Sheila MacDonald & Associates|Communication After Brain Injury Research

Sheila MacDonald offers a range of evidence-based research and resources for families of those with acquired brain injury.

Evidence for Cognitive-Communication Intervention

MacDonald, Sheila, (2017) Introducing the model of cognitive-communication competence: A model to guide evidence-based communication interventions after brain injury. Brain Injury 31 (13-14) 1760-1780. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2017.1379613
MacDonald, S., & Wiseman-Hakes, C. (2010). Knowledge translation in ABI rehabilitation: A model for consolidating and applying the evidence for cognitive-communication interventions. Brain Injury : [BI], 24(3), 486–508
Ponsford, J., Bayley, M., Wiseman-Hakes, C., Togher, L., Velikonja, D., & McIntyre, A, Janzen, S., & Tate, R. (2014) INCOG Recommendations for management of cognition following traumatic brain injury, Part II: Attention and Information Processing Speed. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 29(4) 321-337.
Tate, R., Ponsford, J., Kennedy, M., Douglas, J.,Velikonja, D., & Bayley, M.& Stergiou-Kita M. (2014) INCOG Recommendations for management of cognition following traumatic brain injury, Part III: Executive Function and Self Awarness. Jounal of head trauma rehabilitation 29(4) 338-352.
Togher, L., Wiseman-Hakes, C., Douglas, J., Stergiou-Kita, M., Ponsford, J., Teasell, R., … Turkstra, L. S. (2014). INCOG Recommendations for Management of Cognition Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Part IV: Cognitive Communication. The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 29(4), 353–68.
Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ONCDS)
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
Evidence-Based Review of Moderate to Severe Acquired Brain Injury (ABIEBR)
Speechbite
PsycBITE

Prevention

For Individuals with Brain Injuries and their families

Educational Brochures

For Speech Language Pathologists and Other Professionals

Concussion and Mild Brain Injury

Inspiring Stories and Strategies

Check out the Brain Injury Project, inspiring stories and strategies from people who have experience of brain injury. Nick Behn, creative SLP in the UK, invited people to tell their stories, each with their own unique perspective.

Click on this link to learn more https://goo.gl/O5JQmr

Amazing video for stroke/brain injury awareness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4_0Xd7HNoM

Upcoming Presentations By Sheila MacDonald

Talk	Date	Audience	Location	Host Organization Contact for Information
Assessment & Treatment of Cognitive-Communication Disorders	1 February, 2019 1 Full Day Course	Speech Therapists Speech-Language Pathologists	Bergen, Norway	Host: Norway Speech Therapists Contact:Bodil Bergljot Johanson bodil.bergljot.johanson@helse-bergen.no
Talks too much. Talks too little. Is too disorganized. Is not aware of the listener: Development of individualized social communication goals through use of a comprehensive, contextual, multifactorial assessment framework. Social Cognition, Communication and Affect (SOCCA) Special Interest Group Pre-Congress Workshop, IBIA 2019	13 March, 2019 Pre-Conference Workshop for IBIA World Congress March 14-16	Multidisciplinary Clinicians & Researchers in Neurorehabilitation & Neuroscience	Toronto, Ontario Canada	Host: International Brain Injury Association’s World Congress, Social Cognition and Communication Special Interest Group Contact: www.ibia.org
When “Mild” is not Mild: SLP intervention for cognitive-communication difficulties following concussion and mild brain injury. Return to Learn, Return to Earn Return to Life. Mark Ylvisaker Honorary Lecture Awarded by OSLA	10 May, 2019	Speech-Language Pathologists	Toronto, Ontario Canada BMO Centre	Host: Ontario Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (OSLA) Contact: Kelly Murray, Exec. Direct. kmurray@osla.on.ca
Cognitive-Communication Disorders Level 1 Assessment and Treatment of Higher Level Cognitive-Communication Disorders After Acquired Brain injury	13-14 June, 2019 Sept. 14, 2019	Speech-Language Pathologists Speech-Language Pathologists	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Bismarck North Dakota	Host: Saskatchewan Health Authority & Saskatoon Speech-Language Pathology Contact: Sheila Hosain, Practice Lead, Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology sheila.hosain@saskhealthauthority.ca Host: Sanford Health Contact: Haley Steffan haley.steffan@sanfordhealth.org
Cognitive-Communication Disorders Level 1	19-20 September, 2019	Speech-Language Pathologists	London Ontario, Canada	Host: Ontario Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (OSLA) Contact: Tiffany Budhoo tbudhoo@osla.on.ca

October/November 2019 More to come.

Sheila MacDonald and colleagues at a speech language pathology conference at the Alton Mill Ontario

Sheila MacDonald with colleagues at a speech language pathology conference in Toronto, Ontario.

Pictures: On left, Sheila MacDonald and colleagues gesturally remind themselves of the importance of the frontal lobes at Sheila’s Cognitive-Communication Disorders Level 1 Course, hosted by OSLA, at the Alton Mill, Ontario. On right, Sheila MacDonald and colleagues pose for a group photo at a conference in Toronto, Ontario.