Table 6 Refinements for BCPPA manual and intervention
Decisions made | Examples of refinements made |
|---|---|
Provide more options on strategies and practice activities in the intervention materials. | Addition of Home based task 2: Strategies to help turntaking and expansion of session plan 3 to include a list of 11 optional additional strategy practice ideas based on ideas collated from speech and language therapists, people with PPA and their families and a review of manuals for stroke aphasia CPT manuals. |
Provide more information on resources and other services. | Expansion of session plan 4 to include a list of resources and other services for speech and language therapists making recommendations for the future. |
Develop video examples of the intervention being delivered. | Addition of video recordings of conversation breakdown and intervention being delivered inserted to Module 5: The BCPPA therapy. These included: Session 1: Video examples of Keith and Rose watching videos of themselves and the speech and language therapist facilitating them to identify barriers and facilitators. Session 2: Video examples of Keith and Rose goal setting with the speech and language therapist. Session 4: Video example of Keith and the speech and language therapist discussing a difficult subject around future planning. |
Include more testimonies from people with PPA in Module 1: What is PPA and Module 2: What is communication partner training? | Use of quotes to illustrate experience of communication facilitators and barriers in Module 4: What to target in therapy. |
Provide more information on how PPA impacts on daily communication. | Refinement of Session 1. Handout 1. How does conversation work? And addition of Session 1. Handout 2. What can go wrong in conversations? in co- production with project steering group. |
Provide a summary sheet including suggestions for future changes on one handout at the end of the intervention. | Addition of summary handout for session 4: Handout 6: Your strategies |