Memory Exercises vs Advanced Writing Therapy

Memory Exercises app was designed to help improve and maintain short-term memory, attention, processing speed, and working memory of those adults who are either challenged due to the aging process or have been diagnosed with mild dementia, or suffered from a stroke and other related brain injuries. The app includes a variety of tasks that use auditory and visual processing of written and pictorial stimuli. These functional tasks such as, visual/auditory recall of written and picture-based information, delayed recall, and retrieval strategies are geared toward day to day activities. Also, the app has multiple levels for each task that can be used for challenging cognitive flexibility and mental agility of clients based on the literature available on evidence-based practice (e.g., Moro et al., 2012; Olchik et al., 2013) Memory Exercises app includes the following tasks: Visual recall of scenes Visual recall of objects Visual/auditory recall of written words and sentences Auditory recall of paragraphs Recall of personal information Recall of recent information Matching memory card game Memory Exercises app is easy to navigate and allows users to employ several tools to perform the following tasks: • Enter multiple clients • Change settings and use randomization • Adjust delay of stimuli and time of presentation • Select different types of background noise • Track correct and incorrect responses • E-mail and print results at the end of the session References: Moro, V., Condoleo, M.T., Sala, F., Pemigo, S., Moretto, G., & Gambina, G. (2012). Cognitive stimulation in MCI: An experimental study. American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and other Dementias, 27, 2, 121-130. Olchik, M.R., Farina, J., Steibel, N., Teixeira, A.R. & Yassuda, M.S. (2013). Memory training (MT) in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) generates change in cognitive performance. Archives of Geriatrics and Gerontology and Geriatrics, 56, 3, 442-447.

The fourth and final app in the Advanced Language Therapy series! Advanced Writing Therapy is designed to pick up where Writing Therapy left off by delving deeper into phoneme-grapheme correspondence to strengthen writing skills. Next,​ you apply those skills to write common words and sentences to dictation, and then you can practice generating your own content. Take your writing skills to the next level! **Try this app for free with Advanced Language Therapy Lite! ** **Get this app as part of the Advanced Language Therapy 4-in-1 value-priced app!** Four activities with built-in therapeutic supports to encourage independent practice for people with aphasia and other writing disorders. 1) Match: Strengthen sound-letter matching by selecting the letters (graphemes) that match the sounds (phonemes) you hear. Work on letter names, consonants, vowels, or blends. **Built-in Support: Use the Keyword picture, audio, and written word cues at the top to help you learn. 2) Spell: Practice spelling common words. The 700 words in this activity come from a list of the most common words in the English language, plus words based on vowel patterns. **Built-in Support: Press the Hint button to see 4 choices. Select the correct spelling, then copy the answer. 3) Type: Practice typing common sentences from 1-8 words in length. These 400+ sentences are ones you might use in an online chat, text message, email, or social media discussion. **Built-in Support: Touch the Hint button to see the sentence to copy. See your errors highlighted. 4) Write: Generate a sentence or paragraph to a writing prompt in functional categories such as taking notes, writing personal information, and making lists. **Built-in Support: The Hint button gives you a word bank. Select words from the word bank to add to your entry. The settings allow you to adjust the difficulty, cues available, and letter case for Match. You can select word length restrictions for the Spell activity, and you can choose to show or hide the scores on-screen for users who rely on the hints. Exercises in the Type and Write activities are organized by levels of difficulty. Other Tactus Therapy Apps to Work on Writing: * Writing Therapy: part of Language Therapy 4-in-1 to spell pictured words * Advanced Comprehension Therapy: use Build to arrange words in a sentence * Advanced Naming Therapy: use Create to makes sentences around a verb * Conversation Therapy: write your answers to all 10 question prompts Looking for something else? Find the right apps for you at tactustherapy.com/find In all Tactus Therapy apps, you’ll get evidence-based activities, thousands of exercises, and an adult-friendly interface designed by a speech-language pathologist. You never have to log in, pay a subscription, or connect to Wi-Fi to use our apps. Try them for FREE by downloading the Lite versions today!