How I involve students (3): Everyone can communicate something

Author: Laura Brierley
Magazine issue: Winter 07
Page numbers: 27-28
Date: 30 November 2007
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Life story work is making a difference to communication and self-esteem for people with dementia in Stockport. Laura Brierley and colleagues introduce this to first year speech and language therapy students in a ‘good practice’ project that provides a reason to commuicate as well as an understanding of the person behind the dementia and an appreciation of the impact of the disease on relatives and carers.