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Developing a Computer-Mediated Communication Community (CMCC): Re-Imagining Speech-Language Intervention for Individuals with Acquired Neurogenic Communication Disorders Julie A. Hengst Chip Bruce, Adele Proctor
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CMCC Uses Web-based & Telecommunications Technologies to: bring social & communicative opportunities to individuals isolated by communication disorders use the affordances of computer-mediated communication to scaffold successful communicative interactions amplify therapeutic effects of direct treatment by by bringing CMCC into clinical spaces
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CMCC for Adults Managing Communication Disorders Adults with mild to moderate-severe: –Aphasia –Right Hemisphere Syndrome –Traumatic Brain Injury Family, friends, caregivers Professionals –Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) –Student SLPs
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Technology Application Build on existing software & hardware for: –Clinical Sites –CMCC Labs—community/ home sites Supported Access to: –CMCC Gateway CMCC Calendar & Announcements Members’ Home Pages & Blogs Threaded Topic-Specific Discussion Groups Professional (SLP) Continuing Education Site Webzine Chat Rooms –Email, regular mail, telephone –Video Conferencing, FTF meetings
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Target Outcomes for CMCC Create a virtual community directed to the needs of individuals managing aphasia, RHS, TBI Re-connect communicatively isolated individuals to social & communicative worlds –Social support –Information gathering –Communicative opportunities Develop new SLP interventions using web-based & telecommunication technologies Identify supports needed for accessing CMCC –Adapt existing (or develop new) software & hardware –Identify training & ongoing support needs
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CMCC draws on Community Inquiry Labs (CILs) –Community Technology Centers (ESLARP)
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Using CIL as a model to support researcher communities and ongoing inquiry into telerehabilitation Adapting CIL to address the special needs of research in telerehabilitation CIL—Supporting Research on Telerehabilitation
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