Sophie Brassel
sophiebrassel.bsky.social
Sophie Brassel
@sophiebrassel.bsky.social
Speech Pathologist | Lecturer & researcher at Sydney Uni | Interested in #VirtualReality #BrainInjury #TBI #ABI #SLP #DigitalHealth | Member of ABI Communication Lab @abicommlab.bsky.social

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The @sydney.edu.au SPEECH Clinic is now taking on clients interested in the 10-week convers-ABI-lity program!

The SPEECH Clinic will be taking on new clients from early August and will be offering assessment and treatment sessions.

Email now to book in your sessions:
petra.avramovic@sydney.edu.au
July 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Convers-ABI-lity is a 10-week program for people with #ABI and their #communicationpartners to build #conversationstogether. It includes self-guided activities and video calls with a speech pathologist.

For more information, contact Dr Rachael Rietdijk: rachael.rietdijk@sydney.edu.au
June 20, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Last week I presented at the Nordic Aphasia Conference #NAC2025 and the Cognitive Communication Disorders Symposium.

A big thank you to the organisers (including @nicholasbehn.bsky.social, @clairefdslt.bsky.social and Simon for #CCDSymp2025) and to all presenters for their inspiring talks!
June 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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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...
February 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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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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Publication cake time 🎂🙌

"involvement of peer moderators has potential to foster more meaningful outcomes for all those involved; ...identifying people with brain injury who would thrive in these roles should be considered"

Read #OpenAccess @ashajournals.bsky.social: pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...
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...
pubs.asha.org
February 19, 2025 at 9:35 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
abi-communication-lab.sydney.edu.au
February 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM