Spartan Aphasia Research Clinic (SPARC)
2017 SPARC Launch Team: Professor Nidhi Mahendra (Founder and 导演), Dana Albrecht (KACCD 导演), & Graduate Student Clinicians
The Spartan Aphasia Research Clinic (SPARC) was founded in June 2017 and is a part of the Kay Armstead Center for Communicative Disorders in the Department of Communicative Disorders and 科学s. SPARC is modeled on the Life Participation Approach for Aphasia (LPAA), which centers the rights of persons with aphasia to communicate, engage actively, and to be included in all life roles and contexts.
SPARC integrates three priorities for providing individual and group aphasia therapy, advancing clinical research on evidence-based aphasia assessment and intervention, and investing in training future speech-language pathologists. SPARC brings LPAA to life through a rich combination of individual evidence-based therapy, varied aphasia groups, client-centered clinical research, and organizing community-based aphasia awareness and advocacy events.
SPARC团队
- Nidhi Mahendra, Ph.D., CCC-SLP (Founder & 导演)
- Anita Schaack, MS, CCC-SLP
- Cindy Esquivias, MS, CCC-SLP
- Amanda Olson, MS, CCC-SLP
- Theo Tran (Graduate Research Assistant)
- Aminah Sheikh (Graduate Research Assistant)
SPARC's Aphasia Groups
- 失语症合唱团
- View featured research (Mahendra et al., 2020) from our aphasia choir 在这里
- Aphasia Book Club
- 博彩集团
- Everyday Technology for Aphasia Care
- Discourse Groups
- Adapted Virtual Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Programming (AVICAP)
Media Spotlight on SPARC and Aphasia
- 杰克逊,J. H. (2023年春季). Speaking of Equity
- Mahendra N. (2021年春季). SPARC-W在这里 aphasia research, clinical service delivery and student training meet. (starts at 27:33 in the video)
- Mahendra N. (September 2020). Give Voice to Those with Communication Disorders
- Lurie College of 教育 IMPACT Newsletter (Fall 2018, Pg 3). When Words Don't Come (features 菠菜网lol正规平台 alum Larry Byrd, 1969 Spartan Sports Hall of Famer)
Funding Support
- El Camino Hospital and Healthcare District
- Mary and Gary West Foundation
- Philanthropic Gifts (Jindia family)
- Kay Armstead Center for Communicative Disorders (KACCD)
Connect With Us
- 电子邮件: aphasia@shopcadeau.net 或博士. Nidhi Mahendra at 尼迪.mahendra@shopcadeau.net
- Instagram: Spartan Aphasia Research Clinic (SPARC) | @sjsuaphasia
- Facebook页面: Spartan Aphasia Research Clinic - SPARC | @sparcsjsu