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Neuro-FAST (Neurological Functional Assessment Subtests for Therapists) Subtest of Financial Skills

October 31, 2025 by Celia Easton Koehler.

This subtest evaluates real-world financial skills through functional, accessible tasks like reading a bill, tracking expenses, doing mental math, and spotting scams. Use it to identify meaningful therapy goals, monitor progress, and build confidence in managing money after a brain injury or stroke.

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Cash Envelope Budgeting System: A Simple, Tangible Way to Manage Your Money

November 30, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.

This resource offers a practical guide to using a cash-based system to manage personal finances. It outlines how patients can use physical envelopes for different spending categories, helping them stay mindful of their budget without relying on digital tools. This method is ideal for individuals who benefit from a tangible, visual approach to money management. Share this resource with your patients to support their financial independence and encourage responsible spending habits.

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Strategies and Aids for Financial Management After Brain Injury

March 31, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.

This resource provides a guide with recommendations to increase success with financial management following brain injury and poses questions to be person-centered. Basic and more complex technology aids are provided.

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Gift Card Calculations

December 31, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.

This cognitive-linguistic task provides an opportunity for problem solving by using gift cards to make decisions about a coffee shop menu and ordering a book.

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How To – Basic Instructions to Add Payment Cards to Wallet and Pay with Apple iPhone or Watch

November 30, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.

Use the following written and visual instructions to add debit, credit, and/or prepaid cards to the Wallet app on an Apple iPhone and/or Apple Watch and learn how to use it at a register securely.

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Minimum Wage Activity

June 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.

This activity addresses money management and reasoning skills with an emphasis on real-world challenges.

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Financial Management: Wants vs. Needs

April 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.

This resource works on cognition and money management skills by focusing on wants versus needs with spending.

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Sharing the Cost

January 6, 2022 by Megan Berg.

This is a high-level cognitive activity that provides a scenario for calculating expenses for a group of friends going out to dinner and enjoying an entertainment event.

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Financial Management – Bills and Budget Tracking

December 24, 2021 by Megan Berg.

This material can be used as an aid to help a person with cognitive deficits play a more active role in their finances along with incorporating other aids/tools for reminders.

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Financial Management for Cognitive Rehabilitation

December 24, 2021 by Megan Berg.

This task is designed to recreate the common scenario of having a stash of receipts laid out on the table ready to be balanced into a financial ledger.

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