reading comprehension Archives

Reading Comprehension Strategies and Worksheet (PQRST) for Kids

June 30, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.

Use this resource to support older readers that need assistance to organize and improve reading comprehension of academic or nonfiction texts.

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Language Intervention: Picture Dictionary – Bathroom

October 31, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.

This therapy task is designed to target functional bathroom vocabulary. Includes a full-page picture of a bathroom with tasks to target auditory comprehension, expressive language, reading comprehension, and written expression. A highly versatile therapy task material that can be targeted to reach various language levels during structured language therapy tasks for people with aphasia.

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How to Use the PQRST Reading Strategy

August 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.

The PQRST reading strategy is helpful for students and/or people after a brain injury to organize and encourage memory for new reading comprehension learning.

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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.

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ADL/IADL Sequencing Cards (9-10 Steps)

November 1, 2022 by Ashley Zhinin.

This material provides multi-step images and written directions for two ADLs and IADLs to work on sequencing and reading comprehension.

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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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Global Aphasia

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.

This handout defines global aphasia and provides some suggestions for care partners to help the person and reduce communication frustrations.

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TED.com for Language Treatment

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.

TED.com can be used as a language treatment tool for individuals with aphasia. The videos can be used to address verbal expression, auditory comprehension, written expression, and reading comprehension goals with familiar and new topics. This handout explains how to address the patient’s treatment goals with this online resource.

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Reading Comprehension Task with a News Article

January 5, 2022 by Megan Berg.

This activity is to target a person’s understanding of a news article and must be able to read at the paragraph level. A variety of questions can be asked in a yes/no format, with multiple choices, or open-ended.

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Reading Comprehension Sequencing Task

January 5, 2022 by Megan Berg.

This three-page task includes 4-step, 5-step, and 6-step written instructions to challenge patients’ reading comprehension skills.

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