They included Ann Oehring. Groups help persons with aphasia learn from the experiences of others. It is a source of real satisfaction for group members to be able to help each other. At our center in Tucson, we have groups for persons with aphasia and other groups for family members. They each have their own problems to cope with and having separate groups gives them the time and space they need to explore those.
Groups are very important.
Speech-language pathology students need experiences working with adults with aphasia in their training. This often works out well for the client. A licensed speech-language pathologist from the university's faculty supervises student clinicians in their preparation and delivery of therapy. Most university clinics have to charge something for their services, but it is usually less than for other individual therapy. There may also be on-going research projects that a person with aphasia can volunteer for.