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Object Association Activity (Summer Theme)

January 1, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This engaging activity helps children learn to make associations, sort, and categorize, which are all important skills for cognitive and language development. Instruct and assist the child to cut and paste the images that match the picture scene.
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Book Activities Pack: Tacky the Penguin

January 1, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Tacky is an odd bird. He likes to do splashy cannonballs and greet his companions with a loud “What’s happening?” In fact, he’s something of an eccentric, which wouldn’t be a problem if all the other penguins weren’t such…conformists.
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Voicemail Inferencing Task

January 1, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Listening to voicemails can target a person’s attention, auditory short-term memory, inferences abilities. The patient can listen to the recordings or the SLP reading the transcripts for each voicemail during this task. Then they can answer the comprehension questions to target auditory short-term memory recall and make inferences with the given information.
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Quilt Activity for Visual Perceptual Skills

December 31, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This activity can be used as an intervention to target a variety of visual perceptual skills, attention, and fine motor skills. There are three graded options in order to increase the challenge as the patient progresses.
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Honey Bee Math

December 30, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This mental math task addresses attention, focus, mental math, and numeric problem solving. It contains 4 math questions related to honey bee trivia. Difficulty level: Easy. Answer key included.
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Multi-Syllabic Words Play-Dough Mats

December 30, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This therapy activity invites children to smash play-dough while engaging with the different syllables and sounds of words. Inclues 4 sets of 2-syllable words, 2 sets of 3-syllable words, and 4 sets of 4-syllable words.
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Modified Story Memory Technique

December 30, 2021 by Megan Berg.
The most common cause of memory failure occurs due to breakdown in the encoding stage of creating a new memory. The modified Story Memory Technique (mSMT) is a technique developed and researched by the Kessler Foundation to treat memory deficits, specifically targeting the encoding stage, following brain injury. Using context and imagery, their research and implementation of this technique have shown to have significant improvements with a person’s functional recall as well as an increased activation of different parts of the brain.
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Morning ADL Training Session/OT Shower Room Signs

December 30, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Often times an occupational therapist will schedule a shower or morning ADL session with an individual and find out the person is already dressed or had a shower from staff. This handout offers 2 room signs that can be posted to alert staff not to complete the activity, and provide a visual reminder for the patient.
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