Mission SPEAK
Our Mission: At Mission SPEAK, we provide individuals with aphasia nationwide with a free, virtual space that supports their needs such as building confidence, creating connections, and engaging in meaningful, personalized activities. We promote S ocialization, P articipation, E ngagement, A dvocacy, and K indness. What we do: We offer 30-60 minute individual sessions for people with aphasia over zoom lead by UCF students. There is a variety of resources and activity ideas created by students and professors from the school of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Who can join?: Any student at UCF with a passion for helping others and creating connections is welcome to join by connecting via KnightConnect and filling out our interest form. Why Join?: Research completed by UCF's Aphasia and Related Conditions lab has shown that participants in Mission SPEAK feel a real connection to their student communication partner and look forward to weekly meetings. Mission SPEAK is currently 100% virtual and is accessible to students and participants alike. This organization also offers students the opportunity to gain experience with people with aphasia and practice real strategies and activities used by graduate clinicians and speech-language pathologists.
STUDENT ORGANIZATION
Our Mission: At Mission SPEAK, we provide individuals with aphasia nationwide with a free, virtual space that supports their needs such as building confidence, creating connections, and engaging in meaningful, personalized activities. We promote S ocialization, P articipation, E ngagement, A dvocacy, and K indness. What we do: We offer 30-60 minute individual sessions for people with aphasia over zoom lead by UCF students. There is a variety of resources and activity ideas created by students and professors from the school of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Who can join?: Any student at UCF with a passion for helping others and creating connections is welcome to join by connecting via KnightConnect and filling out our interest form. Why Join?: Research completed by UCF's Aphasia and Related Conditions lab has shown that participants in Mission SPEAK feel a real connection to their student communication partner and look forward to weekly meetings. Mission SPEAK is currently 100% virtual and is accessible to students and participants alike. This organization also offers students the opportunity to gain experience with people with aphasia and practice real strategies and activities used by graduate clinicians and speech-language pathologists.
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Mission SPEAK
Our Mission: At Mission SPEAK, we provide individuals with aphasia nationwide with a free, virtual space that supports their needs such as building confidence, creating connections, and engaging in meaningful, personalized activities. We promote S ocialization, P articipation, E ngagement, A dvocacy, and K indness. What we do: We offer 30-60 minute individual sessions for people with aphasia over zoom lead by UCF students. There is a variety of resources and activity ideas created by students and professors from the school of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Who can join?: Any student at UCF with a passion for helping others and creating connections is welcome to join by connecting via KnightConnect and filling out our interest form. Why Join?: Research completed by UCF's Aphasia and Related Conditions lab has shown that participants in Mission SPEAK feel a real connection to their student communication partner and look forward to weekly meetings. Mission SPEAK is currently 100% virtual and is accessible to students and participants alike. This organization also offers students the opportunity to gain experience with people with aphasia and practice real strategies and activities used by graduate clinicians and speech-language pathologists.