> PARTNERS

> INTERNSHIPS

Each year, students in speech therapy, in psychology, in medicine, in social work, in cinema, in cultural research and animation, in audiology, and others, work in internships under the guidance of Théâtre Aphasique, and learn about the approach of applying the dramatic arts in helping people with aphasia.

> RESEARCH INVESTIGATIONS

The benefits of the activities of Théâtre Aphasique have been verified and measured by the research team ESPACE at the Department of Speech Therapy and Audiology at the University of Montreal. The results of their research were published last December under the title : Intervention with theatre and the process of adaptation to aphasia : the example of Théâtre Aphasique.

Other studies are currently under way in collaboration with a research team at the University of Montreal.

> CONFERENCES

The team from Théâtre Aphasique have presented their approach at conferences and congresses of health professionals:

September 200
Meeting of the Congress ICVRAT and ArtAbilitation at Porto, Portugal; Aphasic Theatre or theatre boosting self-esteem

September 2008
Workshops in theatre arts at the 2nd Congress of Art, Brain and Language, Porto, Portugal

August 2008
Conference of the 21st World Congress of Rehabilitation International : Theatre and Rehabiliation : A Winning Combination

Avril 2007
Conférence au centre de réadaptation Lucie-Bruneau
Le partenariat public-communautaire en réadaptation

November 2007
Leadership of workshops at the First Congress of Art, Brain and Language, Lisbonne, Portugal, Université Nova

> PUBLICATIONS

An article entitled Aphasic theatre or theatre boosting self-esteem was published in two international research journals :

> SPONSORSHIP

Théâtre Aphasique sponsors and supports the creative group Des paroles dans le vent (Words in the Wind), a group where its members, who all have aphasia, perform dance and create visual art.

Photography by Pierre Labranche