Functional Speechie Things

Use these cards to target language skills for people with aphasia and cognitive communication difficulties. In this pack are 43 cards you can use to target: - homonyms (and sentence generation for each homonym/definition) - semantic feature analysis - divergent naming - verbal explanation of proverbs ** and mental flexibility to switch from one category to the next Please enjoy and let me know what you think!

Track your clients' goal progress session to session with pre-formulated cells that will cumulatively calculate percentages for you. After you complete each session, all data automatically feeds into a line graph so you can track changes over time. Use the data and graphs for your own clinical use or as a simple visual to demonstrate change to your clients or patients.

People with aphasia can use this handy resource when talking with others. This wallet-size card allows people to ask for more time to speak and understand, and gives the person they are speaking to some education about aphasia. An additional card to write in contact details is included if these are challenging to communicate verbally.

Using SFA in therapy? Here's a handy visual to help prompt your patient while they describe the target.

The University of Queensland's MESSAGE resource provide easy-to-understand strategies and examples for communicating with people with dementia. Doctors Conway and Chenery evaluated the MESSAGE communication strategies in 2016 and found it increases knowledge and confidence to those who provide care for people with dementia.

This FREE resource gives ideas for functional reading activities you can do with your patients, clients, or students. Suggestions are broken into short, simple reading activities and longer, more challenging tasks - all of which relate to functional, everyday activities in a person's life.

Target /l/ initial with bright ladybugs! How to use: - cut out the ladybugs (laminate for a longer life!) - use an adhesive such as velcro or blu tack to attach the ladybugs to the leaves - ask your little one to put a ladybug on the leaf to practice their initial /l/ sound Enjoy!