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Professor Leanne Togher
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Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, #SLP SLT #braininjury #aphasia #NHMRC Investigator Fellow #ABI Communication Lab Director, Director @speechbite, Chair Brain Injury Australia, Vice Chair IBIA
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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
June 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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In @ashajournals.bsky.social 🆓🔓@lissbee.bsky.social Rietdijk Southwell @leannetogher.bsky.social et al The Peer Effect Is "Utterly Profound": A Social-ABI-lity Pilot Study of a Multicomponent, Peer-Moderated Social Media Skills Intervention for People w #ABI. doi.org/10.1044/2024...
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The Peer Effect Is “Utterly Profound”: A Social-ABI-lity Pilot Study of a Multicomponent, Peer-Moderated Social Media Skills Intervention for People With Acquired Brain Injury
Purpose: People who have an acquired brain injury (ABI) experience challenges in using social media. However, rehabilitation clinicians report fe...
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June 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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September 7, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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The most clicked-on article from the August
@speechbite.bsky.social newsletter was a clinical practice guideline from Germany on interventions for children with #dld. speechbite.com/article/73438/ It's open access! #SLPeeps #SLP2B #SLT #bskySPEECHIES
Clinical practice guideline: Interventions for Developmental Language Delay and Disorders - speechBITE
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September 17, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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In @ashajournals.bsky.social Keegan LC Hoepner JK @leannetogher.bsky.social Kennedy M Bogart E @lissbee.bsky.social MacDonald S 2025. Social Communication Implementable and Applicable Lens: A Framework for Addressing Assessment of Social Communication. AJSLP. doi.org/10.1044/2025...
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Social Communication Implementable and Applicable Lens: A Framework for Addressing Assessment of Social Communication
Purpose: Keegan, Hoepner, et al. (2023) developed a framework for social, cognitive-communication assessment, which was intended to make social c...
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May 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Did you know that our #USA colleagues have adapted our #TBIConneCT #telehealth #communication training program for partners of ppl with #TBI for the North American context? @ajslps.bsky.social @uweauclaire.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au @abicommlab.bsky.social

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North American Pilot of TBIconneCT: A Social Communication Intervention via Telehealth for Individuals With Traumatic Brain Injury and Their Conversation Partners
Purpose: The purpose of this pilot investigation was to identify formative feedback to guide the development of a North American version of the T...
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May 6, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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Really looking forward to meeting with my colleagues in the #UK to discuss and learn and find out about latest advances in #CCD. The program looks excellent. Thanks for the kind invitation to speak at this meeting 🙏🙏🙏 @sydney.edu.au @brainandmindcentre.bsky.social @warcusyd.bsky.social
nicholasbehn.bsky.social Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · Apr 25
The symposium in cognitive communication disorders is open to anyone interested in this field on the 12th & 13th June this year in Coventry.

A hybrid event with keynotes Jacinta Douglas, Susan Howell & @leannetogher.bsky.social

Register today: mers.cventevents.com/event/4thCCD/c…
4th CCD Symposium
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April 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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📣 We have a full-time Lab manager role available!!

🗣️ Join us in the ABI Communication Lab team @sydney.edu.au & work on #DigitalHealth projects supporting inclusion after #AcquiredBrainInjury.

▶️ For more information & to apply: usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNA...
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April 3, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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Thanks to IBIA for the prestigious Jennett Plum Award for Distinguished Clinical Achievement in Brain Injury at the World Congress. I was pleased to acknowledge the @abicommlab.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au team and my many mentors and colleagues who have supported my clinical research career #IBIA2025
March 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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📣 Calling on #SLPs 👈
We want to hear from #SLPs #SLTs about what you want from digital evidence tools to help you find research evidence easily. You're invited to participate in focus groups or an interview, register your interest here bit.ly/3D4QI2s #bskySPEECHIES @leannetogher.bsky.social
March 2, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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@citystgeorgeslcs.bsky.social is hosting a FREE hybrid impact event for researchers & clinicians to learn ab exciting new developments in adults & paediatrics.

👉 SAVE THE DATE - 20th June 2025!

Final programme to be shared soon but sign-up early: www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Implementing Research Into Clinical Practice | City St George's, University of London
The Centre for Language and Communication Science Research at City St George's, University of London is excited to showcase their latest research.
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March 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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📣 We have 3x3yr full-time postdocs available!!!!!!

🗣️ Join us in the ABI Communication Lab team @sydneyuni.bsky.social & work on #DigitalHealth projects supporting inclusion after #AcquiredBrainInjury.

▶️ For more information & to apply: usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNA...
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February 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Wow!!!! Thanks everyone 😍

We now have over 4K people who have accessed interact-ABI-lity & over 500 who have accessed social-ABI-lity 🙌

Check out these FREE resources: abi-communication-lab.sydney.edu.au/social-brain...
The Social Brain Toolkit - ABI Communication Lab
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February 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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an interesting event happening at Health Wellbeing Care Hub
February 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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February 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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CONGRATULATIONS to all of the #DigitalHealthWeek2025 prize winners 🙌🙌🙌

Very well deserved, I loved hearing about your research & interacting with everyone this week!!!!
#DigitalHealthWeek2025 Day 1 prize winners: Jing Hern Kevin Poh & Carine Chan #DigitalHealthWeek2025 Day 2 prize winners: David Bui, Edwina Lamborn, & Rik Dawson #DigitalHealthWeek2025 Day 3 prize winners: Daniel Rogers, Hayley Thomson, & Alice Graham #DigitalHealthWeek2025 ePoster prize winners: Poorna Fernando, Josielli Comachio, & Asara Senaratne
February 6, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Learn more about a feasible method for rating conversations involving people with brain injury in under 30 min using the Adapted Kagan Scales. on.asha.org/3EjlSDi

@sigperspectives.bsky.social
Feasibility and Reliability of the Adapted Kagan Scales for Rating Conversations for People With Acquired Brain Injury: A Multiphase Iterative Mixed-Methods Design
Purpose: Rating the quality of conversations can assess communication skills in both people with acquired brain injury and their communication pa...
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February 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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There's a new #DigitalHealthWeek2025 prize this year 🙌

@digitalhealthweek.bsky.social has just announced the SPARK prize to support EMCR attendees collaborate with another researcher they meet for the first time as part of #DigitalHealthWeek2025

More info: digitalhealthweek.com.au/spark/
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February 3, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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Here is the order of events for the wonderful @digitalhealthweek.bsky.social
It’s hybrid so you can attend the live stream too. I’m looking forward to attending the @warcusyd.bsky.social hosted digital Health week event in person at Westmead on Wednesday!
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February 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Listening to Prof @carolynday make opening remarks at the Digital Health Week 2025 which is in person @sydneyuni.bsky.social AND being live-streamed too. Great to hear about the breadth of the Faculty of Medicine and Health @digitalhealthweek.bsky.social

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February 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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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
February 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Good morning from The University of Sydney - took the long way to walk to work this morning - always something new and inspiring to see on this beautiful campus 😊@sydneyuni.bsky.social @abicommlab.bsky.social
February 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Our telepsychiatry service for people with severe traumatic brain injury is now taking referrals from anyone in NSW thanks to funding from NSW Ministry of Health. See link for referral process @sydneyuni.bsky.social

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Brain Injury Psychiatry | Referral Process for Patients
Know of someone who has a severe traumatic brain injury and might need support with mental wellbeing? See our patients referral program.
braininjurypsychiatry.com.au
February 2, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Not long now until our amazing IBIA conference in Montreal Canada. The program has something for anyone working in the field of #BrainInjury #SocialCognition #CCD #ABI #TBI #STROKE #DisordersOfConsciousness #Rehabilitation. Come and join us!! braininjurycongress.org
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February 2, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Come and join our next IBIA webinar: Advancing Communication Partner Training following Brain Injury: Past, Present, and Future by @petraavramovic.bsky.social

Feb 6, 2023, 3 PM EST/Feb 7, 2025, 7 AM AEDT

Social Cognition, Communication and Affect SIG

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Webinar Series & CME Credits - International Brain Injury Association
The International Brain Injury Association (IBIA) is dedicated to the development and support of multidisciplinary medical and clinical professionals, advocates, policy makers, consumers and others wh...
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January 30, 2025 at 4:36 AM