Education, Research Evidence & Resources

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

• Parachute Canada

• Lids on Kids

• Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)

• Empty Shoes

For Individuals with Brain Injuries and their families

• Ontario Brain Injury Association (OBIA)

• The Brain Injury Association of Waterloo Wellington (BIAWW)

• Hamilton Brain Injury Association (HBIA)

• Brain Injury Canada (BIAC)

• Brainline

• Expressive Café

• Aphasia Institute

• Communication Disabilities Access Canada

Educational Brochures

• Let’s Talk Brochure

• OSLA Brochure

For Speech Language Pathologists and Other Professionals

• College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario (CASLPO)

• Ontario Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (OSLA)

• OSLA’s Assessment Competencies for Speech-Language Pathologists Conducting Insurer Examinations

• Practice Standards and Guidelines for Acquired Cognitive-Communication Disorders

• International Brain Injury Association (IBIA)

• Project LEARNnet

Concussion and Mild Brain Injury

• Ontario Neurotrama Foundation (ONF)

• Sport Concussion Library (SCL)
• Brainline
• OBIA
• CanChild

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

Upcoming Presentations By Sheila MacDonald

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.