Research studies have investigated the feasibility of delivering a range of interventions in the virtual environment of EVA Park; functional conversation, noun naming, verb treatment, sentence mapping, storytelling and social support groups.
EVA Park Therapy Manual 1: Noun Therapy
A therapy manual for delivering semantic feature analysis, a noun therapy, in the virtual world EVA Park. The manual was developed in 2016 for use in a research project funded by the Tavistock Trust for Aphasia. With thanks to Mary Boyle and Celia Woolf for permission to adapt the original therapy approaches.
EVA Park Therapy Manual 2: VNeST
Therapy Manual for the verb therapy VNeST delivered in the virtual world EVA Park. This manual was developed in 2016 for use in a research project funded by the Tavistock Trust for Aphasia. With thanks to Lisa Edmonds for permission to adapt the original therapy approach.
EVA Park Therapy Manual 3: Interactive Storytelling
Therapy manual for delivering Interactive Storytelling, a discourse therapy, in the virtual world EVA Park. This manual was developed in 2016 for use in a research project funded by the Tavistock Trust for Aphasia. With thanks to Marcella Carragher for permission to adapt the original therapy approach.
EVA Park Therapy Manual 4: Scripts Therapy
Therapy manual for delivering script therapy in the virtual world, EVA Park. The manual was developed in 2016 for use in a research project funded by the Tavistock Trust for Aphasia. With thanks to Gina Youmans and Katerina Haley for permission to adapt the original therapy approach.
EVA Park Therapy Manual 5: Sentence Mapping Therapy
Therapy manual for delivering mapping therapy, a sentence therapy, in the virtual world, EVA Park. This manual was developed in 2016 for use in a research project funded by the Tavistock Trust for Aphasia. With thanks to Elizabeth Rochon for permission to adapt the original therapy approach.
EVA Park Therapy Manual 6: Functional Conversation
Therapy manual for delivering a functional conversation therapy in the virtual world, EVA Park. This manual was developed in 2013 for use in a research project funded by the Stroke Association: Evaluating Virtual worlds for people with Aphasia (EVA).
EVA Park Therapy Manual 7: Social Support Groups
Therapy manual for delivering a group social support intervention in the virtual world, EVA Park. This manual was developed in 2017 for use in a research project funded by the Stroke Association: Delivering group support for people with aphasia through a virtual communication environment.
