Strong, Katie

Recent Publications

• Strong, K. A. & Randolph, J. (2021, October). How do you do talk therapy with someone who can’t talk? Perspectives from mental health professionals on supporting individuals with aphasia. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2021_AJSLP-21-00040.
• Azios, J. H., Strong, K. A., Archer, B., Douglas, N. F., Simmons-Mackie, N., & Worrall, L. (2021, January). Friendship matters: A research agenda for aphasia. Aphasiology. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2021.1873908.
• Strong, K. A. & Shadden, B. B. (2020). Stories at the Heart of Life Participation: Both the Telling and Listening Matter. Chapter 5. In A. L. Holland & R. J. Elman (Eds.) Neurogenic communication disorders and the Life Participation Approach: The social imperative in supporting individuals and families (pp. 105-130) Plural Publishing.
• Strong, K. A & Shadden, B. B. (2020). The power of story in identity renegotiation: Clinical approaches to supporting persons living with aphasia. ASHA Perspectives, SIG 2, 5, 371-383. https://pubs.asha.org/doi/pdf/10.1044/2019_PERSP-19-00145.
• Strong, K. (2018). Co-constructing personal narratives in traumatic brain injury: A view from the storytellers’ lens. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 99(10), e94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2018.07.338.
• Strong, K. A, Lagerwey, M., & Shadden, B. B. (2018). More than a story: My life came back to life. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 27, 464-476.  https://pubs.asha.org/doi/abs/10.1044/2017_AJSLP-16-0167.
  

Presentations

• Strong, K. A., Douglas, N. F., Azios, J. H., Archer, B., Simmons-Mackie, N., & Worrall, L. (2022, June). People with aphasia want to keep their friends, so how do we help? Virtual poster session. International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
• Strong, K. A., & Sather, T. (2022, June). “But I’m gonna be alive a bit more than I was before”: Perceptions of people with aphasia following an interdisciplinary songwriting intervention. Virtual poster session. International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
• Hinckley, J. & Strong, K. A., (2022, June). First steps in creating effective multi-stakeholder research groups. Virtual poster session. International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
• Strong, K. A., Kim, E. S., Wilson, C., Kagan, A., & Simmons-Mackie, N. (2022, June). Exploring graduate student experiences of communication partner training for people with aphasia. Virtual poster session. International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
• Strong, K. A. & Fialka, J. (2022, March). The engaged clinician: Our behavior matters. 3-hour workshop. Michigan Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Conference, East Lansing, Michigan.
• Strong, K. A. & Fialka, J. (2022, March). Strengthening your supervision skills: The role of relationships, reflection and feedback. 2-hour invited seminar. Michigan Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Conference, East Lansing, Michigan.
• Strong, K. A., Johnson, B., Moses, K., & Pollens, R. (2022, March). Aphasia round tables: Supporting mental health and aphasia services in Michigan. 2-hour seminar. Michigan Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Conference, East Lansing, Michigan.
• Strong, K. A. (2022, March). Revealing ourselves through story and song. Invited 1-hour oral presentation. Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Chicago, IL, Virtual.
• Strong, K. A. & Douglas, N. F. (2022, March). Make new friends but keep the old. Invited 2-hour oral presentation. Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Chicago, IL, Virtual.
• Meyerson, D. & Strong, K. A. (2021, November). Rebuilding Identity through Story and Friendship: Evidence-Based Interventions to Support People with Chronic Aphasia. Session # 1140. Invited 1-hour oral presentation. American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Washington D.C.
• Strong, K. A. (2021, November). Oh the Places We'll Go: Engaging People with Aphasia in Participation-Focused Interventions. Session #1221. Invited 1-hour oral presentation. American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Washington D.C.
  

• 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