22 May The Complexity of Language
Language is a cognitive skill that binds people together. Language allows people to communicate complex thoughts and emotions with one another. While we often think of language as the words that come out of our...
15 May 3 Questions Answered About Telehealth for Occupational Therapy
Who Benefits From Telehealth Occupational Therapy? People who may have experienced injuries such as a stroke, a brain injury, feeding disorders, upper extremity limb loss, and other neurological conditions have seen positive results from telehealth. Literature suggests...
13 May How and Why You Need to Start an Aphasia Support Group
Aphasia is a devastating result of a stroke that can impair a person’s ability to produce and understand language. Aphasia is life-changing, and routine tasks become challenging. Communication is a socially dependent skill and relies...
11 May Does it Work? – Telepractice for Adult Speech Therapy
The short answer is yes. But why? Telepractice is the practice of therapeutic services via telephone and or internet communication devices. Worldwide, speech and language pathologists have begun to see the benefits of adapting telepractice services...
07 May What is an eHelper?
An eHelper is a person who serves as a facilitator for telepractice delivered therapy. The eHelper serves to eliminate the barriers that inhibit a student from receiving therapy by facilitating the connection between a student...
04 May 4 Cognitive Changes After a Stroke
Strokes (or cerebrovascular accidents) are life-changing for people of all ages. While physical changes are common, cognitive changes can occur and impact independence causing people to need support services. Here are 4 important cognitive changes...
24 Apr Do I Say, “Special Needs” or “Disability”?
This is a question that gets asked often. These terms have felt for years to be interchangeable, but are they? The answer to that is, no. Referring to someone as “special needs, retarded, or slow” is no...
22 Apr What is an Intellectual Disability?
Before diving deep into what is an intellectual disability, it is best to explain what it is not. Intellectual disabilities are not mental illnesses, like depression, there is no cure for intellectual disabilities and it...
20 Apr Autism and The Brain
For years, caregivers and loved ones of someone with autism have been searching for an understanding as to why. Why does their child or loved why, function the way they do. Until recently, researchers and...
16 Apr 5 Characteristics of Good Cognitive Worksheets
There are a ton of sites saying they have free cognitive worksheets. Do they boast how their sheets are superior but are they really? With so many kinds of activities out there, it is difficult...