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🎃 How many patients can you use this with?

Published about 11 hours ago • 1 min read

Today's email is an ode to flashcards. They're in every SLP's toolkit for good reason: they're hard to beat for flexibility.

You can use them to target speech, language, and cognitive goals, in individual or group sessions, and they're great for less structured activities that support generalization.

Today, let's take a look at how one card can work for almost any patient. ⬇️

With this one card, you can work on:

  • Speech strategies: "Sit up tall. Describe the picture loud and clear."
  • Auditory comprehension: Ask WH- questions like "What are the people doing?", "Where are they?", "Who's holding a paintbrush?"
  • Verbal fluency: Have them name as many (fall-related activities, Halloween costumes, horror movies, etc.) as they can in 1 minute.
  • Word finding & communication strategies: Words like "apron," "seeds," or "jack-o'-lantern" can be tricky. If they get stuck, have them describe it, gesture, or draw a picture.
  • Response Elaboration Training: Have the patient name anything in the picture, confirm their response, ask a WH- question to expand it, and repeat the expansions back and forth.
    For a quick refresher → How To: Response Elaboration Training.
  • Thought organization/sequencing: Ask them to explain all the steps of carving a pumpkin from start to finish. Did they skip any steps? Could someone follow their directions?
  • Reasoning: Ask questions like "What time of year do you think it is?" or "How do you think these people are related to each other?"
  • Reminiscence therapy/building rapport: Ask them to share their own memories about carving pumpkins, fall traditions, or related activities.
  • Writing/spelling: Do any of the activities above, but have your patient write the answers!

With flashcards (and a little creativity), you always have therapy ready to go. 🙌

In the Virtual Rehab Center, you'll find 12 flashcard decks across 6 categories.

And since they're digital:

  • They're with you anywhere you can log in, so there's nothing to pack, lose, or leave in another patient's room.
  • No need to wipe down anything between patients.
  • They work great for teletherapy.
  • The photos are real scenes (not clip art or pictures that feel like they were made for kids).
  • Every deck comes with a guide in the Handout Vault with examples of treatment goals.

And the flashcards are just one part of the Virtual Rehab Center. You also get 60+ interactive exercises for aphasia, cognition, apraxia, dysarthria, and dysphagia, plus 115+ ready-made handouts.
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All the best,
​-Megan

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P.S. Get your whole clinic on board! If you'd like your employer to cover the cost, we have free resources and pricing guides to help you make the case for a group plan. 👏

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