Using a memory notebook is an evidence-based external memory strategy for people who have acquired brain injury. (A memory notebook is not to be confused with a memory book. They…
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Use this easy calendar exercise to address reading, writing, auditory comprehension, verbal expression, and cognitive-communication skills. Here you’ll find 40 questions that you can use directly or as a starting…
Write better cognitive goals by working with your patient to identify the real-life skills and activities they want to improve with speech therapy. Here are 54 ideas for cognitive therapy,…
Here are 60 quick exercises to help you improve working memory. Working memory is an important mental skill that helps us process information for immediate tasks and for long-term learning.…
Five books offer insight into living the best life with dementia. While there are many kinds of dementia, most have in common that a person continues to lose bits of…
Learn how to use this BE FAST video for speech therapy. Not only can you teach your patient this life-saving information, but you can also follow this lesson plan to…
“I talk fine. I don’t need a speech-language pathologist.” I occasionally hear something like this when I talk to a new patient. Since I didn’t know that SLPs did anything…
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…
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…