Table 3.

Overview of components of the 3-day training course

Main component	Lecture topic	Type of training
Understanding stroke survivor’s every-day challenges	Living with stroke	Educational video, group discussion
Theoretical underpinnings of the intervention	Introduction to the intervention’s essential ideas and philosophy underpinning the intervention	Lecture
	Psychosocial issues following stroke	Lecture
	Understanding challenges and changes for work-aged stroke survivors	Lecture
	Bodily changes following stroke	Lecture
	Gendered perspectives on stroke	Lecture
	Aphasia and living life with language impediments	Lecture
	The aphasic storyteller	Lecture
	Supported conversations for adults with aphasia	Lecture
	When things become incomprehensible: Cognitive and other invisible changes following stroke	Lecture
	Ethical considerations in the role as guide	Lecture
	Guided self-determination and the role as guide using the intervention’s metaphor	Lecture
Guided self-determination	Presentation of the intervention’s work sheets	Lecture
	Presentation of the intervention’s work sheets	Practical exercise, roleplay, group discussion
Supported conversation for adults with aphasia	Supported conversations for adults with aphasia	Practical exercise
	Using the work sheets and different approaches to communication	Lecture, practical exercise
Documentation	Using log notes	Lecture, group discussion
General discussion and reflection	Throughout the program	Group discussion