Packet #37

This exercise primarily targets concentration, working memory, and executive functioning skills. These cognitive skills are heavily used when we are problem solving. Because your client must use some degree of trial and error, they must remember which attempts were successful as well as which ones were not. They must then devise strategies that help them remember the category of each drawer and what words correspond to each category. We use these skills when we have to organize items in our home in a way that makes them accessible to us and presentable.

Can you scan a space for relevant information? Using visual scanning and verbal memory, look at a matrix of random letters to find a hidden word pertaining to a theme. This can be done timed or untimed.

Using context clues given in text, your client must complete a passage by correctly filling in the blanks with the right words. In situations where we encounter ambiguities, we must use knowledge we have at present in order to solve problems. Examples of situations where using context clues is important for problem solving include “reading a room” of people and reading a text where one may encounter unfamiliar words.

Switching between tasks is a very important skill to have. In the real-world, we switch between tasks when we are conversing with friends and participating in an activity. In this exercise, your client will have to correctly switch between numbers and letters or letters and words in either ascending or descending order. Your client must develop strategies to remember the order in which to sequence the items while remembering which items they have already sequenced and avoiding the accidental mispairing of items.