News from NISH | Ni–LEOS: Application of ICF in Aphasia

Nitte Institute of Speech and Hearing has started a series of webinars under the title Ni-LEOS, Nitte Learn with Experts Online Series.

The first guest lecture under this title was on “Application of ICF in Aphasia” and the expert speaker was Dr. SP Goswami (Professor & Head, Department of Speech-Language Pathology, AIISH Mysuru). The lecture was delivered in two episodes, on 12th and 19th June 2021 respectively. III year B.ASLP students, Interns and staff were the participants. The program was streamed through the Google Meet Platform. The presenter covered the topics of the basic framework of ICF, the versions of ICF, ICF in aphasia, the difference between traditional assessment and ICF based assessment, and goal setting based on ICF. The presentation was followed by a Question and Answer session.

Dr Abhishek B.P, Associate Professor and Research Coordinator was the organizer of the program. Prof Dattatreya, Director welcomed the expert speaker while Ms. Shwetha, Principal proposed the vote of thanks.