Marion Leaman, Ph.D.
Infusing aphasia therapy with skilled techniques from everyday conversation
Conversation is an essential venue for people to share their identities with others. Topic initiation and storytelling are two critical ways this occurs. This talk will discuss how these conversational interactions arise in people without aphasia, and provide speech-language pathologists with related skilled techniques for creating these empowering opportunities for people with aphasia in therapeutic conversations.
Meet the Presenter
Dr. Marion Leaman is an assistant professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center, where she is the director of the ALL-CAN-Converse Lab (Aphasia, Language, Learning, Communication, and Conversation Lab). She conducts research focused on aphasia intervention that has the goal to improve real world everyday conversation for people with aphasia and their families. Before returning to school in 2015 for her Ph.D., Marion had practiced as a speech-language pathologist specializing in aphasia for 22 years. She is a recipient of a 2021 Tavistock Trust for Aphasia Distinguished Scholar.
