Pro-ed WALC 8 Word Finding by Kathryn J. Tomlin - 31634

Pro-ed WALC 8 Word Finding 

Ages: 16–Adults

Help clients meet their goals for mid- to high-level complexity word retrieval. This book offers plenty of strategies and repetition to meet diverse client needs.

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

These ready-to-use activities tap into many facets of cognitive-linguistic processing that contribute to word retrieval:

vocabulary
problem solving
convergent thinking
thought flexibility
general knowledge
reasoning
deduction
divergent thinking
logic
creativity

The activities are organized into five skill areas:

Answering Questions general information questions require short-answer responses
Building Categorization Skills name items by category and add items to a category
Using Word Relationships work with opposites, synonyms, and homonyms
Using Word Strategies variety of approaches to stimulate word retrieval: use word puzzles, chaining, letter and syllable cues, definitions, and rhymes.
Naming and Selecting Pictures name pictures and select pictures by the letter they begin with