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Unilateral Neglect Task: Matching Pictures to Movie Titles

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Features 9 pictures from classic movies with written movie titles. Cut out each box, place the pictures on the right side and the titles on the left. This task is designed to target bi-lateral visual attention for patients experiencing unilateral neglect.
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Understanding Spatial Relationships

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This therapy material allows the clinician to determine the patient’s accuracy with the visual-spatial relationships with these questions to locate target numbers among various shapes.
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The Lighthouse Strategy for Visual Scanning Training

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This resource is an educational tool to improve visual scanning through the use of the lighthouse strategy. Research has found that implementation of this strategy with individuals who experience unilateral neglect improved safety and performance with route-finding, as well as with problem-solving tasks.
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Strategies for Improving Unilateral Neglect

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This handout includes 12 specific strategies to improve unilateral neglect. It is designed for therapists helping patients trial various strategies in order to establish which ones work successfully for them on an individual basis.
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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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Sensory Strategies for Improving Unilateral Neglect

January 5, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Unilateral neglect is a challenging disorder that arises after injury to the brain. This resource covers a variety of sensory strategies that can be implemented in order to improve attention to the affected side.
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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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Medication Management with Low Vision

December 30, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This material provides information about resources now available from ideas created by the working group established by Section 904 of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, education regarding how OT and ST can target medication management, and audio files/medication labels for practice.
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