PIRATE Intensive Program 4/8/2010

An Intensive Aphasia Program for Veterans of the US Armed Services A number of intensive aphasia programs offer services including: The University of Michigan Aphasia Program, MI - http://www.aphasiahelp.com/ The Aphasia Program at Steps Forward Program, FL - www.stepstherapy.net The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago; IL - http://www.ric.org/conditions/stroke-rehabilitation/services/Intensive_Aphasia_Program.aspx Interact, Canada - interact@dal.ca http://www.aphasiaaction.com/ The Pittsburgh Aphasia Treatment, Research and Education Center, PA -- www.aphasiatoolbox.com For a free consultation to discuss intensive aphasia rehabilitation, contact Bill Connors at 724.494.2534 or bill@aphasiatoolbox.com   If you have an intensive aphasia program and would like to be listed, please let us know.    We at the Aphasia Solutions Network and www.aphasiatoolbox.com  thank all of our subscribers, patients, caregivers and SLPs who have served in the defense of their countries.  In this newsletter, we will share with you information about an excellent intensive, residential program for US veterans.    Are you a VETERAN with aphasia, or a family member of a veteran with aphasia? Are you a healthcare provider for stroke survivors? If so, the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System would like to hear from you! Please contact us! The VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System is accepting applications for a new twenty-three day intensive, residential aphasia therapy program taking place in Pittsburgh, PA. PIRATE (Program for Intensive Residential Aphasia Treatment and Education) is accepting referrals nation-wide from within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), and have already accepted applications from Chicago, Indianapolis, Little Rock and Fort Lauderdale.  The program has been in operation for a little over one-year, and the aggregated clinical outcomes demonstrated positive changes on three independent measures of communicative functioning. Patients may apply directly via the PIRATE website at http://www.pittsburgh.va.gov/PIRATE/index.asp .  Referrals from VHA SLPs are most welcomed and please contact us for instructions on how to refer patients from VHA facilities outside of VISN 4. Please note candidacy is NOT dependent on length of time post-CVA or neurologic injury, nor on degree of aphasia severity. For further questions, or to discuss the PIRATE program in more detail, please visit website above, or contact:  Brooke Swoyer at 412.954-4773 Jim Schumacher at 412.360.1265   © 2010 Aphasia Center of Innovative Treatment

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