The PATSy team would like to thank all the people and their families who have kindly allowed us to use their data on the PATSy system:

• AER - Lyndsey Nickels and the PATSy team thanks AER's family for allowing us to use this data. Many thanks from Lyndsey for his trust and patience in the face of many hours of testing and therapy, and to his wife for her cheerful support in difficult circumstances.
• AL - We would like to thank AL for allowing us to use his data on the PATSy system.
• AZ - Many thanks to AZ and his mother for allowing us to show this data.
• BK - Many thanks to BK and Mrs. BK for being so supportive of this project
• BS - Many thanks to BS for allowing us to use this data for PATSy, and for all his help when the tests were being completed.
• CB - CB, thank you for simply making a contribution to PATSy.
• CC - Many thanks for your contribution to PATSy.
• DB - To DB and Derek, grateful thanks for sharing so much of yourselves over the years.
• DBL - Mr. and Mrs. DBL, thank you for not only your contribution to the research project but for being so enthusiastic about the prospect of sharing the data with students.
• DrO - We would like to thank DrO for allowing us to use his data on the Patsy system, and for all his time during the data collection.
• EA - EA is thanked both by the PATSy team and by Andy Lloyd for her time and help in collecting this data.
• IB - The team wishes to thank IB for both permitting us to use her data within PATsy, and for her time during its collection.
• JG - The PATSy team and Lyndsey Nickels would like to thank JG's wife for letting us show his data within PATSy. His many years of cheerful involvement at Birkbeck College with many different researchers are much appreciated.
• JS - We would like to thank JS for all his time, patience and help during the period this data was collected, and his family for allowing us to use the data within PATSy.
• JW - The team would like to thank JW for allowing these test results to be used within PATSy, and for all her help in the past.
• LY - Many thanks to LY for supporting this project through agreeing to contribute her own data to PATSy.
• MSL - Thank you to MSL for your contribution to PATSy.
• NH - Thanks to NH for agreeing to be on the prototype which encouraged Nuffield to fund this project
• NM - Thank you very much NM for all your help in bringing things to the point of this project <--
• NY - You saw PATSy and agreed to having your data collected for PATSy. Thank you very much. -->
• RN - Alison Holm and the PATSy team thank RN's family for kindly allowing us to use his data within the system.
• TB - The PATSy team would like to thank TB for allowing us to use his data, and Andy Lloyd thanks him for his time and help with the original research.

Individuals from Contributing Departments

Many individuals and organisations have contributed enthusiastically and freely to the development of the PATSy project. All are named here by institution and (mostly) in alphabetical order. This list is still evolving so watch this space....

Queen Margaret University College

Wholehearted thanks to the various colleagues who have contributed to the PATSy project by their enthusiasm, enduring support and feedback. They are:

• Ms.Kathy Buckner (Centre of Teaching & Learning) for assisting in conducting workshops appraising student and external lecturer's views of PATSy utilisation.
• Dr.Kate Morss (Director- Centre of Teaching & Learning)
• Dr. Austin Reid (Vice-Principle in Academic studies)
• Dr.Steven Cowen (Department of Speech & Language Science) for student technical support
• My colleagues in the Departments of Speech & Language Science, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy
• The 3rd year Speech & Language Therapy students in 1998-99 for being very agreeable 'guinea pigs' and to those students whose contribution to the focus group evaluations was invaluable.
  • Meela Aliuddin
  • Sara Bagnall
  • Elizabeth Brewster
  • Agness Chong
  • Hannah Clements
  • Rachel Collins
  • Lisa Crossey
  • Kirsty Davis
  • Irene Henderson
  • Fiona Klemm
  • Sharon Lambert
  • Tracy Lazenby
  • Helen McGrane
  • Clare McNamee
  • Kate Millard
  • Nyree Mitchell
  • Fiona Morrison
  • Sweta Ramburrun
  • Christos Salis
  • Fiona Sanderson
  • Jennifer Suttie
  • Lorraine Taylor
  • Sarah Urwin
  • Byrony Vernal
  • Nicola Williams
  • Anna Eva Wilson
  • Anne Catherine Wilson

University of Newcastle upon Tyne (Department of Speech)

This department served as one of the test sites for the PATSy project. Huge thanks are due to these folk for case contributions, useful discussions and enthusiastic support.

• Dr. Helen Bird
• Sharon Crosbie
• Professor Barbara Dodd
• Dr. Sue Franklin
• Dr. Alison Holm
• Professor David Howard
• Dr. Janet Webster

University of York (Department of Psychology)

This department is also a test site for the PATSy project. Grateful thanks for case contributions, provision of computer facilities for a clinician's workshop, for many useful suggestions and ideas during the development phase of the project.

• Professor Andrew Ellis
• Professor Margaret Snowling

Evaluators

Academic Evaluators

Lecturers:

• Adam Brown - Speech & Hearing Sciences, University College of St Mark and St John, Plymouth
• Amanda Howett - Dept. of Health & Social Sciences, University of Central England in Birmingham
• Calum Delany - Centre for SLT Studies, Llandaff Campus, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
• Karen Sage - Centre for Human Communication and Deafness, The University of Manchester
• Lynn Taylor - Leeds Metropolitan University.

Postgraduates

• Fay Windsor - Department of Speech & Language Sciences, Queen Margaret University College
• Marianne Brady - Department of Speech & Language Therapy, University of Stathclyde

Health Service Evaluators

Clinicians representing various disciplines have spent valuable time looking over PATSy and provided constructve feedback. Special thanks to...

• Astley Ainslie Hospital, Scotland
  • Dr. Brian Pentland
  • Ms. Josie Roy
  • Ms. Vicky Mayer
• Borders General Hospital, Scotland
  • Mrs. Patricia Lyles
• St.John's Hospital, Scotland
  • Mrs. Janet Garcia
• and to the clinician- members of the York Cognitive Neuropsychology Research Group

Health Boards

The PATSy project team wish to thank the Ethics Comittees of the York Health Trust and the Edinburgh & Lothian Health Board for their advice and consideration in relation to PATSy. In particular, our thanks go to:

Mr. S. Athey,
Chair of Medical Ethics Committee,
York District Hospital

Dr. George Masterton
Lothian Research Ethics Committee