Archives

Copy and Recall Treatment (CART)

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Copy and Recall Treatment (CART) is a written language treatment created by the University of Arizona Aphasia Research Project. This material provides directions on how to complete CART based on their protocol and how to make this treatment more functional.
This content is only available to members.

Continuum of Post-Acute Rehabilitation Care

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout describes five different levels of post-acute rehabilitation care: long-term acute care hospital, inpatient rehabilitation facility, skilled nursing facility, home healthcare, and outpatient, what type of person would benefit from each level, and average length of stay.
This content is only available to members.

Confabulation

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Confabulation is related to memory impairment and can be present when a person has damage to the frontal lobe of their brain. A person may distort, fabricate, or misinterpret information to “fill the gaps” of knowledge they cannot recall. This handout provides further education about confabulation symptoms and what to do when a person presents with confabulation.
This content is only available to members.

Common Contraindications and Precautions

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Do you have trouble remembering all of the contraindications and precautions for treatments? Do you ever find an abnormal blood pressure or oxygen saturation level and question whether your initial treatment plan is still appropriate? This document provides a contraindication and precaution cheat to help guide clinician’s clinical reasoning.
This content is only available to members.

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.
This content is only available to members.

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.
This content is only available to members.

Finding Medication Box Errors Set #1

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
For this activity, the patient will need to read the directions for each medication to know how often it should be taken. Then they will need to notice errors with the medication box which requires good attention and visual reasoning. This task could also be used for a visual scanning activity. Features realistic medication labels and 2 different pages with different challenges.
This content is only available to members.

Calculating Tips at a Restaurant

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Patients are given a set of 5 receipts and asked to calculate a tip they might leave at a restaurant based on those receipts. Targets visual tracking, basic functional math, and organization.
This content is only available to members.

Calculating and Problem Solving Beer Brewing Scenarios

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This structured therapy task is designed for rehabilitation therapists working with adults in rehabilitation settings. Whether your patient has any experience brewing beer, or maybe just likes beer, or maybe just wants a break from other structured problem solving tasks, this handout provides the information needed to answer three questions that involve basic calculations and problem solving. All information required to complete the calculations is included. Answer key included.
This content is only available to members.