Table 3 Overview of components of the 3-day training course
Main component | Lecture topic | Type of training |
|---|---|---|
Understanding stroke survivor’s every-day challenges | Living with stroke | Educational video, group discussion |
Theoretical underpinnings of the intervention | Introduction to the intervention’s essential ideas and philosophy underpinning the intervention | Lecture |
| Â | Psychosocial issues following stroke | Lecture |
Understanding challenges and changes for work-aged stroke survivors | Lecture | |
Bodily changes following stroke | Lecture | |
Gendered perspectives on stroke | Lecture | |
Aphasia and living life with language impediments | Lecture | |
The aphasic storyteller | Lecture | |
Supported conversations for adults with aphasia | Lecture | |
When things become incomprehensible: Cognitive and other invisible changes following stroke | Lecture | |
Ethical considerations in the role as guide | Lecture | |
Guided self-determination and the role as guide using the intervention’s metaphor | Lecture | |
Guided self-determination | Presentation of the intervention’s work sheets | Lecture |
|  | Presentation of the intervention’s work sheets | Practical exercise, roleplay, group discussion |
Supported conversation for adults with aphasia | Supported conversations for adults with aphasia | Practical exercise |
| Â | Using the work sheets and different approaches to communication | Lecture, practical exercise |
Documentation | Using log notes | Lecture, group discussion |
General discussion and reflection | Throughout the program | Group discussion |