COGNITIVE, COMMUNICATION AND ADAPTIVE THERAPY EXERCISES FOR DAILY LIVING: English and Spanish Paperback – February 12, 2021

DESCRIPTION:Ages 16 to adult; 232 page book with color pictures This workbook comes in color and contains cognitive exercises that can be used to provide therapy and assessment during the rehabilitation process. This workbook can be used by people with developmental, cognitive, and/or communication deficits, Down syndrome, aphasia, dysphasia, poor intelligibility, poor oral-motor skills, dementia, and more. It provides a means to evaluate English and Spanish speakers’ ability to process written and verbally presented information, as well as to recall that information in a quick and accurate manner. Numerous screening forms are provided to assess word retrieval, attention-behavior skills, communication, social-pragmatic skills, adaptive skills, gross motor skills and oral-motor skills. Phonemic exercises are included to provide therapy to people with oral-motor deficits, aphasia, dysarthria, dementia, or poor intelligibility in general. All activities are in English and Spanish. WHAT GOALS/OBJECTIVES ARE WORKED ON DURING THIS ACTIVITY? The following objectives are among many that can be targeted while using this workbook:(1) improve skills of daily living,(2) improve functional skills for cell phone, maps, and calculator use,(3) understand how to compare prices when shopping at the store and online,(4) name categories of common items, (5) state functions of common items, (6) recall a series of 3- to 5-words in sequence,(7) answer “wh” questions from verbally presented sentences and paragraphs,(8) answer “wh” questions from written texts,(9) sequence 4+ steps to common tasks,(10) recall details from passages,(11) recall labels of common objects,(12) complete word association tasks,(13) recall words given phonemic clues,(14) recall words that start with a target sound,(15) segment words,(16) accurately insert missing vowels given consonants,(17) accurately insert missing consonants given vowels,(18) recall final syllables in words, or(19) match syllables to form words,(20) perform speech agility drills of multisyllabic words,(21) perform speech agility drills of phrases.The book is available for download on Teachers Pay Teachers at a more affordable price.ABOUT THE AUTHORDr. Cristina Saldaña, CCC-SLP has worked for over 20 years in numerous settings, such as hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and the public-school systems of New York, Connecticut, Georgia, and Mexico. She is the author of several books in the field and the owner of Bilingual Resources for Therapists and Teachers.Dr. Saldaña’s goal is to educate and motivate professionals in choosing appropriate materials for their bilingual clients. She stresses that “language should never be a barrier. El idioma nunca debe ser una barrera.” Her workbooks, screening tools, and therapy materials are all in English and Spanish so that clients can practice the same skills at home with their caretakers. Read more