Following Directions

 

Improve direction-following by targeting the underlying processes of language comprehension and reasoning. Clients follow simple to complex directions with varied content and formats. The lesson content is pertinent to adults and carefully designed to accommodate limited language abilities of clients with neurological impairments.

 

Skills trained in the beginning activities are reinforced and built upon in subsequent lessons. Clients respond to the tasks by marking the correct answer, physically following commands, and completing simple drawings. A screening tool helps you identify the client's use of strategies and reasoning patterns prior to designing therapy sessions.

 

The activities include:

Each book in this series addresses an integral component of daily communication and reasoning in a format just right for adults with language and cognitive disorders.

 

Adult clients improve attention, mental manipulation of information, and comprehension with one-page language lessons that progress in difficulty. A screening tool in each book helps identify the client's use of reasoning strategies prior to designing therapy sessions. The content is basic to moderate difficulty level and reflects a wide variety of language needs for everyday functioning.

 

Each book targets a different language skill area with appropriate content and reading levels for adults with acquired communication disorders.