UCL Institute of Neurology, Department of Brain Repair and Rehabilitation (F82) The Department of Brain Repair and Rehabilitation aims to understand mechanisms underlying neurological diseases and develop new treatments for patients with neurological conditions. The Department brings together several different areas of basic and clinical neuroscience, encouraging collaboration both within its various teams as well as with other departments across the Institute of Neurology, the National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, the Faculty of Brain Sciences and UCL at large. FOR ALL QUERIES PLEASE USE THE CONTACT TABS FOUND IN EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL COURSES/CONFERENCES AND PRODUCTS, PLEASE ONLY CONTACT THE ONLINE STORE DIRECTLY IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING PAYMENT DIFFICULTIES.UCL Institute of Neurology, Department of Brain Repair and Rehabilitation (F82)F82 UCL Centre for Neurorehabilitation Monthly Seminar 17/11/2026DescriptionRethinking Communication Competence in Global Aphasia
Dr Sharon Adjei-Nicol, Clinical Academic Speech and Language Therapist and Joint School Lead for Research, Enterprise and Knowledge Mobilisation (REKM), Canterbury Christ Church University. People with global aphasia are often defined by the severity of their language impairment, yet this may not fully reflect their communicative competence. Drawing on clinical and research examples, this presentation will discuss how conventional Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) approaches may overlook important aspects of communicative ability and participation in this population. Novel assessment and intervention approaches will be described, including adaptations to Communication Partner Training. The focus will be on how we might better reveal the communication potential of people with global aphasia, support their participation, and equip those close to them to facilitate interaction more effectively. The presentation will conclude by considering how current SLT practice might need to evolve to better capture meaningful communication and change in those with more severe aphasia profiles.
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