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WALC 3 Everyday Problem Solving E-Book
Linda bowers • rosemary huisingh • paul f. johnson • carolyn logiudice • jane orman.
- Product Number: 33629E
- ISBN 978-1-416-40842-0
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Ages: Adults
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
Focus on the cognitive processes and strategies used in problem solving. Hundreds of problem scenarios are presented based on common themes of money, work, family and social relationships, health and safety, and sports and leisure. Multiple-choice and open-ended questions guide clients to practice the targeted skills.
The first section of the book gives practice in these skills:
- Problem Solving - Identify a problem statement based on a brief scenario. Generate a quick solution based on limited information.
- Analyzing Problems - Clients study scenarios based on everyday activities. Many of the scenarios are based on functional reading such as advertisements, receipts, prescription labels, and sports schedules. The activity questions prompt clients to think about details that will help solve the depicted problems.
- Understanding & Applying Information - Identify information that is useful for problem-solving and apply it to depicted situations.
- Paraphrasing & Summarizing - Clients restate information in their own words. In the process, they identify the most important information. This skill helps them arrive at quicker solutions in problem solving.
- Making Inferences - Clients learn to consider all the factors when they make inferences in a variety of depicted situations.
- Empathizing - Clients consider the feelings of others and their own feelings as they analyze problems.
- Evaluating - Clients weigh the solutions to problems, paying close attention to details.
The last section of the book gives practice in integrating the above skills. Real-life problems are presented in a brief article, similar to something you might read in a local newspaper. Clients use the information in the article, the corresponding picture, and their own experience to approach the problems effectively.
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- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Sample Pages
- About the Authors
191 pages • e-book • ©2003
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Focus on the cognitive processes and strategies used in problem solving. Hundreds of problem scenarios are presented based on common themes of money, work, family and social relationships, health and safety, and sports and leisure. Multiple-choice and open-ended questions guide clients to practice the targeted skills. The first section of the book gives practice in these skills: Problem Solving Identify a problem statement based on a brief scenario. Generate a quick solution based on limited information. Analyzing Problems Clients study scenarios based on everyday activities. Many of the scenarios are based on functional reading such as advertisements, receipts, prescription labels, and sports schedules. The activity questions prompt clients to think about details that will help solve the depicted problems. Understanding & Applying Information Identify information that is useful for problem-solving and apply it to depicted situations. Paraphrasing & Summarizing Clients restate information in their own words. In the process, they identify the most important information. This skill helps them arrive at quicker solutions in problem solving. Making Inferences Clients learn to consider all the factors when they make inferences in a variety of depicted situations. Empathizing Clients consider the feelings of others and their own feelings as they analyze problems. Evaluating Clients weigh the solutions to problems, paying close attention to details. The last section of the book gives practice in integrating the above skills. Real-life problems are presented in a brief article, similar to something you might read in a local newspaper. Clients use the information in the article, the corresponding picture, and their own experience to approach the problems effectively.
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Workbook of Activities for Language and Cognition (WALC) 3: Everyday Problem Solving
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- 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
Focus on the cognitive processes and strategies used in problem solving. Hundreds of problem scenarios are presented based on common themes of money, work, family and social relationships, health and safety, and sports and leisure. Multiple-choice and open-ended questions guide clients to practice the targeted skills.
The first section of the book gives practice in these skills:
- Problem Solving - Identify a problem statement based on a brief scenario. Generate a quick solution based on limited information.
- Analyzing Problems - Clients study scenarios based on everyday activities. Many of the scenarios are based on functional reading such as advertisements, receipts, prescription labels, and sports schedules. The activity questions prompt clients to think about details that will help solve the depicted problems.
- Understanding & Applying Information - Identify information that is useful for problem-solving and apply it to depicted situations.
- Paraphrasing & Summarizing - Clients restate information in their own words. In the process, they identify the most important information. This skill helps them arrive at quicker solutions in problem solving.
- Making Inferences - Clients learn to consider all the factors when they make inferences in a variety of depicted situations.
- Empathizing - Clients consider the feelings of others and their own feelings as they analyze problems.
- Evaluating - Clients weigh the solutions to problems, paying close attention to details.
The last section of the book gives practice in integrating the above skills. Real-life problems are presented in a brief article, similar to something you might read in a local newspaper. Clients use the information in the article, the corresponding picture, and their own experience to approach the problems effectively.
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WALC 3 Everyday Problem Solving Focuses on the cognitive processes and strategies used in problem solving. Presents seven specific problem solving skills in isolation: Problem Solving, Analyzing Problems, Understanding & Applying Information, Paraphrasing & Summarizing, Making Inferences, Empathizing, and Evaluating. Then, activities apply them in hundreds of problem scenarios based on common themes of money, work, family and social relationships, health and safety, and sports and leisure. Multiple-choice and open-ended questions guide clients to practice the targeted skills. The last section of the book gives practice in integrating the above skills with real-life problems presented in brief articles. Answer key included.
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Ages: 16-Adults
With 300 pages of exercises, you'll use this book for almost every client who needs help with attention, memory, sequential thought, and reasoning.
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
Activities are organized into five skill areas:
- Attention and Concentration� Simple, engaging activities help clients increase their attention and concentration. Tasks include beginner-level math problems, word-search puzzles, crossword puzzles, and visual scanning exercises.
- Memory for General Information �Clients access remote memory to answer questions. Skills in concrete and abstract reasoning, comprehension of sentences and short paragraphs, and word retrieval are reinforced.
- Visual and Auditory Memory� Learn memory strategies such as associations, chaining, and sequencing items. Thirty pages of practice materials are included.
- Sequential Thought� �Improve organization by sequencing letters to form words; words in sentences; and the steps in completing daily activities.
- Reasoning �This section has 100 pages of activities to improve reasoning, problem-solving, and personal insight. The task content progresses from concrete to abstract in this general order: concrete and abstract categorization, logical conclusions, similarities and differences, opposites, inconsistencies in sentences, analogies, word deduction, proverbs, stating the problem, improving a situation, consequences, positive and negative viewpoints, multiple character viewpoints, and deduction puzzles.
To see more of this product's contents:
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Sample Pages
- About the Author
301 pages � 8.5 x 11 � softcover � �2002
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- Grade Level: All
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Problem Solving - Identify a problem statement based on a brief scenario. Generate a quick solution based on limited information. Analyzing Problems - Clients study scenarios based on everyday activities. Many of the scenarios are based on functional reading such as advertisements, receipts, prescription labels, and sports schedules.
More About This Product. WALC 3 Everyday Problem Solving Focuses on the cognitive processes and strategies used in problem solving.Presents seven specific problem solving skills in isolation: Problem Solving, Analyzing Problems, Understanding & Applying Information, Paraphrasing & Summarizing, Making Inferences, Empathizing, and Evaluating.
Reasoning-This section has 100 pages of activities to improve reasoning, problem-solving, and personal insight. The task content progresses from concrete to abstract in this general order: concrete and abstract categorization, logical conclusions, similarities and differences, opposites, inconsistencies in sentences, analogies, word deduction ...