This week we ran co-design sessions in Birmingham & London with people with brain injury, family members & speech therapists. Together we explored mechanisms & techniques to support communication training shaped by lived experience

Www.blogs.city.ac.uk/tango

#CoDesign #BrainInjury #Communication

At the #CCDSymp2025 I presented on communication partner training, dating & creating collaborations. So many amazing talks, posters and opportunities for networking with therapists @leannetogher.bsky.social reminding us of the words of the late Audrey Holland & stories of Mark Ylvisaker

Jacinta Douglas is opening the 4th CCD Symposium to almost 167 attendees in person and online.

What is meaning to you? Good starting reflection as to how to build connection & relationships post-injury #CCDSymp2025

Playing with an AI image generator using my publication list #artificalintelligence #AI #SLT

There is much to learn and consider about the clinical utility of AI but so much potential as it evolves at alarming pace.

SLT team (Jan Mackey and Ellen Hall) from lnkd.in/eX3XBm_b
John Pierce and Annie Hill from La Trobe University
Kate Gould and Jao Carminati from Monash University
Jacinta Douglas, Dr Lee Cubis and Kate D'Cruz (and research and co-design team) from lnkd.in/e8RUucGN

Beyond being at Sydney I was able to spend time with so many more people from the East Coast of Australia...

Emma Power from University of Technology Sydney
Joanne Steel from University of Newcastle
Kirstine Shrubsole (and team) from The University of Queensland

The @nihr.bsky.social Fellowship enabled me visit Australia last year to network.

Thankfully hosted @leannetogher.bsky.social & @abicommlab.bsky.social @lissbee.bsky.social Rachael Rietdijk @petraavramovic.bsky.social @sophiebrassel.bsky.social @tusharprasad.bsky.social @elisebogart.bsky.social

See our TANGO study on training family members and friends of people with brain injury to communicate better.

See our website: www.blogs.city.ac.uk/TANGO for more information

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