Overview
A collection of non-technological, face-to-face, person-to-person word games designed to enhance learning, language, laughter, and love.
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Description
This little book contains suggestions and specified word games to promote and stimulate language acquisition, vocabulary, memory, organization and overall communication skills. These games can be used with children of all ages and adults who may have experienced stroke, brain-injury or dementia. There are no required supplies or tokens. There are no screens or electronic devices needed. In fact, they are beneficial for that purpose alone, talking with each other and acknowledging the wonder of words.
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About the author
J.L. Leonard is a licensed and certified speech-language pathologist with over 45 years of experience working in the field of communicative disorders. She has worked with individuals suffering from stroke, brain injury, swallowing disorders, progressive neurological disease, autism, developmental and learning disabilities, and voice disorders. She writes poetry, song lyrics and is currently working on a fiction novel. She lives in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California.
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