Lisa Arnold - Affiliated Rehab

1 LinguiSystems, 4th AvenueEast Moline, IL 61244800-776-4332 Copyright 2003 LinguiSystems, of our products are copyrighted to protect the fine work of our may only copy the client materialsas needed for your own use withclients. Any other reproduction or distribution of the pages in this bookis prohibited, including copying theentire book to use as another primarysource or master in the 10: 0-7606-0506-8 ISBN 13: 978-0-7606-0506-6 Lisa ArnoldSkill Areas: language, cognition, memoryAges:young adult/adultFAX:800-577-4555E-mail: Arnold , , CCC-SLP, received her undergraduate and gradu-ate training at the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.

2 She hasworked in a variety of settings, including a community speech andhearing center, acute and Rehab hospitals, public school systems, pri-vate practice, and home health care agencies. She is currently aspeech-language pathologist at Griffin-Spalding County Public Schoolsin Griffin, Georgia. Lisa is also the author of The Source for AphasiaTherapy and The Long-Term Care the AuthorPage layout by Denise L. KellyCover design by Mike PaustianIllustrations by Tami Schmidt and Margaret WarnerIntroduction.

3 5 Chapter 1: Orientation.. 7 Client Questionnaire .. 8 Orientation to Immediate Environment and Recent Happenings .. 11 Temporal Orientation Skills .. 16 Spatial Orientation .. 24 Orientation to Past and Present Events .. 39 Further Activities for Caregivers .. 46 Chapter 2: Memory.. 47 Immediate Memory/Digit Sequences .. 48 Immediate Memory/Word Sequences .. 55 Short-Term Memory Skills .. 63 Classified Ads .. 64 Newspaper Advertisements .. 65 Telephone Messages .. 67 Long-Term Memory Skills .. 68 Further Activities for Caregivers.

4 70 Chapter 3: Organization.. 71 Sequential Organization .. 72 Household .. 73 Community .. 76 Health .. 79 Social .. 83 Categorical Organization .. 87 Expressive Categorization.. 91 Further Activities for Caregivers .. 93 Chapter 4: Verbal Problem Solving.. 94 Problem-Solving Situations .. 95 Medical Situations .. 96 Safety Situations .. 98 Household Situations .. 100 Daily Living Situations .. 102 Financial Situations.. 104 Community Situations.. 106 Further Activities for Caregivers .. 108 Table of ContentsWALC 53 Copyright 2003 LinguiSystems, 5: Abstract Reasoning.

5 109 Comparing Picture Pairs and Comparing Word Pairs.. 110 Comprehending Figurative Language .. 120 Explaining and Using Figurative Language.. 129 Interpreting Others' Emotions .. 131 Expressing Personal Feelings .. 137 Describing Emotional Situations .. 141 Further Activities for Caregivers .. 143 Chapter 6: Writing.. 144 Tracing/Copying the Alphabet .. 145 Copying Single Words .. 148 Writing Single Words .. 152 Copying Short Phrases .. 157 Writing Short Phrases .. 161 Copying Sentences .. 164 Writing Sentences.

6 169 Functional Writing Tasks .. 174 Further Activities for Caregivers .. 175 Answer Key.. 176 Table of Contents, continuedWALC 54 Copyright 2003 LinguiSystems, Workbook for Language Activities and Cognition 5(WALC 5) was developed to increase cognitiveskills for higher-level language processes in clients who have had neurological incidents. Your clients should find these language tasks fun and interesting because they come from their own daily activities in the following sections are easily adaptable for a wide variety of adult age chapter includes compensatory strategies to help clients achieve success during language remediation and throughout their lives.

7 OrientationThis section focuses on increasing your client s knowledge and level of awareness of his immediate environment, of the events that led him to his current situation, and of the remote happenings of his past that may have been lost. A client questionnaire is located on page 8 of this section. The questionnaire is an easy way to collect vital information that may be usedto individualize each client s therapy. MemoryThis section is a good starting point for clients who have decreased memory and attention skills.

8 You may want to begin therapy by explaining to your clients how important it is to focus their attention and concentration. It is sometimes helpful to equate this type of attention and concen-tration to the type teachers demand during school years. Organizationand Verbal Problem SolvingThese sections deal with everyday living experiences and new problems your clients may face following neurological incidents. Completion of these two sections will help clients who have deficits in these areas become more independent.

9 Abstract ReasoningThis section can be a very positive portion of the therapeutic process. Clients and caregivers alike will have a strong interest in this area as they are surprised at how often people use abstract reasoning in everyday life. This skill seems to be taken for granted until it is identified as a deficit area for a client. WritingWriting tasks are included for clients with higher levels of cognitive functioning. It is quite appropriate for them to begin writing again. Oftentimes, clients have written their own checks and taken care of family business prior to their neurological incidents.

10 They may feel a loss when this activity is taken away from them. It is an empowering experience for clients to take back former responsibilities. This section provides practice writing from a language enrichment perspective as well as a mechanical and visual perception 5has been a vital tool for me in cognitive therapy with the geriatric population. It has livenedup therapy sessions and has brought the geriatric population very close to my heart. Hopefully, as youuse this manual, you'll learn more about yourself as a clinician and will come to appreciate the uniquerewards gained from serving anyone who needs neurological 55 Copyright 2003 LinguiSystems, chapter focuses on decreasing your client s confusion following a neurologicalincident.