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Planning and Organizing a Week Based on 6 Voicemails (Set #1)

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This task provides a real-world scenario where patients are given 6 voicemail tasks with various information (e.g., the veterinarian calling with information on when to pick up pet meds or a friend calling to set up a time for dinner together). They are provided with a weekly calendar. A transcript of the voicemails is also available.
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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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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 […]
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Car Buying Activity

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Many cognitive skills go into buying a car. This executive function activity will instruct a person to compare miles per gallon and other features of various vehicles to a wish list to determine which vehicle is the best fit to purchase.
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Calculating Miles Between National Parks to Plan Trip

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This therapy activity targets numerical problem solving instructs the person with a brain injury to calculate miles between national parks in the United States in order to determine which road trip to take.
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Birthday Shopping on a Budget

December 21, 2021 by Megan Berg.
During this cognitive task, the patient will read a birthday gift scenario and select various items to meet the set budget. This task will target attention to detail, planning, decision making, and financial planning.
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Baking Recipe Math and Substitution Considerations

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
There are many patients who enjoy baking and want to return to this task. However, baking requires accurate measurements of ingredients for a tasty finished product. There can be quite a bit of math skills required and other thinking considerations if ingredient substitutions are needed. This activity addresses baking math with some practical situations and […]
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