This is a digital download which will be available for download as a PDF immediately upon purchase. These reference sheets outline the normally-functioning pathways of the cognitive neuropsychology model outlined by Whitworth, Webster and Howard. This is a very basic overview for reference about the foundations of the cog-neuro model, suitable for students or NPQs in the workplace. These reference sheets have been made for personal and professional reference.
As a new clinician, I struggled with providing cognitive therapy to my patients with dementia. I would give them word finds, crossword puzzles, and other s
The Ranchos Los Amigos Scale of Cognitive Recovery is a medical scale used to assess the cognitive progress of individuals after a closed head injury, including traumatic brain injury, based on cog…
Changing the brain is possible with the right stimulation. Learn what neuroplasticity actually means for stroke recovery to avoid scams & find what works.
A therapist's guide to executive function and what all therapists (OT/PT/SLP) need to know about executive function skills.
Psychology Definition of Cognitive Exercises After a Stroke: What is a Stroke?
SLP treatment/therapy ideas for working on attention skills, including alternating, sustained, divided attention
Have you ever thought to yourself - What do individuals living with aphasia want in a clinician? What makes a successful and collaborative clinical relationship? Maybe even - am I a good speech-language pathologist to treat aphasia? Neuro Speech Solutions Buffalo NY
Este esquema, tomado de Blumendfel (2011), es muy útil a la hora de diferenciar distintos tipos de afasias en la práctica clínica. Considera las variables de fluidez, comprensión y repetición y ade…
EVEN THOUGH the peg board in the therapy closet may be labeled “OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY” doesn’t mean you can’t use it for speech therapy too! I recommend asking as you are dragging it out (because if you drop the bucket of pegs it will be VERY obvious). Not a day of therapy goes by that I ... Read More about Target Attention and Memory Deficits Using Peg Boards
That weekends hard work paid off. Now I can pronounce many sounds, and say a few words. ..... So on Monday morning, the 8th day, we are on our way to speech therapy at Advantist Rehab Hospital in Gaitersburg, MD. Our appointment is at 8am. We are scheduled for 5 day a week, for 1 hour sessions. My speech therapist is Sandy. She extend us such a warm welcome, that immediately feel at home. More over, in her opening speech she says that she will do everything in her power, to help me get my speech back, and by gosh, I will definitely get better! Such and encouraging attitude! Then she begins her assesment with: (does the picture look familiar???) Explain! Of course my vocabulary is so limited I can only bring out: "mom, son, su (for water)" I can fully understand what is going on. But of course cannot bring it out. Well almost fully. When I look at the picture, lots of things are happening. First It is hard for me focus on the entire picture, and grasp everything at once (it is still hard by the way) When I found this picture on the internet ( from Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination )it was saved with the name "cookie theft". It never occured to me to give it a comprehensive name like this, even today. Please look at the picture carefully, dear reader. Can you grasp it as a whole? I can only focus on the parts, but I'm never able to grasp the whole picture as to give it a name. For example I can focus on kids climbing a stool, boy reaching out for what seems to be cookies, the stool about to fall, the mom, the sink... But I can only concentrate one part at a time. Even today almost 2 years after the stroke. If you do the exercise your self and tell me if you can perceive it as an holistic picture I would be grateful. For example I can understand what is going on in this picture. It is simple, well defined. As opposed to the above picture. I guess people with aphasia need simple, well defined images. Photographs as opposed to hand drown pictures. This is especially true for aphasia aids. You know, the binders or sheets with pictures on them in order to help point out what a person wants to communicate. If possible I would all throw them into a garbage bin. When a person newly acquires aphasia after a stroke or brain injury, I woul take clear simple pictures of their home environment and glue them on a sheet of paper.
If you aren’t familiar with Facebook groups, you might be wondering what they are, how people use them, and why you should join! Well read on my friends, and discover one of the BEST ways to collaborate with SLPs around the world! 1) What is a Facebook group? According to Facebook, groups are “for members […]
As a SLP, I work PRN providing speech therapy for a company that contracts into nursing homes/SNFs. Our patient caseload is heavily weighted for cognitive therapy specifically memory, problem solving, sequencing, and attention. These qualities are ALL necessary for a patient to complete simple ADLs (activities of daily living) such as eating, brushing their teeth, ... Read More about Cognitive Activity using Peg Board for Speech Therapy in SNF
Finding speech therapy materials for adults does not have to be extensive or hard to carry. Here are my top 5 materials.
As a SLP, I work PRN providing speech therapy for a company that contracts into nursing homes/SNFs. Our patient caseload is heavily weighted for cognitive therapy specifically memory, problem solving, sequencing, and attention. These qualities are ALL necessary for a patient to complete simple ADLs (activities of daily living) such as eating, brushing their teeth, ... Read More about Cognitive Activity using Peg Board for Speech Therapy in SNF
One of my favorite therapy items to use with my adults are the WALC Books from Linguisystems! There are so many of them, but my favorite is this one: Click the picture and it will bring you to the Linguisystems website so you can see their description of the book. Inside you will find exercises for many areas of cognition and what I like most about it is that there are 5-6 pages of each area so I can take 1 book into a patient room and have a whole therapy session worth of stimuli. If you work with adults- this is the book to have! Also remember if you purchase the CD, you can put the PDF on your Ipad by using DropBox! I use the worksheets from this book ALL the time in acute care since it is such an easy way to carry materials!
Author- Kathy Martin Hi, I am Kathy. I manage the Brooks Clubhouse at Brooks Rehabilitation. At the Clubhouse, we are always looking for new ways to improve function and continue recovery while …
Purpose In this study, the authors evaluated the efficacy of a Spanish–English versus English-only vocabulary intervention for dual-language lear...
This quick cognitive screening evaluation is designed for speech-language pathologists in the medical setting - most likely in acute, rehab, or skilled nursing facilities. SLP grad students in their medical internship or SLPs doing PRN work may also find it useful! This is designed to be used when evaluating patients for the first in a medical setting to get a quick picture of their overall skills. It includes one page of directions, two pages of record forms, three pages designed to be cut into fourths and placed on a ring to fit in a scrub top pocket, and four patient stimulus pages. In the medical setting, SLPs may only have a short amount of time to get a baseline on a new patient; as such, the sections included are not comprehensive, but will show pattern of strengths/weaknesses that will help determine areas of treatment need, as well as help give a baseline to measure later progress against. Sections targeted include: - orientation to time, place, person, situation - previous levels of functioning - basic yes/no questions - complex yes/no questions - one step directions - two step directions - responsive naming - confrontation naming - divergent naming - simple reading comprehension - complex reading comprehension - auditory comprehension - daily math - problem solving - automatic sequences - picture description task ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As with all items in this store, this item was created by Natalie Snyders, MS, CCC-SLP, who retains all copyrights. Purchase of this item entitles you to use this in your own classroom/therapy room/SLP assignment only. Copying for other professionals, sharing the file directly via the internet, or re-selling of this item is strictly prohibited. Please direct others interested in using it back to the original source (this page) or purchase a multi-user license. Thank you!
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There is a lot to know about helping children with TBI successfully return to the classroom.
This is a topic near and dear to my heart. When I first started out, my CF supervisor observed that I was setting up my therapy with opportunity for drill and practice of each goal (even there she…
Looking for ways to use functional cognition in your OT practice? Neuro OT Renee Leuschke shares strategies and ideas to start using today.
[Source: North Shore Pediatric Therapy] Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete Authoritative Guide for Parents. Barkley, Russell (2013): This book provides parents with evidence based interventions regarding ADHD. It is well written and easily readable, while providing parents and practitioners with the latest research supported information regarding ADHD and various interventions. Executive Skills in Children and […]
Through my experience working in a skilled nursing and long term care facility, I have found that patients can greatly benefit from therapy exercises and strategies to improve their breathing coordination as well as expiratory duration and strength. This in turn will positively affect their breath support, swallowing and communication skills. Patients who have are ... Read More about When Communication, Cognition And Swallowing Are Affected By Decreased Breath Support
SLP treatment/therapy ideas for working on attention skills, including alternating, sustained, divided attention
