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

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

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

Clinicians representing various disciplines have spent valuable time looking over PATSy , provided constructve feedback and case contributions. 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

PUBLISHERS (SELF-PUBLISHERS, CHARITIES, CORPORATE BODIES)

The PATSy project has received excellent support from individuals, charity and corporate test publishers who have granted copyright permission and allowed their tests to reproduced. Mega thanks go to:-

• Individuals
  • Dr.Dorothy Bishop (TROG-Test of the Reception of Gramar)
  • Ms.Helen Bird and Mrs. Janet Webster (The VAN-Verb and Noun Test)
• Other
  • ACER: (The Hundred Picture Naming Test by Fisher and Glenister).
  • Action for Dysphasic Adults: (ADA- Test of Auditory Comprehension)
  • NFER-Nelson (Graded Naming Test)
  • Pro-Ed (Frenchay Dysarthria Test)
  • The Psychological Corporation (WAB test).
  • Psychology Press (PALPA Test)
  • WHURR (TRIP test).
  • Winslow Press (The Sentence Pack)
  • Wordswork (Provided 40 replacement pictures for Howard & Franklin's 100 Picture naming test). Wordswork publish the books Building Language: Word Sounds and Building Language: Word Meanings. For more information, and an order form, click here.

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

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