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Storytelling for People with Aphasia

April 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
Help individuals with aphasia organize and share meaningful personal experiences with this personal story mapping activity. This structured template supports storytelling, word retrieval, and self-expression, making it easier for clients to build narratives in therapy sessions.
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Therapy Planner Template

February 28, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This one-page planning sheet is designed to streamline goal-setting, therapy session planning, data collection, and future planning in one convenient place. It promotes continuity of care for shared caseloads and offers a cohesive, organized solution for tracking essential information.
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Primary Progressive Aphasia + Dementia: Functional Therapy Possibilities

February 28, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
Support your patients with dementia and primary progressive aphasia (PPA) using this resource designed to address their unique challenges. It provides practical, no-prep therapy ideas and guidance to help therapists focus on meaningful, functional goals while fostering collaboration with patients and their families.
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Vegetables and Prepositions: A Deductive Language Activity

December 31, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
This interactive activity supports individuals with aphasia in practicing vocabulary related to vegetables and spatial prepositions through expressive and receptive language exercises. Engage clients in a fun, targeted way that strengthens communication skills within their specific vocabulary goals.
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Traveling with Aphasia: You’ve Got This!

December 31, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
This guide empowers individuals with aphasia to travel confidently by providing practical tips for planning, communication, and energy conservation. Share this resource with patients to help them embrace the joy of traveling with ease and preparedness.
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The Wheels On the Bus: Object+Verb Practice for People With Aphasia

August 31, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
This activity uses a familiar children’s song to help people with aphasia practice verb retrieval and sentence building through music and repetition. It provides a playful, family-centered way to support language use while participating in meaningful interactions with young children (ages 2-6).
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Aphasia Institute’s Living with Aphasia: Framework for Outcome Measurement (AFROM)

February 29, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
Living with Aphasia: Framework for Outcome Measurement (A-FROM) was developed with values similar to the Life Participation Approach to Aphasia. This material provides background information regarding the four domains determined to contribute to quality of life with aphasia and how to better assess and treat these domains to improve overall life with aphasia.
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