MARY PURDY, Communication Disorders

CHAPTERS/SECTIONS PUBLISHED IN BOOKS:

 

Cascella, P., Purdy, M., & Dempsey, J. (In Press).  Service Delivery.  In Paul, R. and Cascella, P. (Eds.), Clinical Methods in Communication Disorders, 2^nd Ed..  Brooks Publishing Company: Baltimore, MD.

 

Cascella, P., Purdy, M., & Dempsey, J. (2002).  Service Delivery.  In Paul, R.(Ed.), Clinical Methods in Communication Disorders.  Brooks Publishing Company: Baltimore, MD.

 

JOURNAL ARTICLES PUBLISHED:

     

Purdy, M. (In Press).  Management of dysphagia following stroke: A case presentation. Perspectives on Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders.

 

Purdy, M. & Koch, A. (2006). Prediction of Strategy Usage by Adults with Aphasia.  Aphasiology, 20 (2/3/4), 337-348.

     

Purdy, M. & Hindenlang, J. (2005). Educating and training caregivers of persons with aphasia. Aphasiology, 19(3-5), 377-388.

 

Purdy, M. (2002).  Script knowledge following stroke.  Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 10 (3), 173-181.

           

Purdy, M. (2002).  Executive functioning in aphasia.  Aphasiology, 16 (4/5/6), 549-557.

 

Purdy, M. (2001). Recovery of communication skills following hemorrhagic stroke: A case study.  Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 9(3), 193-201.

     

O’Neil, K., Purdy, M, Falk, J., and Gallo, L. (1999).  The Dysphagia Outcome and Severity Scale.  Dysphagia, 14: 139-145.

 

Purdy, M., Duffy, R., & Coelho, C. (1994).  An investigation of the communicative use of trained symbols in aphasic adults following multimodality training.  In P. Lemme (Ed.), Clinical Aphasiology, vol. 22, Austin, TX: ProEd.

 

Purdy, M., Belanger, S., & Liles, B. (1993).  Right brain damaged subjects' ability to use context in inferencing.  In P. Lemme (Ed.), Clinical Aphasiology, vol. 21., Austin, TX: ProEd.

 

Durkin, I., Purdy, M., & Sarfaty, S. (Eds.) (1990).  Resource Directory for Traumatic Brain Injury.  Rocky Hill, CT: CTBIA.

 

Purdy, M., & Neri, L.  (1989).  Computerized cognitive retraining in the home.  Cognitive Rehabilitation, 7, 34-38.

 

Coelho, C., Duffy, R., & Purdy, M.  (1989).  Communication skills in an aphasic deaf adult.  Arch.Phys.Med. and Rehab., 70, 159-161.

 

CONFERENCE PAPERS ORALLY DELIVERED:

     

Purdy, M., and Schneider, S. (2006).  Obtaining and maintaining competency in neurogenic communication disorders. Paper presented ath the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention.  Miami, FL.

 

Purdy, M. and  Cocchiola, K. (2006). Training Cognitive Flexibility in Aphasia.  Paper presented ath the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention.  Miami, FL.

 

Purdy, M., Keenan, E., and Lacey, K. (2006). Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Management of Chronic Aphasia: A Student Training Model.  Paper presented at the Connecticut State University Research Conference.  New Britain, CT.

     

Purdy, M. & Cocchiola, K. (2006). Training cognitive flexibility in aphasia. Paper presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Conference. Boston, MA.

     

Purdy, M. & Hindenlang, J. (2005). Managing chronic aphasia: Training students in multidisciplinary collaboration.  Seminar presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention.  San Diego, CA.

 

Purdy, M. (July, 2005). The relationship between executive functioning and communication in aphasia. Paper presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Conference.  Dublin, Ireland.

 

Purdy, M. (June, 2005).  Cognitive flexibility and strategy usage in aphasia.  Paper presented at the Clinical Aphasiology Conference.  Sanibel Island, FL.

 

Zingarella, A. & Purdy, M. (November, 2004). Psychosocial effects of dysphagia following stroke.  Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention.  Philadelphia, PA.

 

Purdy, M. & Koch, A. (November, 2004).  Prediction of strategy usage by adults with aphasia.  Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention.  Philadelphia , PA.

 

Purdy, M. & Hindenlang, J. (2004). Training family members of persons with aphasia as conversational partners.  Paper presented at the Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Park City, Utah.

 

Purdy, M. & Hindenlang, J. (2003). Training family members of persons with aphasia as conversational partners.  Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Chicago, IL. 

 

Purdy, M. (2002, November).  Executive functioning following stroke.  Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA.

 

Fedanick, T. & Purdy, M.  (2001, November).  Idiom interpretation following right-hemisphere brain damage.  Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA.

 

Purdy, M. (2001, May).  Executive functioning in Aphasia.  Paper presented at the Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Santa Fe, NM.

 

Purdy, M. & O’Neil, K. (2000, November).  Elimination of Aspiration in Dysphagic Patients using Chin Tuck Posturing.  Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Washington, DC.

 

Leyden, T. & Purdy, M. (2000, November).  Efficacy of Group Intervention for Families of Adults with Aphasia.  Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Washington, DC.

 

Purdy, M. & Hindenlang, J. (2000, November).  Interdisciplinary Collaboration Training for Students Managing Adult Neurogenic Communication Disorders.  Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Washington, DC.

 

Purdy, M. (2000, October).  A Collaborative Approach in Managing the Psychosocial Consequences of Aphasia.  Paper presented at the Paper presented at the Annual Stroke Conference, Boston, MA.

     

Purdy, M.  (1999, November).  Script Knowledge Following Stroke.  Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.

 

Purdy, M., Davino, L., & Schmidt, E.   (1999, November). Treatment of Dysgraphia Following Stroke: A Case Study.  Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.

 

Purdy, M. & O’Neil, K. (1999, November). Evaluation of Outcomes in Dysphagia Using the DOSS.   Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.

 

Purdy, M. (1999, October).  Script Knowledge Following Stroke.  Paper presented at the Connecticut State University Research Conference, New Britain, CT.

 

Purdy, M., Davino, L., & Schmidt, E.   (1999, October). Treatment of Dysgraphia Following Stroke: A Case Study.  Paper presented at the Connecticut State University Research Conference, New Britain, CT.

 

Purdy, M. & O’Neil, K.   (1999, October).  Collaborative Management of Swallowing Disorders Following Stroke.  Paper presented at the Annual Stroke Conference, Boston, MA.

 

Purdy, M. (1998, November).  Script Knowledge in Left Brain-Damaged Adults.  Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX.

 

O’Neil, K., Purdy, M., Gallo, L., & Falk., J. (1998, November).  Dysphagia Outcome and Severity Scale. Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX.

 

Purdy, M.  (1998, June).  Script Knowledge in Right Brain-Damaged Adults. Paper presented at the Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Ashville, NC.

 

Purdy, M.  (1997, November).  Script Knowledge in Right Brain-Damaged Adults. Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Boston, MA.

 

Purdy, M., Gallo, L., O’Neil, K., & Falk, J.  (1997, November).  Risk Factors in Silent Aspiration.  Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Boston, MA.

 

Purdy, M.  (1996, November).  Utilization of Speech Pathology Services on a Stroke Critical Pathway.  Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Seattle, WA.

 

Purdy, M.  (1995, December).  An investigation of factors influencing symbol usage in aphasic adults.  Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Orlando, FL.

 

Purdy, M.  (1995, December).  Cognitively impaired patients' success in a self-medication program.  Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Orlando, FL.

 

Purdy, M.  (1994, October).  A case of conduction aphasia in a left-handed, right hemisphere damaged adult.  Paper presented at the National Stroke Conference, Cambridge, MA.

 

Purdy, M., & Hart, C. (1994, October).  A self-medication program in an acute rehabilitation setting.  Paper presented at the National Stroke Conference, Cambridge, MA.

 

Purdy, M.  (1994, June).  The relationships among symbol usage, severity of aphasia, and executive function ability in aphasic adults.  Paper presented at the Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Traverse City, MI.

 

Purdy, M.  (1994, February).  The relationship between executive function and functional communication in aphasia.  Paper presented at the International Neuropsychological Society convention, Cincinnati, OH.

 

Purdy, M.  & Coelho, C.  (1993, November).  Nonverbal problem solving in aphasia.  Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association conference, Anaheim, CA.

 

Purdy, M. & Coelho, C.  (1993, June).  Nonverbal problem solving in aphasia.  Paper presented at the Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Sedona, AZ.

 

Purdy, M., Duffy, R., & Coelho, C.  (1992, November).  The effectiveness of multimodality training on communicative success in aphasic adults.  Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association conference, San Antonio, TX.

 

Purdy, M., Duffy, R., & Coelho, C. (1992, June).  An investigation of the communicative use of trained symbols by aphasic adults following multimodality training.  Paper presented at the Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Durango, CO.

 

Purdy, M. & Loos-Cosgrove, M. (1991, November)  Idiom and proverb interpretation by normal adults.  Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.

 

Purdy, M., Belanger, S., & Liles, B. (1990, November).  Inferenceing ability in right-brain-damaged adults.  Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference, Seattle, WA.

 

Purdy, M. & Loos-Cosgrove, M.  (1990, November).  Normal performance on a spontaneous procedural sequencing task.  Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference, Seattle, WA.

 

Purdy, M., Loos-Cosgrove, M., & Bacolini, P. (1989, November).  Normal performance on high-level thought processing tasks.  Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference, St. Louis, MO.

 

Purdy, M., Loos-Cosgrove, M., & Bacolini, P.  (1988, December).  Cognitive testing on a normal population: Implications for testing brain-injured adults.  Paper presented at the Connecticut Traumatic Brain Injury Association Conference, Cromwell, CT.

 

Purdy, M., Loos-Cosgrove, M., & Bacolini, P. (1988, October). Cognitive testing on a normal population: Implications for testing brain-injured adults.  Paper presented at Braintree Hospital's Ninth Annual Traumatic Head Injury Conference, Braintree, MA.

 

Purdy, M. (1988, April).  Recovery of communication skills in a 48-year-old aphasic man.  Paper presented at the National Stroke Rehabilitation Conference, Boston, MA.

 

Purdy, M. & Neri, L. (1986, October).  Computer instruction in the home: Who, what, when, and how?  Paper presented at the Braintree Hospital's Seventh Annual Traumatic Head Injury Conference, Braintree, MA.

 

Purdy, M. & Glenn, L. (1985, November).  Acoustic analysis of word and vowel duration in apraxic speakers.  Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference, Washington, DC.

 

Purdy, M. (1985, March).  Evaluation of communication following right hemisphere brain damage.  Paper presented at the Connecticut  Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference, Bridgeport, CT.

 

WORKSHOP LEADERSHIP:

 

September, 2006.  Nursing dysphagia screen.  Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT.

 

August, 2006.  Treatment of dysphagia in the pediatric population.  NSSLHA, SCSU.  New Haven, CT

 

November, 2005. Pediatric dysphagia: Grand rounds.  NSSLHA, SCSU. New Haven, CT.

 

April, 2005.  “Facilitating communication in aphasia”.  Advance Magazine Continuing Education Meeting. Nashua, NH.

 

April, 2005.  Educating caregivers of family members with chronic disease.  Workshop presented at the Sirico Center Elder Fair.  SCSU, New Haven, CT.

 

March, 2005.  “Working with persons with aphasia”.  Advance Magazine Continuing Education Meeting.  Cromwell, CT.

May, 2004.  Training families of persons with aphasia: What they know, what they don’t know, and how to teach them.  Connecticut Speech and Hearing Association Annual Conference, New Britain, CT.

 

 

April, 2004.   Stroke Awareness. Workshop Presented at the Sirico Center Elder Fair, New Haven,  CT.

 

March, 2004.  Communication skills following traumatic brain injury.  Advance Job Fair Conference, Cromwell, CT.

 

April, 2003.  “New approaches to the assessment and management of aphasia.”  Connecticut Tri-Alliance Conference, New Haven, CT.

 

March, 2003.  “Recent advances in the evaluation and treatment of aphasia.” Advance Job Fair, Cromwell, CT.

 

November, 2002.  Panelist:  “Graduate courses in aphasia: Pedagogical practices and formative assessment.  American Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA.

 

June 2002.  “Executive Functioning in Aphasia” Facilitator, Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Ridgefield, MO.

 

May 2002.  “Swallowing in normal aging and neurologic disease.” Gaylord Hospital Stroke Conference: Aspects of Aging, Wallingford, CT.

 

June, 2001.  “Speech-language pathology on a hospital critical pathway”.  Teleconference presented to graduate students at Cenral Michigan University.

 

April 2001.  “Speech and swallowing disorders in Parkinson’s Disease.”  Presented to the Parkinson’s Disease Group, East Hartford, CT.

 

April, 2001.  Panelist, “Lasting Impressions:  Images of Disability”.  Distinguished Lecture Series, SCSU.

 

November, 1999. “Research Protocols in Dysphagia”.  Presented to Speech Department at Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT.

 

October, 1998.  “Evaluation and Treatment of Traumatically Brain Injured Individuals Across the Continuum”.  Presented a St. Rapheal’s Hospital, New Haven, CT.

 

October, 1997.  “Neurological Speech and Language Disorders”.  Presented at Trinity College, Hartford, CT

 

September, 1997.  “Outcomes, Let’s Get Real”.  Presented at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

 

March, 1997.  “Dysphagia Evaluation”  Presented at the Multiskilling for the Dietetic Practitioner Conference sponsored by the University of Connecticut,  Hartford, CT.

 

RECENT GRANTS RECEIVED:

 

Connecticut State University , 2005

            Treatment of executive functions in aphasia

     

Connecticut State University, 2003, 2004

            Cognitive Flexibility and Communication in Aphasia

           

Connecticut State University, 2002

            Training Conversational Partners for Adults with Aphasia                      

     

RESEARCH INTERESTS IN GENERAL:

 

aphasia, executive functions, interdisciplinary collaboration, dysphagia, quality of life

 

CURRENT/FUTURE SPECIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS:

 

Training cognitive flexibility in aphasia

Interdisciplinary management of chronic aphasia

Quality of life in patients with dysphagia 

 

MASTER'S THESES ADVISEMENT:

 

Primary Advisor:

Pamela Johnson:  Communication success following family training of adults with aphasia

Maya Curzi: Speech-language pathologists opinions of the FEES for treatment planning in dysphagia

Amy Koch       Prediction of strategy usage by adults with aphasia

Andrea Zingarella:  Psychosocial aspects of dysphagia following stroke

Kataie Novak:  Speech-language pathologists’ criteria for use of gastrostomy tubes versus nasogastric tubes

Melissa Szymanski: Effect of volume and viscosity on swallowing in neurogenic dysphagia

Tiffany Fedanick:  Idiom interpretation following right-hemisphere brain damage

Second Reader:

Colleen Sheehey: Motor speech disorders in autism spectrum disorders

Meghan Phelan:  Auditory processing in aphasia

 

DISSERTATION TITLE:

 

The relationship between executive functioning and functional communication in aphasia

 

INSTITUTION GRANTING Ph.D.:

 

University of Connecticut