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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you to @nihr.bsky.social for the funding for this research and also Jamie for presenting at @acrmrehab.bsky.social

So sorry to not be there in person but glad the study was presented!

TANGO @tango-abi.bsky.social · 11d

🙏 Thank you to Jamie Gibson, Jade Sampford & Gareth Jones at #ACRM2025! They shared the TANGO study – co-designed communication partner training – and how RTSS supports implementation of behavior change interventions in rehab. 💡
blogs.city.ac.uk/tango

#Rehabilitation #Physio #SLT #BehaviorChange

Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 18d

🎉 Our NIHR #TANGO study image shortlisted for Research Image of the Year at @citystgeorges.bsky.social!

Drawn by Tom Bailey, it shows codesigners—people with brain injury, families & SLTs—creating a communication partner training programmme.

Vote here
👉 www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/research/sup...

Research Image of the Year | City St George's, University of London

Learn about our Research Image of the Year competition.

www.citystgeorges.ac.uk

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TANGO @tango-abi.bsky.social · Oct 2

SLT student Emma Reid from @citystgeorges.bsky.social reflects on her experiences during a summer NIHR internship with the TANGO project - from co-design sessions to co-chairing at a conference!

blogs.city.ac.uk/tango/2025/1...

#NIHR #SLT #ABI #Research #Internship #SLT2B #BlueSkySpeechies

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · Oct 8

So proud of our codesigners & what we achieved over the last few months.

So excited to start write everything up and start to share in January!

TANGO @tango-abi.bsky.social · Oct 8

Codesign sessions now complete. 16 sessions (48h) in London & Birmingham w 4 SLTs, 4 family members & 5 people with brain injury.

🙏 to @CarlaMMagdalani for her outstanding support & Emma Reid for helping too

Next: data analysis & free dissemination event in January.

More: blogs.city.ac.uk/tango

TANGO | Training communication partners of people with acquired brain injury

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · Oct 2

Rachael Rietdijk, Emma Power, @leannetogher.bsky.social @madelinecruice.bsky.social Jane Marshall, Penny Prodger

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · Oct 2

Our new paper on assessing conversations after brain injury is now OPEN ACCESS 📝🗣️

✅ 5-min conversation ratings are more reliable & practical than 10-min ones
✅ MPC & MSC scales showed moderate reliability
✅ Scoring takes <30 min

👉 Read here:
pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10....

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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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · Sep 24

I would most definitely consider it depending on the amount of time involved

Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · Sep 23

I didn’t but on my list. I’m increasingly frustrated by the lack of understanding and portrayal by book authors and filmmakers alike. At the very least ask us to advise appropriately before an author writes or an actor acts.

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · Sep 20

@primevideouk.bsky.social #TheGirlfriend enjoyed the series but disappointed by lack of portrayal of cognitive & communication impairments post injury. Post injury people have impaired social communication skills & significant retrograde amnesia! We need to do better to raise public awareness!

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · Sep 7

@carlamagdalani.bsky.social @madelinecruice.bsky.social @katerinahilari.bsky.social @driankellar.bsky.social @leannetogher.bsky.social

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · Sep 7

This week we ran co-design sessions in Birmingham & London with people with brain injury, family members & speech therapists. Together we explored mechanisms & techniques to support communication training shaped by lived experience

Www.blogs.city.ac.uk/tango

#CoDesign #BrainInjury #Communication

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Claire Farrington-Douglas @clairefdslt.bsky.social · Mar 13

Join our next ICAP network event on 1st April. Looking forward to hearing from Katie and Luiza. @jeanrutter.bsky.social @madelinecruice.bsky.social @cathyoff.bsky.social

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Ian Kellar @driankellar.bsky.social · Sep 18

We're increasingly ensuring that dissemination is a standalone workpackage in our grants. Work led by the team in Leicester during our NIHR PGfAR resulted in the GuiDiR dissemination framework, which provides a structure for dissemination activities : www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Development of the Guide to Disseminating Research (GuiDiR): A consolidated framework

Less than one third of research evidence is translated into policy or practice. Knowledge translation requires effective dissemination, adoption and f…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Madeline Cruice @madelinecruice.bsky.social · Jun 30

I’ve not posted in ages but this is newsworthy - I’m delighted we’ve been awarded funding for APT for this incredible project supporting communication for families with aphasia - leading with Prof Rebecca Palmer and a stellar team!!!! www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

UK-wide aphasia project awarded £3.8 million to improve post-stroke communication | City St George's, University of London

Project plans to co-design and evaluate a novel communication partner training (CPT) programme

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · Jun 19

So great to have you at both conferences and to spend time with you!

Sophie Brassel @sophiebrassel.bsky.social · Jun 19

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!

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · Jun 19

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · Jun 19

And a few more memories and posters of the symposium. The other keynotes Jacinta Douglas and Susan Howell reminded us of connection, belonging and asserting our role as SLT!

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · Jun 19

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

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · Jun 12

Jacinta Douglas is opening the 4th CCD Symposium to almost 167 attendees in person and online.

What is meaning to you? Good starting reflection as to how to build connection & relationships post-injury #CCDSymp2025

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · Jun 9

🧠 Our course on project-based intervention for people with brain injury is back for 2025!

Learn how to use this approach + get practical resources to apply in your service. For SLTs, OTs, neuropsychs & more.

📅 Starts 29 Sept
🔗 www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/prospective-...

#Rehab #BrainInjury #CPD

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · Jun 2

❗️Reminder to register

🚨 Free SLT implementing research into practice event! Join us 20th June for a showcase of SLT research

@CityStGeorges
— hybrid event for clinicians & researchers alike.

Register & view the programme here: 📷 citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-event……

Send to all!

https://citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-event……

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · Apr 25

On behalf of Simon Grobler Claire Farrington-Douglas & our events organizer MERS Events we look forward to seeing you in Coventry

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · Apr 25

The programme of oral, lightning and poster presentations available to view

Thanks to our sponsors acquireSLT, Rose SLT, Linguistic Redolutions, Communication Rehabiliation, Speech Therapy NE, Into Speech, Relational Communication Practice & @abicen.bsky.social

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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

https://mers.cventevents.com/event/4thCCD/c…

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · Apr 14

🚨 Free SLT implementing research into practice event!

Join us 20th June for a showcase of SLT research @citystgeorges.bsky.social — hybrid event for clinicians & researchers alike.

Register & view the programme here:
🔗 citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-event…#SLTL#ClinicalResearchc#CityStGeorgeses

https://citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-event…

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