Author ORCID Identifier
Date Available
4-11-2021
Year of Publication
2021
Degree Name
Master of Science in Communication Sciences & Disorders (MSCSD)
Document Type
Master's Thesis
College
Health Sciences
Department/School/Program
Communication Sciences & Disorders
First Advisor
Dr. Robert C. Marshall
Abstract
Supported communication is defined as anything that improves access to or participation in communication events or activities (King, Simmons-Mackie, & Beukelman, 2012). This thesis describes the results of a study that took place when a training program to provide graduate students in Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) with “hands on” experience in providing supported communication to persons with chronic aphasia (PWA) was interrupted by the outbreak of Coronavirus-19 and switched to a remote delivery format to fulfil service and training obligations to the PWA and the CSD graduate students respectively. The study (1) describes the actions taken to covert a program of traditional in person supported communication to a virtual program called Remote Supported Communication (RSC), (2) examines selected aspects of RSC from the perspectives of the CSD graduate student clinicians, and (3) summarizes what was learned about RSC that might guide and improve its outcomes in the future.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2021.147
Recommended Citation
Hopper, Allie, "REMOTE SUPPORTED COMMUNICATION FOR ADULTS WITH CHRONIC APHASIA: A SERENDIPITOUS STUDY" (2021). Theses and Dissertations--Communication Sciences and Disorders. 19.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/commdisorders_etds/19
