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Figurative Language Activity

May 1, 2022 by Ashley Zhinin.
We often use sayings that have meaning beyond the literal meaning. This material allows a person to practice their understanding of figurative language while also targeting attention, memory, verbal expression, and visual scanning.
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What is Semantic Variant Primary Progressive Aphasia?

April 1, 2022 by Ashley Zhinin.
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is the rarest form of aphasia and is a neurodegenerative disease. There are three variants of PPA. This handout specifically focuses on the semantic variant of PPA and provides examples of how it may manifest in speech and language tasks.
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Comparative and Sequential Yes/No Questions

March 1, 2022 by Ashley Zhinin.
These yes/no questions are more grammatically complex. They focus on everyday activities and do not require math to answer. Could be used as an auditory or reading comprehension task.
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Procedural Narrative Production Task

January 31, 2022 by Megan Berg.
The procedural narrative production activity is a higher-level verbal fluency task where the person is asked to explain how to complete an everyday activity or resolve a problem. There are charts with details for the SLP to consider when evaluating the procedural narrative production.
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Written Expression Tasks

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This therapy task features two functional tasks, the first one targeting single words and the second task targeting sentence level production.
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Word-Finding Strategies

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This handout visualizes 9 strategies patients can use when they get stuck and can’t find the word they want. Pair this handout with therapy tasks targeting word-finding.
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Word Finding Tables

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
A word-finding task based on categories and alphabet.
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