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…
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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…
After reading Rebecca’s post about how using ASHA’s Evidence Maps can save us time, I wondered how much time it would actually take to use ASHA’s Evidence Maps to find…
Treating cognition in the real world can be messy, due to many factors including incomplete information and lack of resources. But even so, cognitive-communication therapy can still be effective by…
I’ve found some great free multimedia resources for language and cognitive therapy. As speech-language pathologists (SLPs), we are very comfortable using print in therapy. But since we’re surrounded by audio…
Michelle Dehgan, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S presented “The Utility of the Clock Drawing Test” at the 2018 ASHA Convention. She demonstrated three versions of the clock drawing test (CDT) and recommended…
“I don’t need a speech therapist, I talk fine” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard this in the past ten years, but it’s a lot! I don’t…