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Organizing a Calendar – College/School Related Tasks

July 1, 2022 by Ashley Zhinin.

Use a variety of cognitive and executive function skills to organize and prioritize a busy schedule related to college/school.

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Voicemail Task #2: Planning, Organizing, and Prioritizing Activities for a Week Based on Six Voicemails

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.

This activity is a real-world scenario where patients are provided with six audio and/or written voicemail messages and a weekly calendar in which they have to plan and organize their week. Decisions on which day to schedule an activity may have to be made based on other activities already scheduled.

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Verbal Reasoning and Problem Solving Task

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.

For patients working on addressing verbal reasoning skills, this structured therapy task includes verbal prompts to optimize executive functioning, auditory processing, and verbal expression skills.

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Spot the Hazards

January 6, 2022 by Megan Berg.

Many individuals with a brain injury may desire to return to work. This visual and verbal problem solving/reasoning task creates safety awareness discussions within real-life work environments.

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Organizing a Calendar

January 1, 2022 by Megan Berg.

This schedule organization task requires a person to use a variety of executive function skills including good initiation, visual scanning, divided visual attention, planning/organization, reading comprehension, written expression, and problem solving/reasoning.

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Golf Numerical Problem Solving Activity

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.

When asking patients about their hobbies and interests in order to incorporate those when creating person-centered goals, an often response is “golfing.” This activity is made for those golf lovers to target their numerical problem solving skills related to their favorite sport.

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Planning and Budgeting a Dinner Party

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.

This therapy task targets planning, organizing, calculation, and cognitive flexibility. Patients are challenged to calculate the cost of various dinner party food options based on grocery prices and recipes.

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Preparing a 1040EZ Tax Form Based on a Sample W2

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.

Filing taxes requires working memory, sustained and alternating attention, calculation, and problem solving. This task is designed as a basic practice for those who are working towards improving these skills and/or ultimately a goal of filing their taxes independently.

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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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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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