SRABC Aphasia Resources |
Technology Navigator Training

With this Technology Navigator Training, we aim to train volunteers, families, and friends to support people with aphasia to use technology in their daily lives to better communicate, connect, and improve.

This is a self-guided training. It contains information about aphasia, technology basics, using apps and accessibility tools for aphasia, and information about the options in most therapy apps.

We provide a step-by-step pathway with different educational tools. You do not need to use all these sections. Depending on your current skillset, you decide what tools are helpful for you.

Step 1: Understanding Aphasia

Learn more about what aphasia is.

Step 2: Communicating with people with aphasia

Learn about different communication strategies that you can use to help ensure that individuals with aphasia have equal opportunities to participate in conversation.

Step 3: Technology Basics

This page links to the guide of the Stroke Association in UK. This guide is designed for people with aphasia, and has information about getting online and using technology.

Step 4: Using Apps and Accessibility Tools for Aphasia

Learn about different apps and tools on a device that can support a person with aphasia to communicate. The different videos show simple hands-on instructions, on:

• ▮ Making reading easier
• ▮ Making writing easier
• ▮ Apps to enhance communication
• ▮ Cognitive and compensatory apps

Step 5: Therapy Apps

There are many therapy apps on the market. In this module, you will learn about:

• ▮ How to choose the right treatment apps
• ▮ Learning to use the apps
• ▮ Maximizing app usage