Lafayette Neurological Communication

✨Clinician Spotlight!✨


Hey there! 👋🏼

My name is Emily Rosamond,
and I am from 🏡New Iberia, LA!

Some of my favorite things include visiting with family and friends 👥, watching t.v. 📺, finding ways to be creative, learning new things 📝🧠, and COFFEE ☕️

My ❤️favorite thing about the field of speech therapy is being able to get to know people who have different backgrounds and interests. I love being able to hear each person's interests and stories! 🗣

Thank you for allowing me to hear what you have to say and for allowing me to be a part of this group!🙏🏻

This video was created by people with aphasia in the Acadiana area to highlight the impact of Aphasia on relationships.
https://youtu.be/Q3c9GXEnqM8
For more information about Aphasia please visit www.aphasia.org, www.aphasiaacadiana.org, or find us on Facebook/Instagram or

Aphasia and Relationships This video was created by people with aphasia in the Acadiana area to highlight the impact of Aphasia on relationships. For more information about Aphasia pl...

✨Clinician Spotlight Time! ✨

Hi everyone! 👋🏻

My name is Maria Mengis.
🏠I’m from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Some of my favorite things to do are hiking🥾, traveling✈️, reading 📖, and watching soccer games 👀⚽️.

My favorite part about speech therapy 💬 is building relationships with my clients 👥and helping them achieve their goals ✅. I especially love the welcoming environment of our aphasia groups!

A fun fact about me is that I have swum 🏊‍♀️to Brazil🇧🇷…that story’s way too long for one post!

Thank you for letting me be a part of this amazing group :)

Consider helping our friends out!

✨Clinician Spotlight time! ✨

Hello, My name is McKenzi Bienvenue! 👋

I am from sweet ole' Lafayette, Louisiana 🌾 🌞

My hobbies include spending time with my family and friends 👫 , coaching competitive swimming 🏊‍♀️ , fishing 🐟 , and pretty much anything that involves drinking coffee ☕ !

One of my gifts is being able to connect and form long lasting deep connections with anyone and everyone ! I enjoy meeting new friends 🤩 !

My favorite part about this field is seeing the sparkle ✨ in someone’s eyes when they accomplish, what they once thought they couldn’t. I love getting to know and support my clients as we work towards what is meaningful to them 💪 ! I’m forever grateful for the time I get to spend each client 💗 !

Do you experience this? 👇🏻

It is actually more common than you probably think!

😢 Do you cry easily?

🧑🏻‍⚕️ You may want to talk to a healthcare professional about PBA.

⚕️ Pseudobulbar affect (PBA) is a medical condition. It causes episodes of crying of laughing that may be unpredictable. Sometimes it is called emotional lability.

🧠 It is caused by damage to an area of the brain. Many stroke survivors have PBA.




www.aphasiarecoveryconnection.org
LEARN. SHARE. CONNECT.

Join us for 🍕 and 💬!

December 21st at 11am

At CENTRAL Pizza & Bar

Please RSVP, call or message us!

Check out our latest video! Lynn shares his story and what he wants others to know about aphasia & apraxia!

Be sure to hit subscribe on our YouTube channel to stay up to date on our releases!

Lynn's Story Lynn describes the day of his stroke and the months/years following. He wants others to know about aphasia and apraxia and how they can better help communica...

Check out this research opportunity! Help SLPs better understand and help people with aphasia by sharing your experiences!

Hello! Our names are Katie, Brent, Jamie, and Natalie. We are researchers at Central Michigan University, Bowling Green State University and Lamar University. We want to help people with aphasia keep their friendships strong and healthy!

We’d like to invite you to participate in a research project about friendship in aphasia. We are looking for spouses or significant others of someone with aphasia to share their experiences.

For more information about the project please contact Nora at [email protected]

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Another day another party 🎉🦃

We love a good reason to celebrate 🎊 👏🏻🥳

One of our neuro groups independently decided to plan an end of the semester Thanksgiving potluck party!

✅They made invites and delivered them to the other groups who come on Tuesdays.

✅They made sure all the food spread was covered.

✅Even had decorations and a game with prizes!

Thank you to all for a wonderful semester!

🗣Wrapping up our semester with a final clinician spotlight! ✨

Hi everybody! 👋🏼
My name is Kayla Solar
I am from New Iberia, Louisiana! 📍
My hobbies include singing🎤, traveling, shopping, and hanging with my cat…Patricia! 🐱

Fun fact about me: One of my favorite traveling memories was when I jumped off a cliff in Hawaii! 🌺

One of my favorite things about our field is the ability to connect with so many unique and inspiring individuals! I love being able to help my client’s identify their strengths💪🏽that they use everyday and achieve their goals!

✨Clinician spotlight time 💫

Hey y’all, my name is Rebecca Hays! 👋🏼

I'm from Slidell, Louisiana 🏡

Some of my favorite things to do when I'm not studying include spending time with my 2 dogs Skippy & Mowgli 🐶🐾, traveling with my fiancé to new places 🚗 hiking 🏔, white water rafting 🚣🏼, eating good food in the French Quarter 🍲, and spending time with my family 😄

My favorite part about working with the aphasia groups is hearing everyone's unique stories 📚. My clients have shown me each and every session what it means to be resilient 💪🏽. They teach me something new and prove that communication is so much more than just the words that we speak 🗣

I am so lucky to be a part of their journey 😁

Check this out if you need some assistance with the Ballot lingo!

Clinician spotlight time 🤩

Hey, everyone!
👋🏻 My name is Sarah Elise LeBlanc

🏠 I am from New Iberia, Louisiana

🤩 My hobbies include reading 📖 , learning new things 🧠, traveling 🧭 , skydiving ✈️ , and experiencing new foods/restaurants 👩🏻‍🍳

♥️ My favorite thing about speech pathology is the opportunity I am given to take my passions of creative problem solving, learning new things, and helping others and use them to help clients in a meaningful way. Most of the people I see come to speech therapy during a period of transition in their lives. During this time, we figure out communication 🗣in their situation together.

They are creating their own way in the world 🌎, and I get invited to experience figuring life out alongside them!

Thank you all for helping me find my passion!

Check it out!

More than Aphasia A lady who has had a stroke tells us about who she is and how she is more than her stroke and her aphasia. Aphasia is a language processing disorder that is ...

World Stroke Day is here! 🌎🧠

Share this video (make sure to tag us!) and let us know what you learned to be entered to win $25 💰to Starbucks! ☕️

World Stroke Day / Aphasia Awareness! For World Stroke Day, people with aphasia wanted to increase awareness of a specific type of communication disorder that can be an outcome of having a stroke. They are more than aphasia!

So fun creating these! Check it out and share our awareness videos!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfgFdqo-szAEc5WgH0MGK6Q

World Stroke Day Hype Video A behind the scenes look at the making of a video for World Stroke Day. These people with aphasia are striving to close in the gap of aphasia awareness by sp...

Save the date 🗓, hope to see you all there!

What would you like people to know about stroke or aphasia? Let us know 👇🏻

Clinician spotlight time! 🗣

🏡Bunkie, LA

❤️favorite things to do are spending time with my family and friends👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, reading books 📚(especially binge reading during semester breaks), and walking my dog 🐶, Opie.

My favorite part about working with adults has been getting to know my client and each person in our group. I love talking and building relationships with clients! I leave every session inspired by my/our client’s resilience and hard work. 🏋🏼‍♀️

Fun fact: I originally wanted to be a 👩‍⚕️ 💊nurse. Almost 4 years later, I couldn’t be happier to have found this profession!

We believe therapy should be client led and centered around what works for the client’s life. 🏡

One of our groups🫂 has been focusing on strengths they see in their peers and in themselves. 💪🏻🏋🏼‍♀️

Change happens using positivity and affecting each person and how they handle their own self. ✨

Strength-based approach allows for habitable conditions for a person to see themselves at their best, in order to see the value they bring, by just being THEM! 🗣

Check out our ever growing list of strengths ❤️

Clinician spotlight time! ✨✨

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Hey guys, I'm Madeline!

🤩 Hobbies: drawing ✍️and painting 🎨, playing with my nieces 👧🏼, getting coffee ☕️ with friends, and reading 📖!

My husband 👩‍❤️‍👨 and I also love to find fun things to do around Lafayette, like the farmer's market! 👩‍🌾

One of my favorite things about working with my clients' are the stories 💭 they share with me about their lives and finding the best way to help them share those stories 💭with others.

They have so much wisdom 🧠 to share and I'm so thankful 🙌🏻 to be a part of their journey! ………………………………………………………………

We’re thankful for you! 👏🏻👏🏻