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Westman Aphasia facing permanent closure
The Brandon Sun, October 27, 2022, page A008
Westman Aphasia grateful for donation from Brandon Wheat City Lions Club
(The Brandon Sun, Westman This Week, Thursday August 18 2022, page 5) Read more…
2021 Annual Report
Westman Aphasia is looking for volunteers to join our Board of Directors. If you have a few hours a month of free time and a desire to be part of a unique, challenging, and rewarding working Board, then we have the opportunity for you!
Volunteer Application Board of Directors
Recent information about actor Bruce Willis being diagnosed with the chronic communication disorder known as aphasia may have caused some misinformation as to the type of disorder aphasia is. The following information from Westman Aphasia Inc. clarifies this and also explains aphasia’s causes and effects. / April 26, 2022
Aphasia is not a cognitive issue
Volunteer Training Workshop
| Posted Feb 15, 2022The volunteers receive a full day of training during the Let’s Talk Aphasia workshop. Ongoing volunteer skill development is provided throughout the year.
Let’s Talk Aphasia Workshop
| Posted Feb 15, 2022Spring and Fall dates TBA
A workshop to help you learn about aphasia and the tools and strategies that can improve communication with and for individuals living with aphasia.
Learn About Aphasia Information Sessions
| Posted Feb 15, 2022As requested!
This is an educational event that is open to the public and is facilitated by the program clinicians. Information is provided about aphasia, what it is like to live with a chronic communication impairment, what is involved in communicating with someone who has aphasia and what is involved in supporting those coping with aphasia and their caregivers. Videotaped examples of different types and degrees of aphasia and examples of these individuals using supported conversations techniques (SCA™) developed by the Aphasia Institute in Toronto will be used during this evening.
