Research and Education

Teaching

University of Toronto, Rehabilitation Science, seminar facilitation, Enabling Occupation with Adults, annually

Aphasia Institute, Train the Trainer, Bringing Supported Conversation for Adults with Aphasia (SCA™) to the World, bi-annually.

Publications

Nelson, M. et al. Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations: Rehabilitation, Recovery, and Community Participation Following Stroke. Part One: Stroke Rehabilitation Planning for

Optimal Care Delivery, 7th Edition Update 2025. Published in:  (2026) American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 2026, Vol.105 (1), p.59-75.

Kagan, A., Simmons-Mackie, N., Villar-Guerrero, E., Chan, M., Turczyn, I., Victor, J.C., Shumway, E., Chan, L., Cohen-Schneider, R., Bayley, M., (2024)
Improving communicative access in acute stroke care: an implementation journey. Journal of Communication Disorders, Jan-Feb: 107:106390

MacDonald, S. and Shumway, E. (2022) Optimizing our evidence map for cognitive-communication interventions: How it can guide us to better outcomes for adults living with acquired brain injury.
International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 59/2, 623-647.

Kagan, A., Shumway, E., & MacDonald, S. (2020) Assumptions about decision-making and aphasia: ethical implications and impact.
Seminars in Speech and Language, 41/3, 221-231

Kagan, A., Simmons-Mackie, N., Shumway, E., Victor, J.C., & Chan, L. (2020) Development and evaluation for the Basic Outcome Measure Protocol for Aphasia (BOMPA).
International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, July, 1-7

Kagan, A., Simmons-Mackie, N., & Shumway, E. (2018) A set of observational measures for rating support and participation in conversation between adults with aphasia and their conversation partners.
Toronto, ON: Aphasia Institute.  Retrieved from: https://www.aphasia.ca/home-page/health-care-professionals/resources-and-tools/mscpc/

Kagan, A., Simmons-Mackie, N., Rowland, A., Huijibregts, M., Shumway, E., McEwan, S., Threats, T., Sharp, S. (2007)
Counting what counts: A framework for capturing real-life outcomes of aphasia intervention. Aphasiology, Vol. 22/3, 258-280

E-Learning and Video Training

  Aphasia Institute

Introduction to Supported Conversation for Adults with Aphasia (SCA™)​​: https://aphasia.ca/home-page/healyh-care-profrssionals/knowledgr-exchange/

  Aphasia Access

LPAA 101 In Action (Training Video Series)
LPAA Core Values (Training Video Series)

Presentations (2006 – to present)

Life After Stroke Forum - 2024

Dublin, Ireland
Aphasia and Evidence-Based Methods to Facilitate Informed Consent to Stroke Care and Research: It's Possible
Shumway, E., Gierman N., Kagan A.

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention - 2023

Boston, Massachusetts
Supporting People with Aphasia in Making Their Own Life Decisions: SCA in Action
Shumway, E. and Kagan, A.

Pictographs to Expand Conversational Opportunities for People with Aphasia: Why and How

         Kagan, A., Shumway, E, Simmons-Mackie, N.

World Stroke Congress

Toronto, Ontario
Capacity Assessments and Informed Consent Decisions for Patients with Aphasia:
Equity and Access to Stroke Care
Shumway, E. and Kagan, A.

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention - 2022

New Orleans, Louisiana
Virtual Applications of a Tool Designed to Capture Conversation:
Basic Outcome Measure for Aphasia (BOMPA)
Kagan, A., Kim, E., Simmons-Mackie, N., Shumway, E., Mahendra, N.

International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference - 2022

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Improving Communicative Access and Patient Experience in Acute Stroke Care:
An Implementation Journey
Kagan, A., Simmons-Mackie, N., Villar-Guerrero, E., Chan, M., Shumway, E.,
Chan, L., Cohen-Schneider, R., Thesenvitz, J.

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention - 2021

Washington DC and Virtual
Shumway, E. and Cohen-Schneider, R.
Supported Conversation for Adults with Aphasia (SCAÔ): A Focus on
Increasing Communicative Access to Healthcare Services

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention - 2021

Washington DC and Virtual
Kagan, A., Shumway, E., MacDonald, S.
Communication Support Strategies for Capacity Evaluation to Enable Decision-Making
and Reveal Competence in Aphasia

World Stroke Congress, Virtual - 2021

Shumway, E.
Reducing Language Barriers to Virtual Care: Practical Strategies for Stroke
Patients with Communication Impairments

Clinical Aphasiology Conference - 2021

Virtual
Kagan, A., Shumway, E., MacDonald, S.
Capacity Assessments and Aphasia: Communication Support Strategies to Reveal Competence

Speech, Language, and Hearing Annual Convention - 2020

San Diego, California (cancelled)
Kagan, A., Shumway, E. & Macdonald, S. Capacity Assessments and Practical Communication Support Strategies for Aphasia: A Moral Imperative for Speech-Language Pathologists (Proposal accepted)

Shumway, E. & Kagan, A., & Cohen-Schneider, R. Supported Conversation for Adults with Aphasia: Techniques to Enable Participation in Essential Health Care Conversations (Proposal accepted)

American Speech, Language, and Hearing Annual Convention - 2019

Orlando, Florida
Shumway, E., Draimin, R., Kagan, A., Cohen-Schneider, R.
Introduction to Supported Conversation for Adults with Aphasia: Advocating for Communicative Access to Inter-professional Services

Clinical Aphasiology Conference - 2019

Whitefish, Montana
Simmons-Mackie, N., Kagan, A., Shumway, E., Le Dorze, G., Chan, L.
Communicating with People with Aphasia in Acute Care: Staff and Family Perspectives

Third Aphasia Access Leadership Summit - 2019

Baltimore, Maryland
Shumway, E.
Communication Intermediaries: Providing Support to People with Aphasia in Police, Legal, and Justice Situations

Simmons-Mackie, N., Kagan, A., Shumway, E., Le Dorze, G., Chan, L.
Needs of Family Members of People with Aphasia in Acute Care

Elder Abuse Ontario and Ontario Brain Injury Association, GTA Regional Conference ​​​​- 2018

Toronto, Ontario
Shumway, E.
Communication Intermediaries: Providing Communicative Access to Justice

Aphasia Access Virtual Conference​​​​​​​ - 2018

Cohen-Schneider, R. and Shumway, E.
Working Together to Create Communicative Access: Tools and Strategies

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention​​ - 2016

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Shumway, E., Low, Catherine, Kagan, A., Cohen-Schneider, R.
An Introduction to Supported Conversation for Adults with Aphasia:
Methods and Applications to Patient Education and Health Literacy

Stroke Collaborative - 2012

Toronto, Ontario
Shumway, E.
Using the ‘Teach-Back’ Method to Communicate Health Information​​​

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Challenges and Controversies in Treatment​​ - 2010

Rehabilitation Institute
Shumway, E.
The Contribution of Speech-Language Pathology Services in the Treatment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Living Successfully with Aphasia​​​​​​​​ - 2007

Toronto, Ontario
Shumway, E. and Kagan, A.
Advocacy Leading to a Community of Practice in Communicative Access and Aphasia

Vocational Outcomes in Traumatic Brain Injury​​​​​​ - 2007

Vancouver, British Columbia
M. Bassilious-Samy, M. Feldman, E. Shumway, D. Dawson
Validation of a Canadian Return to Work Model for Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention ​​- 2006

Miami Beach, Florida
Kagan, A. and Shumway, E.
Communicative Access in Long Term Care:  A Pictographic Residents’ Bill of Rights

Publications

Working Together Series​​​​​​​​​ - 2010
Topics in Health and Daily Living​​​
Sanson, L., Shumway, E. Cohen-Schneider, R., Kagan, A.,

Talking to Your Case Manager ​​​​​​​​- 2003
Kagan, A. and Shumway, E.

Talking to Your Counsellor or Chaplain​​​​​​​ - 2003
(An interactive resource for people and their health practitioners)
Kagan, A. and Shumway, E.

Talking to Your Doctor: Help Your Doctor to Help You​​​​​ - 2003
(An interactive resource for people and their health practitioners)
Kagan, A. and Shumway, E.

Talking to Your Nurse​​​​​​​​​ - 2003
(An interactive resource for people and their health practitioners)
Kagan, A. and Shumway, E.

Talking to Your Occupational Therapist​​​​​​​ - 2003
(An interactive resource for people and their health practitioners)
Kagan, A. and Shumway, E.

Talking to Your Physiotherapist​​​​​​​​ - 2003
(An interactive resource for people and their health practitioners)
Kagan, A. and Shumway, E.

Pictographic Communication Resources (Manual)​​​​​ - 1996
The Aphasia Centre: North York, Ontario
Kagan, A., Winckle, J., Shumway, E.