C_S_D 4030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Respiratory Therapist, Occupational Therapy, Aphasia
29 Jul 2016
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Pica- looks at variability between high and low scores on similar subtests. Type of facility (acute care, rehab, etc); number of other therapies; reimbursement* Session length & frequency - 15-60 minutes; begin 2x/day; later 2- Arrangement of session (porch) opening- social greeting, conversation beginning- warm-up, review (familiar and successful activities) middle- new activities, higher level tasks, goal directed (working at max. capacity, less success) end- cool-down (review, high success), termination- What can clinicians manipulate to improve patient"s performance: stimulus manipulations, response manipulations. What the clinician does to improve patient"s performance. Figure-ground (how it stands out); multiple modalities. Newness, new orientation or use of old item. Phonemic cues, semantic category, description, gesture, written cue. Working memory demands are greater if delay imposed (wait 5 sec before response) Also if more processing time needed, may also need increased response time. Within response- same type of responses elicited.
