The WALC 12 Executive Functioning workbook stimulates neurologically-impaired clients' executive functioning with activities that use relevant content, themed around home activities and home maintenance. Written in the best-selling format of the Workbook of Activities for Language and Cognition series, Executive Functioning includes reproducible exercises and activities that can be used in individual or group situations. Whether you're a therapist, educator, or a parent seeking tools for cognitive development, this workbook is your key to unlocking the full potential of those you work with.
Targets:
Working Memory: Many of the tasks involve working memory, which taps into the client's general knowledge base, and encourages the client to ask others for help or to use whatever is available to gain the information they need to answer a question accurately.
Flexibility: Many of the items have multiple appropriate answers, which gives the client practice with thought flexibility.
Metacognition: Manyof the exercises have already been answered and the client must analyze whether the selected response was accurate. This provides practice with meta-cognitive skills for identifying, analyzing and planning.
Decision Making: Many of the tasks will assist the client in developing decision-making skills, based on fact as opposed to unverified opinions.
Subjective Opinions and Preferences: Several exercises have no right or wrong answers, as the responses will be based on the client's subjective opinions and preferences.
Age: Adolescents - Adults
What's In The Box:
1 (200 page) Detailed Workbook: Inside, you'll find a wealth of exercises and activities designed to target and improve executive functioning skills. Answer key is included.
How To Use It:
Choose activities from the workbook that target the areas requiring improvement. The workbook provides a variety of exercises that can be adapted to suit different age groups and skill levels. Most of the tasks provide answers for the client to choose from, which stimulates two specific thinking processes:
First, it causes the client to evaluate all of the choices to determine whether the provided items fit the question, giving the client practice with self-analyzing and selection based on fact and appropriateness.
Second, as these exercises were not developed for word finding or memory for general information improvement, the client won't be penalized if he has those deficits along with executive thinking deficits.
