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Memory Strategies

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout discusses some of the evidence base related to what is required for people to effectively use compensatory strategies and then outlines concrete internal and external strategies.
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Korsakoff Syndrome

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout is designed for patients and families who are facing Korsakoff syndrome, a chronic memory disorder caused by severe deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B-1).
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How to Create an Orientation Station

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout provides concrete and visual strategies to create an “orientation station” at home that will help provide individualized and consistent orientation and memory cues to reduce anxiety and compensate for impairments.
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Executive Functions

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This resource describes what executive functions are to educate patients and their caregivers. Includes information about attention, processing speed, regulation, awareness, initiation, response inhibition, self-monitoring, mental flexibility, organization, sequencing, working memory, and planning. Second page includes a list of assessments specifically designed for targeting executive functions.
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Attentive Reading Constrained Summarization (ARCS)

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Attentive Reading Constrained Summarization (ARCS) is a cognitive-linguistic treatment created to improve a person’s discourse through reading and summarization using specific constraints. This material provides information regarding the purpose, components, prerequisites and population, materials, and steps for completion.
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Apps to Increase Independence After a Brain Injury

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Phone and tablet apps can help increase independence with cognitive tasks after a brain injury. This list of apps addresses memory, medication management, diabetes management, money calculation, speech to text, spaced retrieval training, and time management. These apps can be trained by speech-language pathologists and other rehabilitation specialists in rehabilitation settings to address functional cognitive-linguistic goals.
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