Running Speech & Language Therapy Groups in Complex Neuro-disability

Online via Zoom

This half-day online course will provide an overview of the efficacy and benefits of using groups in the management of people with a neurodisability. It is aimed at speech and language therapists who are wanting to set groups up within a service or who are already running them and would like to develop and share their ideas.

Specialist team members from the RHN will present on a range of topics and the day will include:

• Overview of current evidence and guidance
• Examples of groups run at the RHN
• Incorporating goals and outcomes
• Case studies and practical workshops
• Patient experiences
• MDT and family involvement

Learning objectives

• Identify current evidence and guidance around running groups for patients with neuro-disability.
• Identify different formats for groups for people with complex neuro-disability.
• Understand MDT working within the context of running groups.
• Identify appropriate outcome measures for groups.

Facilitators

Rose Lenon
Specialist Speech & Language Therapist
Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability

Christina Ashworth
Speech & Language Therapist
Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability