Cognitive communication
10 ideas for target: Cognitive communication
- Bag or box?
Encourage choice making by hiding motivating toys in a bag and a box. - Conversation Group
Conversation group for adolescents with Cognitive Communication Disorder - Listen for your animal
Adult tells a story, children make appropriate sound effect when their animal is mentioned - Lycra!
There are lots of ways a large piece of lycra can be used as a basic level group activity. - Monster Sandwich
A variation of “I went shopping and I bought …” - Musical following the leader
Children follow the leader, using musical instruments. - Musical instruments: with non verbal children
Use musical instruments to practise choosing and asking for more - Shopping baskets
Children remember which items they are required to buy, put them in their basket and then say what they have bought. - Tube posting
Posting toy cars or balls down a long cardboard tube - Video yourself communicating
Raising awareness of communication difficulties for clients with cognitive deficits in order to facilitate goal-setting