02 Nov 5 Tips to Date Successfully Over 50
Love doesn’t stop with age. While you may not be in your 20’s anymore, dating when you are older can be even more exciting. Here are 5 tips to date successfully when you are over...
26 Oct [Video] TEDTalk – How to live passionately – no matter your age
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor's unique research and medical background makes her Tedtalk extremely insightful. Before she experienced her stroke she was working in a lab that was focused on mapping out the brain. Their goal...
19 Oct 4 Reasons Why Older Adults Should Do Cognitive Training
Many activity directors and nursing home staff seek ways to provide services for their elderly clients. One important service that needs to be offered for elderly people is cognitive training. Cognitive training has been researched...
25 Sep 3 Activities for Bridging
One of the greatest challenges in cognitive rehabilitation therapy is helping your client connect their practice of cognitive skills to their daily life. This is where bridging comes in. Bridging is the process by which...
16 Sep [Video] Concussions in the Classroom
This will be the best, most informative 35 minutes of your day. Concussions are more frequent than many people realize. Kyra's 25 years working with TBI has allowed her to experience many different severities and...
07 Sep [Video] TEDTalk – The Power of Play
In 1996, Vialet launched Playworks with two schools in Berkeley, California. Currently, the organization brings play and physical activities to children across the country, with offices in 23 cities. With a staff of 700, this...
17 Jul [Video] What to do When Your Child is Diagnosed as “Fine”
Parents take their children for assessments when their child is thought to have a learning disability. Too often, children are diagnosed as "fine". This diagnosis is troubling as "fine" does not describe the cognitive complications...
15 Jul School-Based Telepractice for Occupational Therapy
Administrating and supplying occupational therapy services within a school system is challenging. There are a lot of barriers to overcome that inhibit children from receiving proper care. With the advancement of technology, more and more...
13 Jul How Do I Help My Client Make Friends?
Let’s face it, making friends can be super challenging for children and adults. When a person has cognitive impairment, connecting with others can feel like an almost impossible task. Fear not, it is possible to...
06 Jul [Video] Social Goals within Cognitive Remediation
Gregg's insight into how social goals and cognitive functioning are related is valuable to understanding the importance of social cognition within cognitive rehabilitation goals....