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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Really pleased to share our qualitative evidence synthesis from the @tango-abi.bsky.social study exploring the lived experience of cognitive-communication disorder after #AcquiredBrainInjury for people with ABI and their families Click here to access for free: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Learn more about cognitive communication disorder & how to assess & manage this disorder following a brain injury. I wrote this piece for the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) to build understanding and awareness of this disorder Click here 👉 www.rcslt.org/wp-content/u...

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Great to have our first TANGO paper published. This is free to download and access! Click the link in the post!

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

🚀 New resource for therapists in brain injury We’ve launched an online repository of project-based interventions bringing together research-informed & clinician projects. 🔎 Explore ideas and share projects 👉 blogs.city.ac.uk/potion/ Let’s make project intervention visible

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Great to share where we are up to and all the research we can generated from the TANGO study. A huge achievement and team effort from everyone involved, aimed at helping people with brain injury and cognitive communication changes, and their families!

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TANGO @tango-abi.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

🧠 TANGO Study Update What communication strategies may be taught in communication partner training after ABI? We synthesised 200+ strategies into 40 core strategies across 6 categories, informing a clinical decision-making tool for practice @nihr.bsky.social

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TANGO @tango-abi.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

TANGO Showcase Attend in London or online 15 Jan 2026 1.30pm-6pm Hear findings from research in communication partner training, supporting people with cognitive communication difficulties after acquired brain injury & their families. 👉 Free to attend 👉 Free refreshments 👉 Register: bit.ly/4rKc8GA

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

We have worked on two qualitative evidence syntheses which we hope to publish shortly. Remember out TANGO Showcase Event on the 15th January 2026 👉Register here: cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

This week I will present at at the RCSLT annual conf on 27th Nov 1pm on Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System to describe voice & brain injury interventions Join us in the "brain injury / cognitive communication" stream Register here: www.rcslt.org/events/rcslt...

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RCSLT Conference 2025: 80 years and beyond | RCSLT

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

See some further results from our TANGO study on the eDelphi study to identify key techniques needed for communication training for people with brain injury. Remember to save the date for our showcase event - 15th January 2026.

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Follow our updates and make sure you save the 15th January 2026 for our free showcase event!

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Thank you to @nihr.bsky.social for the funding for this research and also Jamie for presenting at @acrmrehab.bsky.social So sorry to not be there in person but glad the study was presented!

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

🎉 Our NIHR #TANGO study image shortlisted for Research Image of the Year at @citystgeorges.bsky.social! Drawn by Tom Bailey, it shows codesigners—people with brain injury, families & SLTs—creating a communication partner training programmme. Vote here 👉 www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/research/sup...

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Research Image of the Year | City St George's, University of London

Learn about our Research Image of the Year competition.

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TANGO @tango-abi.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

SLT student Emma Reid from @citystgeorges.bsky.social reflects on her experiences during a summer NIHR internship with the TANGO project - from co-design sessions to co-chairing at a conference! blogs.city.ac.uk/tango/2025/1... #NIHR #SLT #ABI #Research #Internship #SLT2B #BlueSkySpeechies

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

So proud of our codesigners & what we achieved over the last few months. So excited to start write everything up and start to share in January!

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Our new paper on assessing conversations after brain injury is now OPEN ACCESS 📝🗣️ ✅ 5-min conversation ratings are more reliable & practical than 10-min ones ✅ MPC & MSC scales showed moderate reliability ✅ Scoring takes <30 min 👉 Read here: pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10....

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Feasibility and Reliability of the Adapted Kagan Scales for Rating Conversations for People With Acquired Brain Injury: A Multiphase Iterative Mixed-Methods Design

Purpose: Rating the quality of conversations can assess communication skills in both people with acquired brain injury and their communication pa...

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

I would most definitely consider it depending on the amount of time involved

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

I didn’t but on my list. I’m increasingly frustrated by the lack of understanding and portrayal by book authors and filmmakers alike. At the very least ask us to advise appropriately before an author writes or an actor acts.

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

@primevideouk.bsky.social #TheGirlfriend enjoyed the series but disappointed by lack of portrayal of cognitive & communication impairments post injury. Post injury people have impaired social communication skills & significant retrograde amnesia! We need to do better to raise public awareness!

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

This week we ran co-design sessions in Birmingham & London with people with brain injury, family members & speech therapists. Together we explored mechanisms & techniques to support communication training shaped by lived experience Www.blogs.city.ac.uk/tango #CoDesign #BrainInjury #Communication

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Claire Farrington-Douglas @clairefdslt.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Join our next ICAP network event on 1st April. Looking forward to hearing from Katie and Luiza. @jeanrutter.bsky.social @madelinecruice.bsky.social @cathyoff.bsky.social

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Ian Kellar @driankellar.bsky.social · 18/09/2024

We're increasingly ensuring that dissemination is a standalone workpackage in our grants. Work led by the team in Leicester during our NIHR PGfAR resulted in the GuiDiR dissemination framework, which provides a structure for dissemination activities : www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Development of the Guide to Disseminating Research (GuiDiR): A consolidated framework

Less than one third of research evidence is translated into policy or practice. Knowledge translation requires effective dissemination, adoption and f…

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Madeline Cruice @madelinecruice.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

I’ve not posted in ages but this is newsworthy - I’m delighted we’ve been awarded funding for APT for this incredible project supporting communication for families with aphasia - leading with Prof Rebecca Palmer and a stellar team!!!! www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

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UK-wide aphasia project awarded £3.8 million to improve post-stroke communication | City St George's, University of London

Project plans to co-design and evaluate a novel communication partner training (CPT) programme

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

So great to have you at both conferences and to spend time with you!

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

And a few more memories and posters of the symposium. The other keynotes Jacinta Douglas and Susan Howell reminded us of connection, belonging and asserting our role as SLT!

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

At the #CCDSymp2025 I presented on communication partner training, dating & creating collaborations. So many amazing talks, posters and opportunities for networking with therapists @leannetogher.bsky.social reminding us of the words of the late Audrey Holland & stories of Mark Ylvisaker

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Jacinta Douglas is opening the 4th CCD Symposium to almost 167 attendees in person and online. What is meaning to you? Good starting reflection as to how to build connection & relationships post-injury #CCDSymp2025

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

🧠 Our course on project-based intervention for people with brain injury is back for 2025! Learn how to use this approach + get practical resources to apply in your service. For SLTs, OTs, neuropsychs & more. 📅 Starts 29 Sept 🔗 www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/prospective-... #Rehab #BrainInjury #CPD

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

❗️Reminder to register 🚨 Free SLT implementing research into practice event! Join us 20th June for a showcase of SLT research @CityStGeorges — hybrid event for clinicians & researchers alike. Register & view the programme here: 📷 citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-event…… Send to all!

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

On behalf of Simon Grobler Claire Farrington-Douglas & our events organizer MERS Events we look forward to seeing you in Coventry

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

The programme of oral, lightning and poster presentations available to view Thanks to our sponsors acquireSLT, Rose SLT, Linguistic Redolutions, Communication Rehabiliation, Speech Therapy NE, Into Speech, Relational Communication Practice & @abicen.bsky.social

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

The symposium in cognitive communication disorders is open to anyone interested in this field on the 12th & 13th June this year in Coventry. A hybrid event with keynotes Jacinta Douglas, Susan Howell & @leannetogher.bsky.social Register today: mers.cventevents.com/event/4thCCD/c…

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

🚨 Free SLT implementing research into practice event! Join us 20th June for a showcase of SLT research @citystgeorges.bsky.social — hybrid event for clinicians & researchers alike. Register & view the programme here: 🔗 citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-event… #SLT #ClinicalResearch #CityStGeorges

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Playing with an AI image generator using my publication list #artificalintelligence #AI #SLT There is much to learn and consider about the clinical utility of AI but so much potential as it evolves at alarming pace.

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Niamh Devane, PhD @niamhdevane.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

📢 Can you support aphasia research? Face-to-face And Telehealth Equivalence of assessments in Aphasia (FATE-A) is a research project *improving access to healthcare* This is the *final month* of recruitment We are hoping to see 100 people with aphasia More info: blogs.city.ac.uk/FATE-A/take-...

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

@citystgeorgeslcs.bsky.social is hosting a FREE hybrid impact event for researchers & clinicians to learn ab exciting new developments in adults & paediatrics. 👉 SAVE THE DATE - 20th June 2025! Final programme to be shared soon but sign-up early: www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

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Implementing Research Into Clinical Practice | City St George's, University of London

The Centre for Language and Communication Science Research at City St George's, University of London is excited to showcase their latest research.

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Professor Leanne Togher @leannetogher.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

It was a pleasure having you spend a couple of months with us Nick!! The time passed too quickly and we wish you were still here with us! I enjoy being a mentor on your @tango-abi.bsky.social project very much!! Such a brilliant program of work which will benefit ppl with #TBI worldwide

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

From Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne all these people & institutions made me feel incredibly welcome & fortunate to research in such a vibrant field with so many knowledgeable & inspirational people. Thank you. The future research field for communication disorders after brain injury is looking bright.

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

SLT team (Jan Mackey and Ellen Hall) from lnkd.in/eX3XBm_b John Pierce and Annie Hill from La Trobe University Kate Gould and Jao Carminati from Monash University Jacinta Douglas, Dr Lee Cubis and Kate D'Cruz (and research and co-design team) from lnkd.in/e8RUucGN

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Nicholas Behn @nicholasbehn.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Beyond being at Sydney I was able to spend time with so many more people from the East Coast of Australia... Emma Power from University of Technology Sydney Joanne Steel from University of Newcastle Kirstine Shrubsole (and team) from The University of Queensland

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