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Grants

Large Grants ($15,000 and over)

  • Togher, L., Lincoln, M., Power, E., Munro, N., McCabe, P., Worrall, L., Ward, L., Douglas, J., Ferguson, & Harrison, E. (2007). Facilitating the integration of evidence based practice into speech pathology curricula: a scoping study to examine the congruence between academic curricula and work based needs, $100 000
  • Power, E. (1998- 2001). National Health and Medical Research Council (NH&MRC): Dora Lush Biomedical Postgraduate Research Scholarship - Dementia Research Award, $75 000

Small Grants (Less than $15,000)

  • Power, E., (2008). Life storybooks and DVDs to increase communicative participation across disease progression in Huntington Disease. A case discussion. Faculty of Health Sciences Conference Travel Grant for the Aphasiology Symposium of Australia, Brisbane, October. $600.00.
  • Power, E. (2004). Travel and conference attendance grant. Wesley Mission Board and Lottie Stewart Hospital, $1 500
  • Keast, K., Power, E., Anderson, A. (2004). Travel and conference attendance grant. Wesley Mission Board and Lottie Stewart Hospital, $2 000
  • Keast, K., Power, E., Anderson, A. (2003). International travel and conference attendance grant. Sydney West Area Health Service Charitable Trust, NSW Health, $6 000
  • Power, E. (2003). Travel and conference attendance grant. Sydney West Area Health Service Charitable Trust, NSW Health, $1 500
  • Power, E. (2002). Travel and conference attendance grant. Sydney West Area Health Service Charitable Trust, NSW Health, $2 500
  • Berarducci, M. & Power, E. (2000). "The effectiveness of Biofeedback in Treating Dysarthria of Patients with Parkinson’s Disease”. Inaugural Clinical Affiliate Grant, $7 500 from University of Sydney
  • Power, E. (1998). Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney: Post graduate Start Up Award, $2 000
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Books, articles and published conference papers

Major research reports

  • Power, E., Mead, D., & Beverly, K. (1998). Durability of Employment outcomes for people with an Acquired Brain Impairment (ABI) following Vocational Rehabilitation. Final Report to Motor Accident Authority. Sydney: CRS Acquired Brain Injury Unit (ABISU)

Peer reviewed journal articles

  • Power, E. Code, C., Sheard, C., Croot, K. & Rothi, L. J. (Accepted for publication January 2009). Florida Apraxia Battery – Extended and Revised Sydney (FABERS): Design, description and a control sample. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology.
  • Power, E., Anderson, A., Togher, L. (Manuscript under review). Life storybooks for people with degenerative disease. Multiple applications within the WHO ICF framework.
  • Power, E., Anderson, A. & Togher, L. (Manuscript in preparation). Life story DVDs; a client-clinician partnership in symbolic immortality; providing a legacy.
  • Togher, L., Power, E., McDonald, S., Tate, R., & Rietdijk, R. (Manuscript under review). “Training communication partners of people with traumatic brain injury: Reporting the protocol for a clinical trial”. Brain Impairment.
  • Power, E, & Code, C. (2006). Waving not drowning: Utlising gestures in the treatment of aphasia. Advances in Speech-Language Pathology, 8 (2), 5-10.
  • Berarducci, M., Power, E., Anderson, A. & Togher, L. (2003). Maximising participation: Perceptions of group language therapy from participants with Huntington’s Disease living in a residential care setting. Australian Communication Quarterly, Vol. 5, 1, 3-6.
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Non-peer reviewed journal articles/Stakeholder Community articles

  • Togher, L., McDonald, S., Tate, R., Power, E. & Rietdijk, R. (2009). The other side of the coin: Training communication partners to improve communication for people with TBI. Brain Injury Association Newsletter Summer 2008-09 Newsletter. Posted on BIA website
  • Power, E. & Berarducci, M. (2002). Dysphagia and the nursing resident. National Healthcare Journal, August, 31-32

Conference papers/abstracts (internationally refereed)

  • Togher, L. & Power, E. (2009). Communication training programs for public agencies and everyday communication partners: an overview. Seminar accepted for 2009 Asia Pacific Society for the Study of Speech, Language and Hearing, Honolulu, Hawaii, July.
  • Togher, L., Power, E., McDonald, S., Tate, R., & Rietdijk, R. (2009). Inter-rater reliability of the Measure of Support in Conversation and Measure of Participation in Conversation (Kagan et al., 2004) modified for people with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and their communication partners. Abstract submitted to 2009 Clinical Aphasiology Conference Colorado, US, May.
  • Togher, L., McDonald, S., Tate, R., Power, E. & Mansley, R. (2008). Training communication partners of people with TBI: preliminary findings of a group comparison study. Seventh World Congress on Brain Injury, Lisbon, Portugal. April. Abstract published in Brain Injury, 22 (Supplement 1), 45.
  • Power, E., Anderson, A. Togher, L., & Werry, K. (2004). Chatting with their Peers: Analysis of Discourse in people with Huntington Disease in a Residential Care Facility. 26th World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Brisbane, 29th August-2nd September.
  • Power, E., Anderson, A. Keast, K., & Dimmick, H. (2004). Perceptions of Traditional Puree and Moulded Puree Food in People with Huntington Disease. 26th World Congress International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Brisbane, 29th Aug-2nd September.
  • Keast, K., Power, E., Anderson, A., & Dimmick, H. (2003). Innovative approaches to improving the acceptance of textured modified food choices. World Federation of Neurology Huntington Disease Congress, Toronto, Canada, 23rd-26th August.
  • Berarducci, M., Power, E., Anderson, A. & Togher, L (2002). Group language therapy for people with Huntington’s Disease living in a residential care setting. Abstract in printed in Brain Impairment, (Vol 3, 2) and poster presented at 10th International Aphasiology Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
  • Power, E., Sheard, C., & Code, C. (2001). Insights into the semantics of gesture in subjects with aphasia. The British Aphasiology Society Conference, Exeter, UK, 13th –15th September.
  • Mead, D. & Power, E. (1997). Durability of employment outcomes in people with acquired brain impairment. 21st Annual Brain Impairment Conference, Brisbane, QLD, 21st-23rd November.
  • Power, E., Sheard, C., & Code, C. (1996). Is gesture a functional option for people with severe aphasia? Australian Association of Speech and Hearing Conference, New Zealand, March.
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Conference papers/abstracts (nationally refereed)

  • Miles, R., Ballard, K., Taylor, C., McMahan, A., & Power, E. (2009). A Controlled Clinical Application of Motor Learning Principles with Apraxia of Speech. Paper accepted for the 2009 Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Adelaide, SA, May.
  • Bogart, E., Togher, L., Docking, K. & Power. E. (2009). Casual conversations between individuals with traumatic brain injury and their friends: A pilot study. Paper accepted for the 2009 Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Adelaide, SA, May.
  • Togher, L., Yiannoukas, C., Lincoln, M., Power, E., Munro, N., McCabe, P., Ghosh, P., Worrall, L., Ward, E., Ferguson, A., Harrison, E., & Douglas, J. (2009). Strengths, gaps and challenges in integrating evidence based practice into Australian Speech Pathology academic & clinical curricula: A scoping study. Paper accepted for the 2009 Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Adelaide, SA, May.
  • Togher, L., McDonald, S., Tate, R., Power, E. & Rietdijk, R. (2009). Perceived communication ability can be improved by training communication partners of people with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Paper accepted for the ASSBI, 32nd Annual Brain Impairment Conference, Sydney, Australia, May.
  • Power, E., Anderson, A. & Togher, L. (2008). Life storybooks and DVDs to increase communicative participation across disease progression in Huntington Disease. A case discussion. Aphasiology Symposium of Australia, Brisbane, October.
  • Keast, K., Power, E., Anderson, A., & Dimmick, H. (2004). Innovations in swallowing management and diet provision for people with Huntington Disease. Dietitian’s Association of Australia National Conference, 20nd-22nd May.
  • Power, E., Anderson, A. & Togher, L. (2003). Communication group outcomes for people with Huntington Disease living in a residential care setting: It's worth it! Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, 20th-23rd May.
  • Lownie, A., Buxton, A., Power, E., Keast, K., Curran, R. (2002). An innovative model of caring for the young and the old – The NSW Huntington Disease Service” National ‘Geriaction’ Conference - 'Innovations in aged care', Sydney, 24th-25th October.
  • Berarducci, M. & Power, E, Anderson, A., & Togher, L. (2002). Group language therapy for people with Huntington’s Disease living in a residential care setting. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Alice Springs, NT, 20-23rd May.
  • Power, E., Sheard, C., Code, C. & Croot, K. (2002). Important issues for speech pathologists in working with pantomimed gesture and aphasia: Evidence from case studies. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Alice Springs, NT, 20-23rd May.
  • Power, E., Sheard, C., & Code, C. (2001). Function and Manipulation knowledge in gesture: evidence from case studies in aphasia. 1st Australian Conference for Cognitive Neuropsychology and Cognitive Psychiatry, Melbourne, June 13–15. Published in August edition of Australian Journal of Psychology, Vol 53 (2).
  • Miles, A., Power, E. & Sheard, C. (2002). Clinical applications of a model of limb apraxia with people with neurological communication difficulties. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Alice Springs, NT, 20-23rd May.
  • Power, E., Sheard, C., & Code, C. (2001). Alzheimer’s disease and gesture recognition and expression. Speech Pathology Australia Conference, Melbourne, VIC, 20th-23rd May.
  • Power, E., Sheard, C., & Code, C. Gesture, (2000). Semantics and limb apraxia in aphasia: evidence from case studies. In the Proceedings of the 8th Meeting of the Aphasiology Symposium of Australia, Albury, NSW.
  • Power, E., Sheard, C., & Code, C. (1999). Infusing theories of semantic memory into gesture therapy: Where to start? Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Sydney, NSW, 17th-21st May.
  • Power, E., Sheard, C., & Code, C. (1998). Issues regarding processes involved in recognition and recall of meaningful gestures, 6th Meeting of the Aphasiology Symposium of Australia, Sydney, NSW, October.
  • Mead, D. & Power, E. (1997). 4 years on: Durability of employment outcomes in Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service clients with acquired brain impairment. Liverpool Brain Injury Forum, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, 13th June.
  • Power, E., Sheard, C., & Code, C. (1997). Limb praxis and pantomime skills in two subjects with Wernicke's aphasia: can you pantomime with limb apraxia? Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Canberra, ACT, 10th –14th March.
  • Power, E., Sheard, C., & Code, C. (1996). Processes involved in pantomime recognition and expression in subjects with auditory comprehension difficulties. 4th Meeting of the Aphasiology Symposium of Australia, Adelaide, SA, 27th-28th September.
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