Difficulties with thinking
First, find out if the person has any difficulties with thinking skills.
Instruction
Ask: Do you have difficulties with planning and remembering?
- If the person answers yes, or is not sure, ask all thinking skills questions to understand more about the type of difficulties they experience.
- If the person answers no, the thinking skills questions do not need to be asked. Continue to vision skills.
Thinking skills questions
Instruction
Ask, do you have difficulty:
- planning what you are going to wear?
- putting clothes on in the right order and the right way?
- remembering to get dressed?
If the person answers yes to any of these questions, discuss referral for:
- Other assistive products for thinking skills
- A rehabilitation service.
Question
Remember Gabriel?
Gabriel often forgets to get dressed. He can see, reach for, and put on his clothes, but he needs assistance to choose them.
His mother chooses his clothes each morning, and gives them to him one at a time, so he can get dressed in the right order.
Which of these skills does Gabriel have difficulty with?
Select all that apply.
If you answered a, c, and d, you are correct!
Gabriel has difficulty planning what he is going to wear and remembering when to get dressed and which order to put his clothes on.
b is incorrect.
Gabriel does not have difficulty seeing.
Instruction
Learn more about assistive products for thinking skills in the TAP Cognition assistive products module.
Discussion
Gabriel has difficulty planning and remembering to dress.
Do you have any rehabilitation services nearby where Gabriel and his mother could get more advice?
Discuss with your colleagues.