Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences
Department of Speech-Language Pathology
NSU SLP Department Chair Featured for Community Service
Contributed by Dr. Jackie Hinckley
The Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) Department is proud to announce that our department chair, Melissa Edrich, Ed.D. CCC-SLP, was featured in the Virtual Connections November 2022 newsletter.
Virtual Connections is a national network of providers and facilitators who offer online support groups to individuals with aphasia, a language disability that is a result of stroke or other brain injury. Edrich has been facilitating Virtual Connections groups since 2020. Individuals from around the world participate in these groups, seeking information and support. Virtual Connections is a service of an aphasia-focused technology company, Lingraphica, in partnership with an aphasia advocacy organization, Aphasia Recovery Connection.
Virtual Connections has been a source of education for NSU SLP students, who learn about the experience of living with a communication disability in many different locations and situations.
Free groups are provided thanks to the service of facilitators like Edrich, other NSU SLP faculty, and many others around the United States.
