NEWS ARCHIVES
APHASIA ASSOCIATION OF NEW ZEALAND (APHASIANZ) INC.
2009 APHASIA CONFERENCE "APHASIA THERAPY AND BEYOND"
This conference, the third aphasia conference in New Zealand, was held over three days from 21st to 23rd October 2009, with the main conference programme running over one full day and two half days, and a symposium for health professionals on the afternoon of day two.
People with aphasia made up 25% of those attending, with family members accounting for a further 14%. There were a significant number of Speech Language Therapy students attending, as well as qualified SLTs and other health professionals.
THE UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA AWARDS
TAVISTOCK STUDENT PRIZE
Charlotte Poulson, a third year Speech and Language Therapy student, has been awarded the prestigious annual Tavistock Trust for Aphasia Student Prize.
The Tavistock Trust for Aphasia Student Prize is awarded to students in participating Universities for “an excellent piece of work relating to aphasia”.
Presenting the award to Charlotte, Jane Cross, Acting Head of the School of Allied Health Professions, explained that Charlotte had won the award “on the basis of an outstanding case study assignment on language disorders”.
Charlotte Poulson said, “I was surprised and delighted to receive the award. I found the work very rewarding and I’m really looking forward to working in the profession, focusing on adult acquired impairment. I’ll be spending the prize money on books!”
THE ROBIN TAVISTOCK AWARD 2009
DR JENNY DAUTLICH DFPH
The Trustees are very pleased to announce that Dr Jenny Dautlich DFPH is the 4th recipient of the Robin Tavistock Award.
Henrietta, Duchess of Bedford was pleased to present Jenny with the award on the 9th September 2009 at the BAS conference held in Sheffield.
For more information go to the Robin Tavistock Award Page.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
The TTA is pleased to announce that in June 2009 it renewed, for a further 2 years, its joint funding of a part time Speech and Language Therapist at The University of Newcastle upon Tyne. The post, which is based in the Aphasia Centre at the University, enables the centre to offer intensive speech therapy as well as group therapy.
Added to that, there is exciting news with regard to the Aphasia Clinic team’s recently completed work on Aphasia Therapy Resources, funded by the TTA. The resources are for Speech and Language Therapists and for guided use by students. These are now for sale and therefore can benefit many more people. All profits will be used to expand and develop this work.
The materials are sold as DVDs, with a manual
- Written Comprehension
- Sentence Processing
- Auditory Processing
THE GREAT NORTH SWIM - 12TH SEPTEMBER 2009
The Trustees would like to thank everyone who sponsored Nicky Campbell’s swim on behalf of the Tavistock Trust for Aphasia. He swam the mile in 39 minutes 28 seconds. The total raised to date is a staggering £25,700, with a further £5,000 promised. All proceeds will be used to further the aims of the Trust and we cannot thank you enough for your very generous donations.
FUNDRAISING
Open Garden
The Yard Sale held 12th September at Bedford House, home of Henrietta, Duchess of Bedford raised £642. Thank you to all who came and supported this event. The garden was open to the public for two days in June. We raised over £1,000 for the TTA. Thank you to all those who contributed.
THE TAVISTOCK TRUST