MND Better Conversations Workshop for AHPs

Event Notes:

Aim:

This workshop is designed for health and social care professionals who are supporting people with MND and who wish to develop their knowledge, understanding and confidence in supporting MND communication change. The focus will be on supporting communication between people with MND and regular communication partners (including professionals). It will not address voice banking, AAC technology assessment and provision, or eating, drinking and swallowing.

Speech and Language Therapists who are new to MND are welcome, but this specific workshop is not designed for specialist SLTs.

Objectives:

By the end of the workshop, participants will have an understanding of:

• observe and describe at least three conversation changes commonly experienced by people with MND
• explain the impact of communication change on conversations and relationships
• identify conversational strategies that support better communication
• report increased confidence in supporting conversation change in people with MND and their significant others.