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Creating a Grocery List for a Dinner Party

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This therapy task targets planning, organizing, calculation, and cognitive flexibility. Patients are tasked with creating a grocery shopping list based on recipes.
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Navigating Menus and Calculating Costs

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Clients are challenged to calculate different costs for food items, calculate if a few pints of beer is more expensive than a pitcher, or, for an added bonus, convert prices from a New Zealand menu into U.S. dollars. Great for patients working on visual tracking as well as the above-mentioned cognitive-linguistic skills.
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Lemonade Stand Business Plan

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This higher level cognitive task requires basic addition and multiplication skills to help kids put together a business plan for a basic lemonade stand. Patients are challenged to calculate cost per cup of lemonade based on recipe as well as profit per cup based on various price points.
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Following Multi-Step Directions Using the Visualization Strategy

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
8 sets of multi-step directions spanning in difficulty from 1-step to 4-step to before/after instructions. These tasks are designed to be able to be completed with supplies you find in a therapy gym; they are designed to be completed with the use of one arm/hand. The task includes instructions on how to use a visualization strategy to improve carry-over to functional tasks.
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Finding Medication Box Errors Set #1

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
For this activity, the patient will need to read the directions for each medication to know how often it should be taken. Then they will need to notice errors with the medication box which requires good attention and visual reasoning. This task could also be used for a visual scanning activity. Features realistic medication labels and 2 different pages with different challenges.
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Card Sorting with Visuals

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This task is designed for rehabilitation therapists addressing attention, processing speed, and working memory within a structured rehabilitation setting. The product includes information designed for patients’ families on how to use these tasks outside of therapy to provide additional opportunities to address goals. It also includes three pages of visuals to help structure the tasks and provide visual cues.
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Calculating Tips at a Restaurant

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Patients are given a set of 5 receipts and asked to calculate a tip they might leave at a restaurant based on those receipts. Targets visual tracking, basic functional math, and organization.
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Calculating and Problem Solving Beer Brewing Scenarios

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This structured therapy task is designed for rehabilitation therapists working with adults in rehabilitation settings. Whether your patient has any experience brewing beer, or maybe just likes beer, or maybe just wants a break from other structured problem solving tasks, this handout provides the information needed to answer three questions that involve basic calculations and problem solving. All information required to complete the calculations is included. Answer key included.
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Cognitive Screener

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This screener provides you with information regarding the discrepancy between what family members are seeing and what patients are seeing as related to recent changes in cognition. Includes one form for the patient to fill out and one form for family/friends/caregivers to fill out. The document contains definitions for clinical terms for reports as well as tips on how to use the screener within the context of a rehabilitation setting. 
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