Use the Workbook of Activities for Language and Cognition (WALC) 8: Word Finding to help clients meet their goals for mid- to high-level complexity word retrieval. This book offers plenty of strategies and repetition to meet diverse client needs. Written in the best-selling format of the Workbook of Activities for Language and Cognition series, these activities have:
easy-to-read format
simple, concise language
consistent progression of complexity within and between tasks
application to a wide range of acquired cognitive-language disorders
These ready-to-use activities tap into many facets of cognitive-linguistic processing that contribute to word retrieval:
vocabulary
problem solving
convergent thinking
thought flexibility
general knowledge
reasoning
deduction
divergent thinking
logic
creativity
The activities are organized into five skill areas:
Answering Questions: general information questions require short-answer responses
Building Categorization Skills: name items by category and add items to a category
Using Word Relationships: work with opposites, synonyms, and homonyms
Using Word Strategies: variety of approaches to stimulate word retrieval: use word puzzles, chaining, letter and syllable cues, definitions, and rhymes.
Naming and Selecting Pictures: name pictures and select pictures by the letter they begin with