WALC Series
WALC 1: Aphasia Rehabilitation
Kathryn J. Tomlin
· Ages: 14 - Adult
Get exercises for:
l following commands l vocabulary l answering questions
l functional language l matching and identification
222 pages, reproducible activities, answer key, (2002)
WALC 2: Cognitive Rehab
Kathryn J. Tomlin
Ages: 16-Adults
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
301 pages • 8.5 x 11 • softcover • ©2002
31627...WALC 2
WALC 3: Everyday Problem Solving
Linda Bowers, Rosemary Huisingh, Paul F. Johnson, Carolyn LoGiudice, Jane Orman
Ages: Adult
Practice seven specific problem solving skills in isolation. Then, apply them to depicted situations and generate and evaluate solutions.
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
WALC 4: Everyday Reading
(Formerly Just for Adults: Survival Reading)
Laurie Bounds Keck
· Ages: 14 - Adult
Clients read and answer questions about realistic print, including:
l advertisements l prescription labels l schedules
l maps l bills l receipts
182 pages, reproducible activities, answer key, (2003)
WALC 5: Neurological Rehabilitation
(Formerly The Source for Neuro Rehab)
Lisa Arnold
· Ages: Adults
Give your clients functional language practise with exercises for:
l organisation l verbal problem solving l abstract reasoning
l writing skills l orientation and awareness of environment
l memory and attention skills
180 pages, reproducible activities, answer key, (2003)
WALC 6: Functional Language
Leslie Bilik-Thompson
· Ages: 14 - Adult
The focus is on functional carryover activities that allow for the integration of language and cognitive skills in daily life. Activities include:
l temporal orientation l spatial orientation
l nonverbal communication l auditory comprehension
l verbal expression l oral-motor skills
l reading comprehension
313 pages, reproducible activities, answer key, (2004)
WALC 7: Everyday Math
Laurie Bounds Keck, Tonya Peters
Ages: 16-Adults
Grades: 11-Adult
Math, language, and reasoning come together in this collection of functional lessons. The illustrations and activities replicate real-life skills. Comprehension questions guide your teaching.
Written in the best-selling format of the Workbook of Activities for Language and Cognition series, these activities have:
- an 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
31633...WALC 7
WALC 8: Word Finding
Kathryn J. Tomlin
· Ages: Adults
Help clients meet their goals for mid– to high-level complexity word retrieval! The tasks are first-rate with multiple word retrieval strategies that have plenty of repetition, in the dependable Kathryn Tomlin format.
Outcomes
· Answer questions that require convergent deduction, use of remote memory, and recall of specific information
· Stimulate effective coding and retrieval of words through categorisation
· Use word relationships to trigger word recall
· Develop effective strategies for confrontational naming
189 pages, reproducible activities, answer key
WALC 9: Verbal & Visual Reasoning
Kathryn J. Tomlin
· Ages: Adults
Verbal and visual reasoning and communication are highly interrelated. The exercises in this WALC “tease” out the integral parts and stimulate reasoning skills in clients with brain injury. You’ll find more to loke every time you pick up this book!
Outcomes
· Improve thought organisation, convergent reasoning, logical thinking, insight, integration of information
180 pages, answer key
WALC 10: Memory
· Ages: 16-Adult
Alleviate your clients' frustration with memory loss with exercises that tap auditory and visual learning styles guaranteed to retrain memory skills.
· Determine the client's strongest memory coding system (visual, auditory, or kinesthetic) and use that information to develop compensatory and remedial strategies
· Use strategies to improve coding and retrieval of information, such as word/mental picture associations, chaining, chunking, and mnemonics
· Improve mental manipulation (i.e., flexibility) of information that is stored and retrieved
*WALC 10 was formerly known as The Source for Memory Exercises.
180 pages, Memory/Coding System Chart, answer key (2007)
WALC 11: Language for Home Activities
· Ages: 16-Adult
· Improve five critical cognitive skills within the context and framework of home and home maintenance activities in this newest WALC resource.
· Retrain skills for language and cognitive processing, formulation, and expression using relevant, everyday vocabulary/content in the areas of word finding, organization of thought, categorization, reasoning, and picture/paragraph comprehension
180 pages, reproducible activities, answer key (2007)
WALC 12: Executive Functioning
By Kathryn J. Tomlin
Ages: Adolescents - Adults
Stimulate 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 WALC series, Executive Functioning includes reproducible exercises and activities that can be used in individual or group situations.
- 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.
- 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.
- Many of the items have multiple appropriate answers, which gives the client practice with thought flexibility.
- Many of 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.
- Several exercises have no right or wrong answers, as the responses will be based on the client’s subjective opinions and preferences.
- Many of the tasks will assist the client in developing decision-making skills, based on fact as opposed to unverified opinions.
31638...WALC 12
