Description: Each book in this series addresses an integral component of daily communication and reasoning in a format just right for adults with language and cognitive disorders. Adult clients improve attention, mental manipulation of information, and comprehension with one-page language lessons that progress in difficulty. A screening tool in each book helps identify the client's use of reasoning strategies prior to designing therapy sessions. The content is basic to moderate difficulty level and reflects a wide variety of language needs for everyday functioning. Each book targets a different language skill area with appropriate content and reading levels for adults with acquired communication disorders. The books may be purchased as a 6-book set or individually. The 6-book set consists of: Just for Adults Abstract Categories Categorize intangible qualities and characteristics with tasks in selecting category names and members, excluding items from categories, and naming items in categories based on a variety of criteria. Just for Adults Concrete Categories Understand and categorize things that are definite and tangible with tasks in selecting category names and members, excluding items from categories, and naming items in categories based on a variety of criteria. Just for Adults Deductions Improve verbal, written, and figural deductive reasoning and inferencing by answering if/then, what, and who questions and completing language- and picture-based deduction activities. Just for Adults Following Directions Address the underlying forms and processes for understanding directions by practicing simple to complex variations in body part commands, written directions, and directions with picture and numbers. Just for Adults Word Relationships Clients access their word repertoire by recalling words as opposites, synonyms, and in analogies; and by recognizing multiple meaning words. Just for Adults Yes/No Questions Clients progress from easy to difficult levels of yes/no question comprehension. Activity formats include item comparisons, before and after questions, and questions with and without pictures. The activities conclude with yes/no questions pertaining to paragraph length material.

Publisher: Linguisystems