It is the mission of Stroke Family to accomplish three things:

1. Provide new innovative programs, tools and information to breakthrough even the most severe aphasia and apraxia.

2. Provide new ways to bring therapists and healthcare professionals and families together and

3. Provide information resources about new innovative approaches and treatments to improve the over-all quality of life for those recovering from brain trauma and stroke.
Free items on the web site include: free demo and free recovery plan. Free miniguides with every order

Stroke Family Offerings include:

Computer:

Let’s Talk! Explore over 120 words found in daily living in this online software or CD program. Practice with pictures and human voice sound. Works well with speech therapy, rehab or care center or at home. This multisensory program, many have said, “made the difference”. Comes with free miniguide. Free demo.

Resources:

Stroke Family’s Whole Speech Practice Kit Author was able to get her “untreatable” global aphasic father to go from only 9 spoken words to over 700. She created an array of programs and materials to access speech in the other side of the brain. For families or SLPs. Includes the Let’s Talk program, tracing sheets, recovery guides, and card activity sets.

Lefty’s Tracing Sheets Tracing pictures help trigger speech. Provides motivation to retrain the alternate hand for writing in both printed letters and cursive. 26 key words, one for each basic phonic sound, plus “feelings”, “the five senses” and “opposites”.

Lefty’s Card Activities Three card sets include around 1000 of the most frequently spoken words in English. Games and activities help with word combining to make phrases, and 3 or 4 word sentences. Includes: Lefty’s Cue cards, Lefty’s Card Games and Lefty’s Conversation Pieces. Available together in one kit or separately.

Books: (The guide could also be under Resources)

Pathway to Recovery Includes “Four Keys to Success”, things the author discovered that are normally overlooked. Families learn how to do “home speech practice” and how to reinforce speech therapy at home, in the rehab or care facility using multisensory techniques. This guide has been called “extremely helpful” by SLPs and families alike.

Caregivers:

Coming Home, caregiver guide. How to avoid common pitfalls. How to get the family or care facility staff involved to support recovery. What your doctor may not have told you about stroke aftermath, prevention and recovery. Includes free miniguide: “40 Ways to Help Stroke Recovery”.

Experiences:

Barbara Dean Schacker was able to get her “untreatable” global aphasic father to go from only 9 spoken words to over 700, nine years post stroke. Read her story at Stroke Family, a web site she created to help others recover speech.

We will be happy to answer your questions and will give you the “Top Ten Recovery Tips” for free if you call: 877-835-3157.

Stroke Family info: Stroke Family, P.O. Box 45, Willow, NY 12495 bschacker@strokefamily.org.

National Stroke Association is a great site that includes information on recognizing and preventing stroke and information on Recovery for survivors and their caregivers.