Pragmatic/ Social Language Skills for Children- Skills we use to communicate and interact with each other, both verbally and non-verbally, through gestures, body language and our personal appearance
How to Increase Listening Skills for Children– Listening is the ability to accurately receive and interpret messages in the communication process. … Effective listening is a skill that underpins all positive relationships. Active listening helps us gain a pragmatic or practical understanding of what is being said or taught.
External Memory Aids – Cues from the environment to aid remembrance of ideas and sensations. Using memory tricks, traits, or talents to help the individual remember certain events, facts, or even things
Short and Long-Term Memory Skills Strengthening- Although there are no guarantees when it comes to preventing memory loss, certain activities might help. Consider easy/basic ways to sharpen the memory.
Short + Long Term Memory Skills Strengthening for Seniors –Memory may be affected by a stroke/dementia as Verbal memory of names, stories and information having to do with language. Visual memory of shapes, faces, routes and things seen. Informational memory of information and skills or trouble learning new facts.
Spaced Retrieval- is a learning technique, which requires users to rehearse information to be learned at different and increasing spaced intervals of time.
Posture Awareness and Posturing Exercises – Posture-related back pain is often caused by the strength-to-flexibility ratio between the opposing muscle groups all over your body that hold you upright. Achieving good posture requires technique.
Posture Awareness and Posturing Exercises for Seniors- Posture-related back pain is often caused by the strength-to-flexibility ratio between the opposing muscle groups all over your body that hold you upright. Achieving good posture requires technique.
Techniques to Encourage and Foster Social Interactions for Dementia- An exchange between two or more individuals which is a building block for encouraging socializing and building relationships
Social Skills for Seniors – the ability to listen to and remember what you hear, taking turns with friends/family, and not interrupting, sharing the information you have accurately heard and without rambling, saying things in an organized manner and making sense, using tone and emotions that fit the situation.
How to Increase Listening Skills for Adults – Effective listening skills are the ability to actively understand information provided by the speaker and to display interest in the topic discussed.
Increasing attention to tasks -Regularly losing focus during class, or when faced with a challenging task, there are strategic strategies that can help increase attention span and improve overall task performance across all environments.
Increasing Eye/Hand Coordination Activities – Eye-hand coordination is the ability of the vision system to coordinate the movement of the hands to perform a task. While vision is the process of understanding what the eye sees, it also involves the ability to move the eyes in a particular direction to
Memory Books, Helping You Put It Together – This book is used to help strengthen your child’s memory as part of their care and wellbeing. Increase organization, language skills and focus/Executive Function
Language skills – Receptive and Expressive- The child may have speech that is less intelligible, or a language problem which means they cannot express their thoughts or find the right words. Alongside the communication problems, they may have difficulty attending to what others are saying, processing information, organizing their thoughts,
Learning the “Lingo” – Children who have special learning needs and have been found eligible for special education services because of a disability are called “exceptional students”. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) ,Developmentally Delayed (DD) ,Dual-Sensory Impaired (Deaf-Blind) (DSI),Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities (EBD),Homebound or Hospitalized (HH),Intellectual Disabilities (InD) ,Orthopedic
Learning the “Lingo” –Young adults who have special learning needs and have been found eligible for special education services because of a disability are called “exceptional students”. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) ,Developmentally Delayed (DD) ,Dual-Sensory Impaired (Deaf-Blind) (DSI),Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities (EBD),Homebound or Hospitalized (HH),Intellectual Disabilities (InD) ,Orthopedic
Cognitive Building – Cognition is the act of knowing or thinking. It includes the ability to choose, understand, remember and use information. Cognitive building includes attention and concentration, processing and understanding information, memory, communication, planning, organization, reasoning, problem solving, decision making, judgment, being patient and impulse control
Benefits of Learning Through Play Problem Solving-Cognition Learning Cause and Effect for Children – this extremely important of development assists children with learning when something occurs it will make something else occur.
Development of fine and gross motor skills– include picking things up with fingers, doing puzzles and using tools or instruments. Gross motor skills involve using the whole body to make large movements, such as running, jumping, catching, throwing, kicking and hopping.
