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How Does Understanding the Interconnection Between a Person, Task, and Environment Play a Role in OT When Addressing Functional Cognition?
October 15, 2023
How does understanding the interconnection between a person, task, and environment play a role in OT when addressing functional cognition? Read More
Acute Care, Community and Home Health Cognition and Executive Function Gerontology and Aging
What Are the Touchstone Principles of Treating Those With Executive Dysfunction?
May 1, 2023
What are the touchstone principles of treating those with executive dysfunction? Read More
Acute Care, Community and Home Health Cognition and Executive Function Early Intervention and School-Based Pediatrics
What Are the Hidden Senses?
April 1, 2023
What are the hidden senses? Read More
Cognition and Executive Function Early Intervention and School-Based Pediatrics
Functional Cognitive Intervention: Grading Tasks to Maximize Outcomes
July 8, 2019
Why do we care about assessing cognition as OTs? Isn't that a speech-language pathologist's job? Read More
Cognition and Executive Function Neurological and Physical Disabilities
What Are Evidence-based OT Interventions To Reduce Unwanted Behaviors In Clients With Dementia?
December 1, 2017
What are evidence-based OT interventions to reduce unwanted behaviors in clients with dementia? Read More
Cognition and Executive Function
Abilities Based Approaches to Assessment and Treatment of Persons with Dementia
September 1, 2017
1. What is your favorite teaching method that you use? 2. What have you found that works well in transitioning task steps to staff?3. As far as the spaced retrieval, have you used it in skilled nursin... Read More
Cognition and Executive Function Gerontology and Aging
How Can We Integrate Yoga Into Our Treatment Sessions With Clients With Cognitive Deficits From A Stroke?
November 21, 2016
How can we integrate yoga into our treatment sessions with clients with cognitive deficits from a stroke? Read More
Cognition and Executive Function Neurological and Physical Disabilities
Does Medicare Pay For OT Treatment Of Cognitive Dysfunction?
June 27, 2016
Does Medicare pay for OT treatment for cognitive dysfunction? Read More
Cognition and Executive Function Gerontology and Aging
Do You Use a Cognitive and/or Vision Screen Prior to Trying Power Wheelchairs?
February 12, 2015
Do you use a cognitive and/or vision screen prior to trying power wheelchairs? Read More
Assistive Technology and Environmental Modifications Cognition and Executive Function Pediatrics Seating and Positioning, Wheelchair Mobility Vision
What is spaced-retrieval and how often should you see a client for spaced-retrieval training?
August 4, 2014
What is spaced-retrieval? How often should you see a client for spaced-retrieval training? Read More
Cognition and Executive Function Gerontology and Aging
Is there a difference between dementia and Alzheimer's disease?
July 21, 2014
Are dementia and Alzheimer's disease the same thing? Read More
Cognition and Executive Function Gerontology and Aging Acute Care, Community and Home Health
Cognitive Strategy Training vs. Task-Specific Training
July 14, 2014
How does cognitive strategy training differ from task-specific training for individuals recovering from a stroke? Read More
Cognition and Executive Function Gerontology and Aging Acute Care, Community and Home Health Neurological and Physical Disabilities
Behavioral activation as an intervention strategy with elderly clients with depression
June 30, 2014
What is Behavioral Activation and how can I incorporate it into my OT intervention to help my elderly clients with depression? Read More
Cognition and Executive Function Gerontology and Aging Acute Care, Community and Home Health Mental Health, Health and Wellness Neurological and Physical Disabilities
Goals of the Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) model
June 16, 2014
What are the primary goals associated with the Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) model? Read More
Cognition and Executive Function Gerontology and Aging Acute Care, Community and Home Health Neurological and Physical Disabilities
Supervised Wheelchair Mobility in Pediatric Clients
February 19, 2014
How do payors view supervised wheelchair mobility in young clients? Will they pay for a power wheelchair? Read More
Assistive Technology and Environmental Modifications Cognition and Executive Function Acute Care, Community and Home Health Pediatrics Early Intervention and School-Based Seating and Positioning, Wheelchair Mobility
Types of EADL Units for Clients with Cognitive Impairments
September 6, 2013
With clients with cognitive limitations, what Environmental Activities of Daily Living (or Environmental Control) Units would you suggest? Read More
Assistive Technology and Environmental Modifications Cognition and Executive Function Acute Care, Community and Home Health
Cognitively Appropriate Activities in Long Term Care
May 20, 2013
Can you give an example of a cognitively appropriate activity in a LTC facility? Read More
Cognition and Executive Function Gerontology and Aging
Strengths and Limitations of Performance-Based Assessments
May 16, 2013
What are the strengths and limitations of Performance-Based Assessments? Read More
Cognition and Executive Function
Importance of Staff Coordination and Documentation with the Spaced Retrieval Technique for Memory Loss
May 13, 2013
How important is it with the spaced retrieval technique to interact with the staff and make sure that you are not only telling them your goals and coordinating with them, but documenting that as well... Read More
Cognition and Executive Function Gerontology and Aging Acute Care, Community and Home Health
Second Impact Syndrome in TBI
May 1, 2013
What is "second impact syndrome" in TBI? Read More
Cognition and Executive Function Pediatrics