title: Supporting Partners of People with Aphasia in Relationships and Cconversation (SPPARC).
abstract: This paper reviews new theoretical and practical developments in working with partners of people with aphasia and describes the development of a clinician's resource entitled 'SPPARC: Supporting Partners of People with Aphasia in Relationships and Conversation'. It focuses particularly on one part of that resource: the SPPARC Conversation Training Programme, which adapts conversation analysis for clinical use. The paper describes the stages involved in assessing and working on conversation in everyday life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Communication Science, University College London, Chandler House, 2 Wakefield Street, London WC1N 1PF. sarah.lock@ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lock
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wilkinson
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bryan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maxim
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Edmundson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bruce
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moir
mesh_terms: D001037:Aphasia / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D007808:Language Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D012944:Social Support