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Jan and Helen are joined by Vicky Mayer, Clinical Lead for SLT at the Astley Ainslie Hospital in Edinburgh. We focused our chat on the recent Cognitive Communication Disorders Symposium, which took place online. 

You'll hear us reference various researchers and assessment tools, to check them out for yourself we've included all the links:

On Twitter: Dr Melissa Brunner @LissBEE_CPSP

Professor Leanne Togher @LeanneTogher

Dr Rachel Rietdijk @RachaelReedake

Dr Nicholas Behn @NicholasBehn

Simon Grobler @simongrobler

Claire Farrington-Douglas @clairefarring20

CCCABI 

http://www.ccdpublishing.com/cccabi.aspx

The Social Brain Toolkit

https://abi-communication-lab.sydney.edu.au/having-better-conversations-after-brain-injury-the-social-brain-toolkit-project/

Information about the FAVRES http://www.ccdpublishing.com/favres.aspx 

Brisbane Language Test: https://brisbanetest.org/

A link to more information on OARS https://positivepsychology.com/motivational-interviewing-exercises/

A couple of research papers are mentioned in the episode. Pragmatic Rating Scale: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31246099/

Sheila McDonald's paper on the Model of Cognitive-Communication Competence:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29064304/