Speech Therapy -> Executive Function -> Working Memory

Working Memory

Cognitive system that deals with short term memory storage and manipulating information for retrieval. For example, listening to a story, remembering events, and attempting to understand the meaning of the story concurrently.

Activity List(s)

Visual Schedule Cards

Goal Bank

  • Given read aloud short stories or other language activities and minimal cues, Ilona will recall details and answer 'wh' questions (what/where/when/why) using complete and correct phoneme structure with 80% accuracy over 5 consecutive sessions to improve language comprehension and expression. 3
  • Kelly will follow simple one-step directions with moderate cueing with 80% accuracy across 3 of 5 sessions. 1
  • Eric will retell a narrative, recalling 80% of details given minimal cueing across 3 of 5 sessions. 1
  • Eric will sequence 5 details for one story given minimal cueing across 3 of 5 sessions. 1
  • Morris will recall short words (approximately 4-6 phonemes in length) verbatim with 80% accuracy across 5 consecutive sessions to demonstrate attention, working memory, and/or auditory awareness skills. 2
  • Given visual and verbal stimuli, Coleman will expressively segment, manipulate and blend phonemes together (initial, medial, and final positions of words) with 90% accuracy across 3 therapy sessions to improve auditory processing skills. 4
  • When given decreasing cues, Earlie will retell a short story using at least 4 complete sentences with appropriate grammar, details, and sequence in 90% accuracyacross 4 consecutive sessions to improve expressive and receptive language skills. 3
  • When given verbal, visuals or gesture prompts, Teri will use 2+ words to describe a picture with 80% accuracy, over 3 consecutive sessions, as measured by observations, data collection and/or standardized testing to increase expressive language skills. 2

Resources

  • Kiki's Spring Language Adventure: Describe It (Color Edition) preview

    Kiki's Spring Language Adventure: Describe It (Color Edition)

    Gabriella Cousino, M.S., CF-SLP

    "Kiki's Spring Language Adventure: Describe It (Color Edition)" is a resource created to target use of adjectives, color names, modifiers, and overall use of descriptive language. In this resource,...

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  • Living Room Build a Scene: Speech and Language Activities preview

    Living Room Build a Scene: Speech and Language Activities

    Jessica Lenden-Holt

    16 pages of multiple living room scenes, living room items, different sized items, design your own living room activity, family members, pets.

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  • Kiki's Bunny Match preview

    Kiki's Bunny Match

    Bethany Ayer

    Memory games can promote the development of: • Visual - figure ground skills • Visual -perceptual skills • Executive functioning • Visual discrimination

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  • Back to School Word Hunt preview

    Back to School Word Hunt

    Bethany Ayer

    A quick 1 page printout to get back in the 'back to school' mindset. Have your client write as many items as they can think of for each category.

    Includes activity list

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