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Vegetables and Prepositions: A Deductive Language Activity

December 31, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
This interactive activity supports individuals with aphasia in practicing vocabulary related to vegetables and spatial prepositions through expressive and receptive language exercises. Engage clients in a fun, targeted way that strengthens communication skills within their specific vocabulary goals.
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Traveling with Aphasia: You’ve Got This!

December 31, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
This guide empowers individuals with aphasia to travel confidently by providing practical tips for planning, communication, and energy conservation. Share this resource with patients to help them embrace the joy of traveling with ease and preparedness.
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The Wheels On the Bus: Object+Verb Practice for People With Aphasia

August 31, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
In this activity, we invite people with aphasia who have young (2-6) children in their lives to use the song The Wheels on the Bus to practice this skill in a way that incorporates life participation and music while generating object+noun/adjective pairs. Edmonds, L. A., Nadeau, S. E., & Kiran, S. (2009). Effect of Verb […]
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Returning to Reading: Adaptive Supports

April 30, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
This handout discusses different types of strategies and resources you can use to help with improving your ability to read, whether it be a book or signs in your environment.
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Aphasia Institute’s Living with Aphasia: Framework for Outcome Measurement (AFROM)

February 29, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
Living with Aphasia: Framework for Outcome Measurement (A-FROM) was developed with values similar to the Life Participation Approach to Aphasia. This material provides background information regarding the four domains determined to contribute to quality of life with aphasia and how to better assess and treat these domains to improve overall life with aphasia.
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Attention to Detail: An Online or Paper Proofreading Task

January 31, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
Target skills such as sustained attention, alternating attention, judgment/reasoning, visual scanning, and more while independently proofreading a letter or utilizing AI tools to identify and correct errors. The letter is written at a high school reading level.
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