Strong, Katie

Recent Publications

• Sather, T. S., & Strong, K. A. (2024, September). Supporting participation through project-based intervention: A tutorial for working with people with aphasia in individual sessions. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00094.
• O’Bryan, E. L., & Strong, K. A. (2024, April). Person-centered stories on the main stage in intervention: Case examples from the My Story Project, Aphasia! This Is Our World, and Aphasia-Friendly Reading. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2024_PERSP-23-00272.
• Archer, B., Azios, J. H., Douglas, N. F., Strong, K. A., Simmons-Mackie, N., & Worrall, L. (2024, January). “I could not talk…She did everything…She's now my sister”: People with aphasia’s perspectives on friends who stuck around. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 33(1), 349-368. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_AJSLP-23-00205.
• O’Bryan, E. L., Regier, H., & Strong, K. A. (2023, October). “I wasn’t just sitting there”: Empowering care partners through Aphasia-Friendly Reading Treatment. Aphasiology. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2023.2272956.
• Strong, K. A. (2023, October). Supporting mental health in people living with aphasia: A call to action. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 8(6), 1321-1334. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_PERSP-23-00042.
• Strong, K. A., & Sather, T. W. (2023, October). “It’s not often that people want to hear me talk about my life”: Storytelling experiences of people with aphasia in an interdisciplinary songwriting project. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2023.2251724.
• Strong, K. A., Douglas, N. F., Johnson, R., Silverman, M., Azios, J. H., & Archer, B. (2023, February). Stakeholder-Engaged Research: What Our Team Friendship and Aphasia Team Learned about Processes and Pitfalls. Topics in Language Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1097/TLD.0000000000000302.
• Douglas, N. F., Archer, B., Azios, J. H., Strong, K. A., Simmons-Mackie, N., & Worrall, L. (2022, September). A scoping review of friendship interventions for older adults: Lessons for designing interventions for people with aphasia. Disability and Rehabilitation. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2022.2117866.

Presentations

• Regier, H., O’Bryan, E. & Strong, K. A. (2024, September). Engaging care partners in a storytelling intervention for people with aphasia. 90-invited oral presentation. Kansas Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Conference, Wichita, KS.
• Strong, K. A. (2024, September). Instilling hope: The power of partnerships in aphasia rehabilitation. 60-invited oral presentation. Kansas Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Conference, Wichita, KS.
• Strong, K. A. (2024, September). Supporting mental health and aphasia: What's our role as SLPs? 90-invited oral presentation. Kansas Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Conference, Wichita, KS.
• Farrell, B., & Strong, K. A. (2024, September). Making sense of the world through storytelling. Oral presentation. Brain Injury Association of Michigan Annual Fall Conference, Lansing, MI.
• Strong, K. A. (2024, August). It takes all of us: The role of rehabilitation professionals in supporting mental health in patients with aphasia. Invited 60-minute presentation. American Congress on Rehabilitation Medicine Stroke Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group Community Group Webinar.
• Strong, K. A. (2024, June). Using story to make meaning, heal, and move forward with aphasia. Invited 90-minute presentation. Just ASK 6th Annual Aphasia Conference. Virtual.
• Strong, K. A. (2024, March). Co-constructing stories: Supporting people with aphasia in meaning-making and moving forward. Invited lecture. Center of Research Excellence in Aphasia Recovery and Rehabilitation Seminar Series, LaTrobe University, Virtual.
• Strong, K. A. (2024, February). Building Partnerships and Instilling Hope through Mutual Respect and Shared Decision-Making with Clients and Families Living with Aphasia. Invited speaker 4-hour workshop. Mid-South Conference on Communicative Disorders, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN.
• Rieger, H., O’Bryan, E., & Strong, K. A. (2023, November). Actively engaging care partners in a storytelling intervention through the Aphasia-Friendly Reading Approach. Session 1493, 1-hour invited oral seminar. American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Boston, MA.
• Strong, K. A., Kosch, B., & *Conrad, A., (2023, November). Supporting identity negotiation for people living with aphasia through story. Session 1737, 1-hour oral seminar. American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Boston, MA. **Selected Changemaker Session. Virtual Live! Streamed session.
• Strong, K. A., Douglas, N. F., Archer, B., Azios, J. H., Simmons-Mackie, N., & Worrall, L. (2023, June). Friends are key players in comprehensive aphasia treatment. Nordic Aphasia Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland.
• Hinckley, J., Bush, E. J., & Strong, K. A. (2023, May). Picturing quality of life: Perspectives of individuals living with neurogenic communication disorders. Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Platform Presentation, Virtual.
• Shadden, B. B., & Strong, K. A. (2023, March). On identity and aphasia: Our story. Invited Keynote Speakers, 2023 Aphasia Access Leadership Summit, Raleigh-Durham, NC.

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Fellow
• Certificate of Clinical Competency in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP)
• State of Michigan Speech-Language Pathologist
• Guided Autobiography Instructor
• Distinguished Contribution Award, Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders
• Honors of the Association, Michigan Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• The Tavistock Trust for Aphasia Distinguished Scholar Award in the United States
• Central Michigan University Faculty Excellence Exhibition Nominee

• PhD, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Western Michigan University, 2015
• MA, Speech-Language Pathology, Kansas State University, 1993
• BS, Psychology, Washington State University Pullman, 1990

• Life participation approach to aphasia
• Personal narratives and identity
• Adult cognitive-communicative disorders
• Clinical education and supervisor training
• Reflective supervision
• Strong Story Lab
  

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
• ASHA Special Interest Division 2: Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders
• ASHA Special Interest Division 10: Issues in Higher Education
• ASHA Special Interest Division 11: Administration and Supervision
• International Center for Life Story Innovations and Practice (ICLSIP)
• Michigan Speech-Language Hearing Association (MSHA)
• Aphasia Access Affiliate
• National Aphasia Association Affiliate
• Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS)
• American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM)
• Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists (CATS), Societal Impact Working Group

• Holder, Speech-Language Pathology, State of Michigan