Cognitive-Speech-Language Therapy

Cognitive-Speech-Language skills frequently impact an individual’s ability to successfully function at their best to return to school, to function in the work setting, or to live as independently as possible. Therefore, we are pleased to offer our clinical expertise to address both basic and advanced skill areas using a highly individualized approach. We take practical paths to assisting individuals in the ongoing recovery process, to achieve their greatest potential and level of independent functioning. Together, our emphasis is on intensive individual therapy for skill rebuilding and the development of useful strategies to compensate for remaining skill challenges.

Cognitive-Language-Speech Therapy Services Targeted:

• Attention/concentration
• Functional and working memory
• Information processing
• New learning and practical strategies
• Social pragmatics in the work setting
• Word retrieval/thought formulation
• Reasoning/problem solving
• Functional communication
• Executive functioning (Task planning, initiation, organization and completion, inhibition, self-monitoring, time management, goal setting)

The Focus of Our Cognitive-Speech-Language Pathologists:

• Comprehensively evaluate thinking, language, and communication skills through formal and informal functional assessment tasks and create realistic goals
• Develop and implement practical compensatory strategies and home programs based upon individual needs, situational learning, and higher­ level language demands
• Target cognitive, language, learning and communication skills necessary for a successful return to independent living, school participation/reintegration, and/or supportive work environments

Therapeutic Rehabilitation Centers welcome your questions and referrals, as we are willing to coordinate our therapy efforts with the entire rehabilitation team, active case manager, involved physician and interested family. For a clinic visit contact Susan Miller, Admissions Director at susan.miller@uirehab.com or via phone at (248) 408-0128.