Cheat Sheet: Functional Treatment for Cognition
Hi SLPs! With productivity demands, busy caseloads, full extracurricular lives, or kids interrupting your sleep at night (That’s me, currently!), you might notice that while you attempt to read the current research, it’s not always “sticking” for the moments you need to remember some of the key details. And let’s be honest, we don’t exactly […]
The Election, Voting, & Speech Therapy
With the midterm elections in the next month, it’s a perfect time of year to talk all things “Election,” “Voting,” and “Speech Therapy!”. Think you want to stay away from politics in your session? Consider this: These are the conversations our People are having this month! Voting may be an activity they hope to participate […]
Functional Cognition: Book 4 – Spaced Retrieval
Hello SLPs (fellow medical / neuro lovers!) Today is the launch of the last book of the Functional Treatment for Everyday Cognition Series: Book 4 Spaced Retrieval! You’ve probably heard of this treatment technique — most popularly known for treatment in dementia, but did you know that it’s also recommended and supported in research as a […]
Functional Cognition: Favorite Tools for Functional Therapy
Hi SLP Colleagues! Last week I released Book 3 in the Functional Treatment for Everyday Cognition Series: Task-Specific Language & Cognitive Supports! This book is CHOCK-FULL of practical, easy-to-implement, “why-didn’t-i-think-of-that?” ideas and pictures that illustrate how no-tech supports can meet practical, functional needs for the language and cognitive-impaired populations we work with! This book is […]
Think It Through Thursday: Impairment vs Activity and Participation
It’s Think-It-Through-Thursday! Here’s a new series to give you and your SLP colleagues some food for thought. Feel free to print and discuss at lunch or use for continuing education or journal review! I will include a recent research article and some thoughts about how this relates (or doesn’t relate) to some of the practices […]
Top 10 Reasons for Person-Centered Care
Are you still on the fence about why we need to choose goals and speech therapy activities that matter to everyday life? Check out some research below that helps make the case! There are many reasons to choose real-life goals, toss the workbooks, close the game closets, and choose personally relevant stimuli instead! Why does […]
Garden Seed Packets
Happy Tuesday, SLP’s! I’m thinking spring over here in Michigan, even thought it’s a gray and dreary day. Spring time gives me a fresh sense of functional tasks to work on in speech therapy: Gardening, ordering mulch, home projects, new recipes, lawn care, outdoor social events. I have multiple sections devoted to these topics in […]
Functional Home Programs for Speech Therapy
Are you tired of using generic worksheets for homework in speech therapy with adults? Today I am sharing the ONE THING you need to know to easily create a personalized, functional home program for the adults you work with.
Real Life Speech Therapy: Olympics 2018
The Olympics are coming! The Olympics are coming! The Olympics are loved across ages and cultures: They are a great tool to be used in relevant, functional ways for speech therapy. Read on for some inspiration on how you could use Olympic material as a vehicle to target a variety of goals in speech therapy.
Nail Salon: Real Life Speech Therapy
Have you ever treated someone in speech therapy whose interests were outside your comfort zone? For me, it’s the “Handy” people! As a self-proclaimed non-handy person, I barely know how to use the right terminology with someone who is into cars, hunting, or woodworking! I’ve talked about this before with my Car Maintenance Checklist! Today […]