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Loss of Financial Management Independence After Brain Injury: Survivors’ Experiences (2016)
<p>The aim of this study was to understand participants’ experiences of financial management after acquired brain injuries. Participants were included if they had a moderate to severe acquired brain injury at least one year earlier, 18 years or older, living in the community, and reported having primary or joint responsibility for financial management tasks before […] <div class="woocommerce"> <div class="woocommerce-info wc-memberships-restriction-message wc-memberships-message wc-memberships-content-restricted-message"> This content is only available to members. </div> </div> </p>INCOG 2.0 Guidelines for Cognitive Rehabilitation Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Part III: Executive Functions (2023)
<p>Executive function deficits are the most prevalent after the injury for people with a TBI. This makes sense because executive functions are commonly processed in the brain’s frontal lobe, which is particularly susceptible to injury by striking the skull and/or the bony ridges of the skull. In addition, the white matter connections of the frontal […] <div class="woocommerce"> <div class="woocommerce-info wc-memberships-restriction-message wc-memberships-message wc-memberships-content-restricted-message"> This content is only available to members. </div> </div> </p>
Organizing and Planning a Calendar: Volunteering and Family Vacation
<p>This scheduling task requires a person to use various executive function skills, including good initiation, visual scanning, divided visual attention, planning/organization, reading comprehension, written expression, and problem solving/reasoning. Video on how to use this resource: <div class="woocommerce"> <div class="woocommerce-info wc-memberships-restriction-message wc-memberships-message wc-memberships-content-restricted-message"> This content is only available to members. </div> </div> </p>
Identifying Relevant vs. Irrelevant Information: An Attention Activity
<p>This therapy activity challenges an individual to determine what information is relevant or irrelevant to the passage’s main idea. Video on how to use this resource: <div class="woocommerce"> <div class="woocommerce-info wc-memberships-restriction-message wc-memberships-message wc-memberships-content-restricted-message"> This content is only available to members. </div> </div> </p>
Time Pressure Management for the Treatment of Information Processing Speed
<p>This resource provides education on the hierarchy of decision-making for the successful use of time pressure management (TPM) and how to train patients to use TPM to compensate for slowed information processing speed. Video on how to use this resource: Winkens, I., Van Heugten, C. M., Wade, D. T., & Fasotti, L. (2009). Training patients […] <div class="woocommerce"> <div class="woocommerce-info wc-memberships-restriction-message wc-memberships-message wc-memberships-content-restricted-message"> This content is only available to members. </div> </div> </p>
Model of Attention
<p>This resource defines the distinct yet interrelated subcomponents of attention. Video on how to use this resource: Sohlberg, M.M., & Mateer, C.A. (2010). APT-III: Attention process training: A direct attention training program for persons with acquired brain injury. Youngville, NC: Lash & Associates. <div class="woocommerce"> <div class="woocommerce-info wc-memberships-restriction-message wc-memberships-message wc-memberships-content-restricted-message"> This content is only available to members. </div> </div> </p>“Putting the Occupation Back in Occupational Therapy:” A Survey of Occupational Therapy Practitioners’ Use of Gardening as an Intervention (2014)
<p>Gardening has been equated with positive health outcomes for individuals with physical and mental health issues, and the benefits have been shown to transcend socioeconomic, educational, and cultural boundaries, and to be a cost-effective therapeutic activity. Ninety-one occupational therapy practitioners across all practice settings initially responded to a 15-question survey developed by the authors, but […] <div class="woocommerce"> <div class="woocommerce-info wc-memberships-restriction-message wc-memberships-message wc-memberships-content-restricted-message"> This content is only available to members. </div> </div> </p>
Child-Rearing
<p>This resource covers ways to work on child-rearing skills in functional therapy. Video on how to use this resource: <div class="woocommerce"> <div class="woocommerce-info wc-memberships-restriction-message wc-memberships-message wc-memberships-content-restricted-message"> This content is only available to members. </div> </div> </p>