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Reports
We have carried out a range of projects focusing on communication disability over the last three decades. Details of all our projects and reports are listed below.
If you would like a copy of any of our reports please click on the links below
Me & My Senses Project Report
Laura Holmes – Senior Associate and Foundation Training Lead
Funding for this Project was awarded by the Communication Consortium Grants Programme – funded by the Rayners Special Education Trust.
Making end of life planning accessible – evaluating Talking Mats (TM)
Dr Sally Boa
Head of Palliative Care Education, Research and Practice Development and Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Stirling
Making end of life planning accessible – evaluating Talking Mats (TM)
Talking Health and Housing Summary Report August 2019
Dr Joan Murphy, Nicki Ewing – Talking Mats; Dr Vikki McCall, Dr Saminda Gunasinghe, Dr Louise Hoyle – University of Stirling; Siobhan O’Connor – University of Edinburgh; Loretto Housing and Care; Jim Eadie – Age Scotland
Funded by Innovate UK
201908 Talking Health and Housing Summary Report
Self-managing Long Term Conditions Smartly: Final Report incorporating all 3 reports to funder at 6, 12 and 18 months
Funded by Health and Social Care ALLIANCE Scotland
Joan Murphy & Nicki Ewing
April 2018
20180717 Alliance Final Short Report
Impact Survey – read what others have told us about the impact of Talking Mats training
Margo Mackay
Impact survey report from practitioners July 2017
Keeping Safe 2: Creating a listening space for people with learning disabilities to think and share how their lives are going
Lois Cameron and Rhona Matthews
Funded by Scottish Government Keys to Life April 2017
Keeping Safe Final report April 2017
Impact Survey on Talking Mats from Central London Community Healthcare
Nikky Steiner
March 2017
Report from CLCH March 2017
‘Small Changes Make a Big Difference’:Empowering families living with dementia to self-manage their lives
Dr Joan Murphy and Nicki Ewing
Funded by Health and Social Care ALLIANCE Scotland
20160727 TM Family Training final report April 2016
“I don’t enjoy food like I used to”: The views of people with dementia about mealtimes
Dr Joan Murphy and James McKillop
Funded by Miss EC Hendry Charitable Trust
Dementia and Mealtimes – final report 2015
Practitioners experience of Talking Mats training: Tiphereth is an independent Edinburgh-based Camphill community for people with learning disabilities and other support needs.
Tiphereth report October 2015
Will anyone listen to us?
What matters to young people with complex and exceptional health needs and their families during health transitions
Dr Joan Murphy and Margo Mackay
Funded by CEN
CEN final report Oct 2015
Seeking feedback on AAC services throughout Scotland: A project to enable people who use AAC to give regular feedback on their services
Dr Sally Boa, Lois Cameron and Rhona Matthews
Funded by NHS Education for Scotland
QI project final report March 2015
Talking Mats Training for Nursing/Care Staff working with older people with communication support needs
Dr Joan Murphy, Jean Alexander & Ann McLinton
Funded by the Greater Glasgow and Clyde “A Right to Speak “Augmentative and Alternative Communication ( AAC) Project
Talking Mats Training for Nursing – Care Staff Report May 2015
Testing the Reliability and Validity of the Therapy Outcome Measure for AAC
Dr Sally Boa, Dr Joan Murphy and Professor Pam Enderby
Funded by NHS Education for Scotland
Survivor Scotland and Talking Mats:Supporting people with learning disability to disclose issues of concern.
Lois Cameron
Funded by Scottish Government 2010
Talking Mats and Survivor Scotland final Report 2013
The Development of Quality Indicators for Alternative and Augmentative Communication
Lois Cameron, Sally Boa and Hanna McCulloch
Funding from NHS Education for Scotland
Quality Indicators Final report 2013
A critical appraisal of existing methods of measuring outcomes in relation to Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Final Report
Joan Murphy and Sally Boa 2013 Funding from NHS Education for Scotland AAC Outcome Measures Final Report 2013
AAC Outcome Measures Final Report 2013
Evaluation of the Adapted CARE Measure as an outcome measure for use with Children and Young People’s Services
Joan Murphy and Morag Place (2012) Funding from Scottish Government
Paediatric CARE Measure Final Report Jan 2013
Paediatric CARE Measure Summary Report Jan 2013
For copies of the AHP guidance, PCM forms and information sheets please click below:
Paed CARE 5Q Paed CARE 10Q Paed CARE 10Q Parent
PCM Information sheet 5Q PCM Information sheet 10Q PCM Information sheet 10Q Parent
Talking Mats and The World Health Organisation (WHO) International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health Children and Youth(ICF-CY): a unique tool for helping adolescents set targets
Margo Mackay and Joan Murphy (2011) – Funding from NHS Forth Valley
Talking Mats and ICF-CY Summary Sep 2012
Talking Mats and ICF-CY Final Report Sep 2012
Talking Mats®: Extending the reach into goal setting practices for Health and Social Care Staff in Edinburgh.
Murphy, J & Strachan, Y (2011) Funding from NHS Education Scotland
TM and goal setting in Edinburgh Accessible report 2011
TM and goal setting in Edinburgh final report 2011
Decision making with people with dementia
Murphy,J, Oliver,T & Cox, S (2010) – Funding from Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Dementia and Decision Making with Talking Mats JRF Short Findings
Dementia and Decision Making with Talking Mats JRF Full Report
Adapting to Aphasia
Gillespie A, Murphy J & Place M (2010) – Funding from ESRC
Adapting to Aphasia accessible report 2010
Adapting to Aphasia final report 2010
Talking Mats and Dementia Training Project
Murphy,J, Macer,J & Fenge,A (2009) – Funding from Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Talking Mats and Training JRF Short Findings
Talking Mats and dementia training JRF full report
Effectiveness of Talking Mats with People with Dementia
Murphy, J, Gray, C & Cox S (2007) – Funding from Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Dementia and Effectiveness of Talking Mats JRF Short Findings
Dementia and Effectiveness of Talking Mats JRF Full Report
Evaluating the ability of children with social emotional behavioural (SEB) and communication difficulties to express their views using Talking Mats.
Coakes, L, and Murphy J (2006) – Funding from Forth Valley NHS
Children with SEBD final report 2006
The development of a screening tool for adults who are obese and have learning disabilities
McIntosh, P and Cameron, L (2005) – Funding from Forth Valley NHS
Weight Management for obese adults with Learning Difficulties Final report 2005
Goal setting: Symbols to words
Boa, S. (2005) – Funding from Forth Valley NHS
Symbols to Words Final report 2005
The Acute Hospital Experience for Adults with Complex Communication Needs
Murphy, J, Cameron, L, Balandin,S. (2004) – Funding from CSO Priorities and Needs Programme
The Acute Hospital Experience of Adults with Complex Communication Needs 2005
Consultation between GPs and people with a communication disability
Murphy J (2004) Funded by the Scottish Executive.
Evaluating the effectiveness of Talking Mats as a communication resource to enable people with a learning disability to express their views on life planning.
Murphy J, Cameron L, Markova I & Watson J. (2004) Funded by the Scottish Executive.
Effectiveness of Talking Mats with people with Learning Disability Final report 2004
Goal Setting for people with a communication difficulty.
Boa, S & McFadyen (2003) – Funded by Forth Valley Primary Care NHS Trust
Goal setting for people with communication difficulties Final report 2003
Talking Together: Communication Strategies of People with Motor Neurone Disease and their Partners
Murphy, J (2003) – Funded by the National Lottery Charities Board and the Scottish Motor Neurone Disease Association.
MND and Communication Difficulties final report 2003
Exploring Perceptions of Quality of Life of Frail Older People During and After Transition to Institutional Care
Tester, S, Hubbard, G, Downs, M, MacDonald, C and Murphy, J. (2003) – Funded by ESRC
TM and Frail Older People 2003
Making Choices at the time of transition for young people with learning disability
Cameron, L and Murphy, J (2000) – Funded by the Viscount Nuffield Auxiliary Fund
Making choices at time of Transition Final report 2000
Enabling people with a communication difficulty, as a result of stroke, to discuss quality of life issues Murphy, J (2000) – Funded by the Scottish Office Department of Health.
Don’t Hang Up: A Training Package to help people with communication difficulties use the telephone more effectively Funded by Communication Matters and Central Scotland Healthcare NHS Trust.
Telephone use by people with severe communication difficulties Murphy, J (1999) – Funded by the Scottish Office Home and Health Department.
Enabling People with MND to have control of their lives: the development of a Communication Tool Murphy, J (1999) – Funded by The Scottish Motor Neurone Disease Association.
Enabling People with MND to have control of their lives – Final Report
Interaction between AAC Users and their Peers in a Residential Environment Murphy, J and Lester-Cribb, M. (1998) – Funded by the Gannochy Trust.
The Development of an Introductory Training Video in AAC Murphy,J and Scott,J (1998) – Funded by the Viscount Nuffield Auxiliary Fund.
Good Practice in the Provision of AAC Services: Processes of Training and Communication Support Networks Collins, S, Lester-Cribb, M, Markova, I, McCall, F, Moodie, E & Murphy, J (1997) – Funded by The Scottish Office Home and Health Department.
The Role of Communication Support Networks in the Training and Use of AAC Systems by People with Cerebral Palsy Murphy, J and Scott, J. (1994) – Funded by Capability Scotland and Liberator Ltd.
The Interactive Strategies of Users of AAC Systems and of their Partners Markova, I, Murphy, J, Collins, S, Scott, J & Boa, S (1994) – Funded by The Scottish Office Home and Health Department.
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems used by People with Cerebral Palsy in Scotland: A Demographic Survey Murphy, J, Markova, I, Scott, J. & Boa, S (1992) – Funded by Capability Scotland.
Talking Health and Housing Summary Report August 2019
Dr Joan Murphy, Nicki Ewing – Talking Mats; Dr Vikki McCall, Dr Saminda Gunasinghe, Dr Louise Hoyle – University of Stirling; Siobhan O’Connor – University of Edinburgh; Loretto Housing and Care; Jim Eadie – Age Scotland
Funded by Innovate UK
201908 Talking Health and Housing Summary Report
Self-managing Long Term Conditions Smartly: Final Report incorporating all 3 reports to funder at 6, 12 and 18 months
Funded by Health and Social Care ALLIANCE Scotland
Joan Murphy & Nicki Ewing
April 2018
20180717 Alliance Final Short Report
Impact Survey – read what others have told us about the impact of Talking Mats training
Margo Mackay
Impact survey report from practitioners July 2017
Keeping Safe 2: Creating a listening space for people with learning disabilities to think and share how their lives are going
Lois Cameron and Rhona Matthews
Funded by Scottish Government Keys to Life April 2017
Keeping Safe Final report April 2017
Impact Survey on Talking Mats from Central London Community Healthcare
Nikky Steiner
March 2017
Report from CLCH March 2017
‘Small Changes Make a Big Difference’:Empowering families living with dementia to self-manage their lives
Dr Joan Murphy and Nicki Ewing
Funded by Health and Social Care ALLIANCE Scotland
20160727 TM Family Training final report April 2016
“I don’t enjoy food like I used to”: The views of people with dementia about mealtimes
Dr Joan Murphy and James McKillop
Funded by Miss EC Hendry Charitable Trust
Dementia and Mealtimes – final report 2015
Practitioners experience of Talking Mats training: Tiphereth is an independent Edinburgh-based Camphill community for people with learning disabilities and other support needs.
Tiphereth report October 2015
Will anyone listen to us?
What matters to young people with complex and exceptional health needs and their families during health transitions
Dr Joan Murphy and Margo Mackay
Funded by CEN
CEN final report Oct 2015
Seeking feedback on AAC services throughout Scotland: A project to enable people who use AAC to give regular feedback on their services
Dr Sally Boa, Lois Cameron and Rhona Matthews
Funded by NHS Education for Scotland
QI project final report March 2015
Talking Mats Training for Nursing/Care Staff working with older people with communication support needs
Dr Joan Murphy, Jean Alexander & Ann McLinton
Funded by the Greater Glasgow and Clyde “A Right to Speak “Augmentative and Alternative Communication ( AAC) Project
Talking Mats Training for Nursing – Care Staff Report May 2015
Testing the Reliability and Validity of the Therapy Outcome Measure for AAC
Dr Sally Boa, Dr Joan Murphy and Professor Pam Enderby
Funded by NHS Education for Scotland
Survivor Scotland and Talking Mats:Supporting people with learning disability to disclose issues of concern.
Lois Cameron
Funded by Scottish Government 2010
Talking Mats and Survivor Scotland final Report 2013
The Development of Quality Indicators for Alternative and Augmentative Communication
Lois Cameron, Sally Boa and Hanna McCulloch
Funding from NHS Education for Scotland
Quality Indicators Final report 2013
A critical appraisal of existing methods of measuring outcomes in relation to Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Final Report
Joan Murphy and Sally Boa 2013 Funding from NHS Education for Scotland AAC Outcome Measures Final Report 2013
AAC Outcome Measures Final Report 2013
Evaluation of the Adapted CARE Measure as an outcome measure for use with Children and Young People’s Services
Joan Murphy and Morag Place (2012) Funding from Scottish Government
Paediatric CARE Measure Final Report Jan 2013
Paediatric CARE Measure Summary Report Jan 2013
For copies of the AHP guidance, PCM forms and information sheets please click below:
Paed CARE 5Q Paed CARE 10Q Paed CARE 10Q Parent
PCM Information sheet 5Q PCM Information sheet 10Q PCM Information sheet 10Q Parent
Talking Mats and The World Health Organisation (WHO) International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health Children and Youth(ICF-CY): a unique tool for helping adolescents set targets
Margo Mackay and Joan Murphy (2011) – Funding from NHS Forth Valley
Talking Mats and ICF-CY Summary Sep 2012
Talking Mats and ICF-CY Final Report Sep 2012
Talking Mats®: Extending the reach into goal setting practices for Health and Social Care Staff in Edinburgh.
Murphy, J & Strachan, Y (2011) Funding from NHS Education Scotland
TM and goal setting in Edinburgh Accessible report 2011
TM and goal setting in Edinburgh final report 2011
Decision making with people with dementia
Murphy,J, Oliver,T & Cox, S (2010) – Funding from Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Dementia and Decision Making with Talking Mats JRF Short Findings
Dementia and Decision Making with Talking Mats JRF Full Report
Adapting to Aphasia
Gillespie A, Murphy J & Place M (2010) – Funding from ESRC
Adapting to Aphasia accessible report 2010
Adapting to Aphasia final report 2010
Talking Mats and Dementia Training Project
Murphy,J, Macer,J & Fenge,A (2009) – Funding from Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Talking Mats and Training JRF Short Findings
Talking Mats and dementia training JRF full report
Effectiveness of Talking Mats with People with Dementia
Murphy, J, Gray, C & Cox S (2007) – Funding from Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Dementia and Effectiveness of Talking Mats JRF Short Findings
Dementia and Effectiveness of Talking Mats JRF Full Report
Evaluating the ability of children with social emotional behavioural (SEB) and communication difficulties to express their views using Talking Mats.
Coakes, L, and Murphy J (2006) – Funding from Forth Valley NHS
Children with SEBD final report 2006
The development of a screening tool for adults who are obese and have learning disabilities
McIntosh, P and Cameron, L (2005) – Funding from Forth Valley NHS
Weight Management for obese adults with Learning Difficulties Final report 2005
Goal setting: Symbols to words
Boa, S. (2005) – Funding from Forth Valley NHS
Symbols to Words Final report 2005
The Acute Hospital Experience for Adults with Complex Communication Needs
Murphy, J, Cameron, L, Balandin,S. (2004) – Funding from CSO Priorities and Needs Programme
The Acute Hospital Experience of Adults with Complex Communication Needs 2005
Consultation between GPs and people with a communication disability
Murphy J (2004) Funded by the Scottish Executive.
Evaluating the effectiveness of Talking Mats as a communication resource to enable people with a learning disability to express their views on life planning.
Murphy J, Cameron L, Markova I & Watson J. (2004) Funded by the Scottish Executive.
Effectiveness of Talking Mats with people with Learning Disability Final report 2004
Goal Setting for people with a communication difficulty.
Boa, S & McFadyen (2003) – Funded by Forth Valley Primary Care NHS Trust
Goal setting for people with communication difficulties Final report 2003
Talking Together: Communication Strategies of People with Motor Neurone Disease and their Partners
Murphy, J (2003) – Funded by the National Lottery Charities Board and the Scottish Motor Neurone Disease Association.
MND and Communication Difficulties final report 2003
Exploring Perceptions of Quality of Life of Frail Older People During and After Transition to Institutional Care
Tester, S, Hubbard, G, Downs, M, MacDonald, C and Murphy, J. (2003) – Funded by ESRC
TM and Frail Older People 2003
Making Choices at the time of transition for young people with learning disability
Cameron, L and Murphy, J (2000) – Funded by the Viscount Nuffield Auxiliary Fund
Making choices at time of Transition Final report 2000
Enabling people with a communication difficulty, as a result of stroke, to discuss quality of life issues Murphy, J (2000) – Funded by the Scottish Office Department of Health.
Don’t Hang Up: A Training Package to help people with communication difficulties use the telephone more effectively Funded by Communication Matters and Central Scotland Healthcare NHS Trust.
Telephone use by people with severe communication difficulties Murphy, J (1999) – Funded by the Scottish Office Home and Health Department.
Enabling People with MND to have control of their lives: the development of a Communication Tool Murphy, J (1999) – Funded by The Scottish Motor Neurone Disease Association.
Enabling People with MND to have control of their lives – Final Report
Interaction between AAC Users and their Peers in a Residential Environment Murphy, J and Lester-Cribb, M. (1998) – Funded by the Gannochy Trust.
The Development of an Introductory Training Video in AAC Murphy,J and Scott,J (1998) – Funded by the Viscount Nuffield Auxiliary Fund.
Good Practice in the Provision of AAC Services: Processes of Training and Communication Support Networks Collins, S, Lester-Cribb, M, Markova, I, McCall, F, Moodie, E & Murphy, J (1997) – Funded by The Scottish Office Home and Health Department.
The Role of Communication Support Networks in the Training and Use of AAC Systems by People with Cerebral Palsy Murphy, J and Scott, J. (1994) – Funded by Capability Scotland and Liberator Ltd.
The Interactive Strategies of Users of AAC Systems and of their Partners Markova, I, Murphy, J, Collins, S, Scott, J & Boa, S (1994) – Funded by The Scottish Office Home and Health Department.
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems used by People with Cerebral Palsy in Scotland: A Demographic Survey Murphy, J, Markova, I, Scott, J. & Boa, S (1992) – Funded by Capability Scotland.
