Geriatric speech therapy activities

Aphasia is a communication disorder that results from damage or injury to the brain. A person with aphasia may have trouble understanding, speaking, reading, or writing.

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As a SLP, I work PRN providing speech therapy for a company that contracts into nursing homes/SNFs. Our patient caseload is heavily weighted for cognitive therapy specifically memory, problem solving, sequencing, and attention. These qualities are ALL necessary for a patient to complete simple ADLs (activities of daily living) such as eating, brushing their teeth, ... Read More about Cognitive Activity using Peg Board for Speech Therapy in SNF

Gross motor activities can keep your toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary students engaged in your speech therapy session for a long time because children are designed to MOVE! By incorporating movement activities in speech therapy, your students will not only have fun, but will learn quickly! Research has shown that movement is linked to memory and unfortunately, opportunities for movement are decreasing in school. As Speech Therapists, we can incorporate simple speech therapy activities…

Five years ago I would have said you were crazy to pull out a computer with my geriatric population. Today I say, KEEP IT CHARGED! I started using my iPad during speech therapy over the last couple of years to initially increase my productivity in an ever increasing competitive PRN SNF job where you are ... Read More about How I Use Apps in Skilled Nursing for Cognitive Therapy

A child's level of working memory has a big impact on how well they will learn. Low working memory results in poor academic work. Here are some simple games that can be played at home to improve memory.

10 whiteboard activity ideas. A compilation of ideas for activities to do on a whiteboard. A versitile tool for anyone working with others.

Are you tired of being a speech pathologist? Speech Pathology burnout is a real thing. Begin using these 10 free speech therapy tips for data collection, speech therapy activities, and caseload management today to reduce the stress of being a speech therapist in schools. These tips for speech therapists will reduce the stress caused by speech pathology burn out.

I work for a company that has more than 5 facilities that I serve in my immediate area. At this point, I have become familiar with each of their therapy rooms, activity rooms, etc. If I have a question, I am familiar enough to a handful of staff members, to locate something I need. This ... Read More about My PRN toolkit…for the SNF and Home Health

Here a new speech and language therapy activity you probably haven't thought of: using receipts in your speech activities! Receipts are a super simple, low prep way to target many different speech and language skills. Read this blog post to get lots of ideas for using receipts in speech therapy in engaging ways!