One of the most common questions I get is “How do I improve my short term memory?” By “short term memory”, they mean remembering things over the course of a…
Category: <span>Think (cognition)</span>
Many of my patients ask for brain-training games. Not surprising, given that the brain-training game industry is projected to reach $8.06 billion dollars worldwide by 2021. But brain-training games are…
Ken was a quiet older gentleman who never initiated conversation. He had a great sense of humor, and would respond with short quips, but rarely said anything to extend a…
Attentive Reading and Constrained Summarization (ARCS) is designed for people who have problems with word-finding, topic maintenance, or other cognitive-linguistic skills at the level of discourse. “Discourse” refers to verbal…
Do your or your patient want to learn how to remember names better? Most adults I work with admit to some level of difficulty remembering names, and I’m no exception.…
Create your own single-use cognitive evaluation folders by choosing from more than 30 free assessment tools (or use your own). The earlier posts on swallowing and communication include free assessment…
I’m sharing 10 practical cognitive therapy activities that I’ve done with my patients recently, with suggested SMART goals. Details have been changed to protect privacy. Free DIRECT download: 17 SMART…
One of the most frequent requests I get is for ideas for cognitive therapy. Cognitive therapy is easy to grasp, but hard to master, kind of like chess! There are…
Before my company’s annual fall rehab conference, I thought I knew how to help my patients with low vision. But I was happy to learn a lot of useful information,…
Collaborative goal-setting takes a little extra time at the start, but results in some pretty big pay-offs. Here I write about how I collaborate with patients and/or their families to…