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Cognitive Task: Pet Care

October 31, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
This client-centered material focuses on the cognitive aspects of pet care with three different treatment options.
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Social Cues in Practice

October 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
This therapy material provides two methods for practicing and improving nonverbal social skills. It is appropriate for people with a brain Injury, dementia, young adult autism, or developmental delays. This pairs well with the handout Social Cues.
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Social Cues

October 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
This handout details different social cues to be aware of to help aid clients with social participation and appropriateness. It is appropriate for people with a brain Injury, dementia, young adult autism, or developmental delays. This pairs well with the therapy material Social Cues In Practice.
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Community Safety

October 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
This material addresses community safety by identifying signs, symbols, sounds, etc. in the community and their meanings. Car horn: Ambulance Tornado alarm Smoke detector (may be found in some community settings) Emergency broadcast system Hurricane siren Earthquake siren Fire drill (school or other older building) Fire alarm (commercial/medical building) Airplane alert
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Remodeling Math Activity

September 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
This therapy material works on mathematical calculation skills through a home remodeling lens. This material is intended to be a higher level cognitive challenge.
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Cooking Strategies for Executive Dysfunction

July 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource covers different strategies to simplify and improve independence with cooking for individuals with executive functioning deficits. Video on how to use this resource:
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Organizing and Planning a Calendar: Volunteering and Family Vacation

June 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
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:
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INCOG 2.0 Guidelines for Cognitive Rehabilitation Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Part III: Executive Functions (2023)

June 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
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 […]
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Gardening with OT

April 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource covers ways to incorporate gardening into functional therapy. Video on how to use this resource:
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