work up toward a tournament, concert or live theatrical performance.

Practices and script writing will begin by the end of September, but participants can join at any time. For more on how to join, see:

Through Sherod鈥檚 outreach, 麻豆原创 Psychology, Theatre, Music, Student Health Services, Communications Sciences and Disorders, Physical Therapy, Student Development and Enrollment Services, and the Recreation and Wellness Center have all chipped in space and equipment, faculty expertise or student volunteers. For instance, graduate students studying how to become speech language pathologists will assist each team with communication.

鈥淪tudents who volunteer in this initiative will have a better understanding of how acquired neurological impairments are more than just a label or a diagnosis. It affects the survivor鈥檚 bodily functions, their engagement with family, friends and the community,鈥� said Amy Engelhoven, a lecturer in Communication Sciences and Disorders and director of the Aphasia House at 麻豆原创.

More than 60 volunteers from 麻豆原创, including students, faculty and staff, are needed to help run the program. Volunteers of all abilities are welcome.

Jonathan Trufant, for instance, will volunteer as coach for the wheelchair basketball team despite having cerebral palsy.

鈥淲hen I was a kid, I needed a disabled role model to show me I can function in society, too,鈥� said Trufant, a 麻豆原创 psychology student. 鈥淚t鈥檚 super important to have people within your community to connect with.鈥�

A grant from the Office of the Quality Enhancement Plan at 麻豆原创 will help Sherod purchase adaptive equipment for the program.

It鈥檚 intended that the program will be offered year-round. Ultimately, Sherod hopes to enhance 麻豆原创鈥檚 partnership with the local neurological community.

Some 140 researchers and practitioners from across the United States and Canada came to discuss ways to serve individuals who have aphasia, a condition caused by a stroke or brain injury that affects two million Americans. Their focus was the 鈥渓ife-participation approach to aphasia鈥� to help clients regain their speech and meet their personal needs and goals.

AphasiaAccess, a Moorestown, N.J.-based nonprofit that promotes the approach, sponsored the 2017 Leadership Summit March 17-18 at FAIRWINDS Alumni Center.

鈥淭he life-participation approach is a paradigm shift in how we think about the kind of life a person with aphasia can have,鈥� said AphasiaAccess President Kathryn Shelley. She learned of the approach after her father had a stroke and she was desperate to find a way to help him.

鈥淎 lot of people who have had strokes and have aphasia are sitting at home,鈥� said Janet Whiteside, director and founder of 麻豆原创’s in聽the Communication Disorders Clinic聽and an inaugural member of AphasiaAccess. 鈥淲e believe it鈥檚 possible for people with aphasia to fully participate in life.鈥�

Aphasia House was a perfect setting for the summit鈥檚 welcome reception March 16. The Central Florida Research Park facility offers therapy for clients with aphasia in a setting that simulates a home. Clients participate in therapy sessions in a comfortable living room, a spacious kitchen and thematically decorated rooms that evoke times in their lives and encourage communication.

For many of the summit participants it was the first opportunity to see Aphasia House in person.

鈥淔rom the moment I walked in the front door, I was greeted with warmth and immediately recognized that the 鈥榟ouse鈥� was welcoming, comfortable and perfectly appropriate for people with aphasia,鈥� said Abbe Simon, a speech-language pathologist with Triangle Aphasia Project, a nonprofit in Cary, N.C.

鈥淚t鈥檚 thrilling to see it in living color,鈥� said Elizabeth Hoover, clinical associate professor and clinical director of Aphasia Resource Center at Boston University. 鈥淛anet鈥檚 vision has been inspirational. You can鈥檛 exaggerate the influence she and this program have had on the aphasia therapy community.鈥�

The summit participants also had an opportunity to meet Mark McEwen, a well-known CBS reporter who had a stroke and acquired aphasia in 2005. McEwen went through extensive speech, physical and occupational therapy to regain his speech and life. In recent years he鈥檚 spoken to clients at Aphasia House.

鈥淵ou have to have someone say it鈥檚 going to be okay, that there鈥檚 hope,鈥� McEwen said. 鈥淚 want them to come away thinking, 鈥業f he can do it, I can do it.鈥� But you have to be stubborn and you have to stay focused.鈥�

The reception launched two days of keynote presentations, breakout gatherings and poster sessions. Among the keynote topics were service operations and evaluation, client motivation in therapy, and using the media to influence communities. Seventeen roundtable discussions, 16 鈥渟hare and care鈥� sessions, and 39 poster presentations offered forums for the participants to聽present and learn about the latest strategies and activities that support life-participation therapy.

The schedule was effectively packed with content, but it also provided space for participants to build friendships and just be together, Shelley said.

Whiteside said she thought the summit was 鈥渟ynergistic.鈥�

鈥淚t allowed researcher and practitioner to share collective thoughts to spawn new ideas,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t both energized and applauded the work of those who care for people with aphasia.鈥�

Top two photos by Tim Berry/AphasiaAccess

Giffords was shot in 2011 losing her ability to speak. She resigned earlier this year and continues to recover.

Helm-Estabrooks, a national expert on aphasia, the loss of speech that results from a stroke or other neurologic injury, is consulting with 麻豆原创鈥檚 Janet Whiteside on the innovative techniques being used at The Aphasia House, a treatment facility at 麻豆原创.

The Aphasia House, one of only five intensive aphasia programs in the country, teams speech-language pathology graduate students with clients to work one-on-one for four hours a day every day for six-week to help improve their ability to speak after brain injuries.

The clinic, which resembles a house with a kitchen, garage and living room, provides a familiar setting. The rooms are decorated with photographs taken by some of the clients.

For the past two years, stroke survivors have worked with Whiteside and Dawn Roe, a professor of art at Rollins College to explore photography and help patients express themselves and their feelings.

鈥淭here is evidence that art helps in the rehabilitative process,鈥� said Whiteside, chair of the Board of Clinical Educators at the 麻豆原创 Communication Disorders Clinic.

Helm-Estabrooks is an advocate of using the arts as part of the rehabilitation process, which is why she is joining Whiteside in Orlando this week.

After visiting The Aphasia House on Friday morning, the two will visit the Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens in Winter Park. Polasek was a stroke survivor and completed 29 sculptures after his stroke, many of which are showcased at the museum.

Whiteside is working with the museum to establish a pilot program that would connect stroke survivors to the world of art.

The facility will open its doors for聽tours聽from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 28.

The Aphasia House is located in the Research Pavilion聽at 12424 Research Parkway聽in the Central Florida Research Park in Orlando.

The event is free and open to the public.

The Open House will include a reception and presentations, beginning聽at 5:30 p.m, in the聽building’s main lobby. Among the invited speakers聽is Nancy Helm-Estabrooks, Sc.D., a nationally known expert on aphasia.

The Aphasia House was established in 麻豆原创’s Communication Disoders Clinic in July 2010.聽 To learn more, visit /news/new-aphasia-house-offers-innovative-therapy-in-a-home-like-setting/.

For further information about the Open House, contact Stevy.Weathers@ucf.edu.

A new facility dedicated solely to innovative therapy for individuals with aphasia, or the loss of speech resulting from neurologic injury, has been established at the 麻豆原创 with an anonymous $25,000 donation.

The Aphasia House provides speech-language therapy in a setting distinct from a typical medical office. Each room is outfitted to resemble a familiar space in a home, including a kitchen, garden patio and garage. The rooms are designed to encourage natural conversations. 麻豆原创 graduate students studying communication sciences and disorders provide individualized and group therapy under the supervision of certified clinical faculty.

This is the only intensive program for persons with aphasia in the Central Florida area.

Approximately one million people in the United States, or one out of every 275 adults, have some type of aphasia, according to the National Aphasia Association. The most common cause is a stroke.

The facility is a dream-come-true for its director, Janet Whiteside, a clinical educator at 麻豆原创 and Chair of the Board of Clinical Educators at the 麻豆原创 Communication Disorders Clinic. Whiteside is an expert in her field. She received the 2010 Honors of the Association Award from the Florida Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists.

“As a graduate student at Vanderbilt University, I saw how effective the use of a home environment was during therapy for children who were deaf or hard of hearing,” Whiteside recalled. “I鈥檝e always wanted to create that type of environment for clients with aphasia.”

She is equally pleased that The Aphasia House is also an educational facility, where students gain experience implementing cutting-edge therapies for the condition. It is conveniently located in the Central Florida Research Park鈥檚 Research Pavilion. The 麻豆原创 Communication Disorders Clinic is housed in the same building.

Thanks to the donation, Whiteside brought the first group of clients to the house this summer. Four individuals with aphasia resulting from either a stroke or brain injury are participating in a six-week Intensive Aphasia Program from June 21 to July 29.

Research has shown that personalized intensive therapy is especially effective in treating aphasia, so each client spends four hours a day, four days a week working directly with one or more student clinicians. The goal of the program is to increase the clients鈥� communication skills.

Whiteside closely monitors the therapy sessions, noting the clients鈥� progress and ways to adjust the therapies, which she shares with the students. She and the students also keep the clients and their family members well-informed by providing them with a copy of the protocol and explaining what is being done and why.

The Intensive Aphasia Program will be conducted six times a year in The Aphasia House. Whiteside is currently interviewing stroke survivors for the next session, which runs from Aug. 30 to Oct. 8. Treatment is not free, but the facility takes Medicare and will work with participants to fill out the paperwork for reimbursement.

The donation will help pay for running the intensive programs, education for those working at The Aphasia House and consultation with experts “to help us become the premier facility of its kind in the nation,” Whiteside said.

Those interested in learning more about the program at The Aphasia House may call 407-882-0468 or email www.ucfspeechlanguagetherapy.com for more information.

Approximately 1 million people in the U.S., or one out of every 275 adults, have some type of aphasia, according to the National Aphasia Association. The most common cause is a stroke.

The Aphasia House provides speech-language therapy in a setting different from a typical medical office. Each room is outfitted to resemble a familiar space in a home, including a kitchen, garden patio and garage, and is designed to encourage natural conversations, according to a 麻豆原创 release. 麻豆原创 graduate students, studying communication sciences and disorders, will provide individualized and group therapy under the supervision of certified clinical faculty.

The facility is located in the Central Florida Research Park鈥檚 Research Pavilion with the 麻豆原创 Communication Disorders Clinic. The facility director is Janet Whiteside, a clinical educator at 麻豆原创 and chair of the board of clinical educators at the 麻豆原创 Communication Disorders Clinic.

An intensive aphasia program, which aims to increase clients鈥� communication skills, will be conducted six times a year in The Aphasia House. Treatment is not free, but the facility takes Medicare and will work with participants to fill out the paperwork for reimbursement.

Source: Orlando Business Journal, , July 14, 2010