Working Memory: How Can I Address This in a Meaningful Way?
Presented by Sarah Baar and Lauren Schwabish
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Speech Scope Episode 8: Working Memory: How Can I Address This in a Meaningful Way?
Lauren Schwabish, MS, CCC-SLP, joins Sarah Baar to discuss working memory in brain injury treatment. With more than 24 years of experience, Lauren shares key insights from research and practical strategies for clinicians. Learn how to make working memory treatment more meaningful and effective in everyday practice.
Learning Objectives
- Interpret the evidence around treatment of working memory deficits
- Apply evidence-based, practical strategies to actionably address meaningful working memory treatment
- Solve patient case scenarios involving treatment of working memory in life contexts
Meet your instructors
Sarah Baar
Sarah is a speech-language pathologist in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She has had the opportunity to work in many settings across the continuum, including acute care, acute rehab, home and community, and outpatient therapy, and has been involved in various leadership projects. In 2016, she started the Honeycomb Speech Therapy…
Lauren Schwabish
Lauren Schwabish is the owner of Neuro Speech Services, a private practice based in Northern Virginia specializing in person-centered assessment and treatment of cognitive-communicative disorders related to stroke, brain injury, mild cognitive impairment, ADHD, and other neurologic and neurodegenerative conditions. Lauren…
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