Occupational Therapist
– Tip 1 Ask Yes/No Questions
– Tip 2 Speak Slowly, Cut Naturally
– Tip 3 Don’t Intearupt
– Tip 4 Don’t Finish Sentences
– Tip 5 Use Communcation Bearde and Apps
– Tip 6 Don’t Talk Down
– Tip 7 Enrourage Gesturas and Pointing
– Tip 8 Advocate For Speech Theraphy
The Temporal Lobe
1. Hearing
2. Memory and emotion
3. Object/Facial Identification
Daily Balance Exercises
Here are 5 simple balance exercises you can do daily to help prevent falls and improve your confidence with walking! Each exercise is based on a functional activity that you might do in everyday life. All you need is something sturdy to hold on to!
– Pants On-Off
– Forward Reaching
– Reaching Up
– Step Back
– Hip Opener
– Outre
Parietal Lobe
Part 3 is the Parietal lobe and what it does and how it functions!
– brain injury
– stroke
– stroke recovery
– memory loss
– fatigue
– concussion
Apraxia and Aphasia?
Dr. Lori explains the similarities and key differences between apraxia of speech and aphasia.
– speech sound
– individual sounds now apraxia
– profiles for our intents and purposes
– speech and it’s going to look slightly
– Aphasia as a language disorder
– Aphasia effects speaking and listening and reading and writing
– Aphasia over time and
– stroke or a brain injury to the left
– damaged causes apraxia now there is a praxia that can be caused from damage
Fix Curled Fingers After Stroke
If you’re dealing with muscle tightness or spasticity that’s causing curled fingers, you’re at the right place. We’ll go through 2 sets of 5 stretches and exercises to help improve tight hand muscles. These exercises are best for someone who has at least a small amount of movement in the hand/wrist.
– Thumb Abduction Stretch
– Gentle Opener
– Progressive Opener
– Flat Hand
– Active Open
APHASIA – definition, symptoms, causes, investigations
In this video Doctor O’Donovan explains Aphasia including, What is aphasia? What causes it? Plus different types of aphasia and how it is diagnosed.
The video covers Broca’s aphasia, Wernicke’s aphasia, global aphasia and more.
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Underutilized Recovery Tool
The Most Underutilized Recovery Tool in Stroke Rehab and Recovery
There are a lot of different tools and techniques that can help you in your stroke recovery, but one of the most underutilized is sleep! And you may think you already know all there is to know about sleep, health, and stroke recovery, but I bet I’ll surprise you.
– sleep
– health
– stroke recovery
Follow Along Speech Therapy for Aphasia – Expression Completion
Speech therapy exercise for aphasia, Parkinson’s and apraxia of speech. These exercises are for individuals with expressive language or speech difficulties secondary to neurologic injury such as stroke and brain injury. Follow along at home or, if you are a caregiver, try this with your loved one!
An apple a day
keeps the doctor away
A penny saved,
is a penny earned
Home – Opposites
Stroke and brain injury recovery exercise for speech and language using opposite completion for individuals with word finding difficulties, apraxia of speech and aphasia. Follow along at home for your practice!
Aphasia Speech Therapy at Home
Friend and enemy
Give amd take
Left and right
East and west