Attention

 

Attention treatments can be any form of practice on attention tasks with the aim of improving attention abilities. These may include:

• Familiar functional tasks such as making a simple snack that will involve paying attention to timings and safety
• Practising a skill until it becomes automatic

 

Strategies to improve attention:

• Minimise distractions
• Time management - plan ahead and plan all steps to complete the task
• Aids - use the alarm setting on a clock, cooker or mobile phone as a prompt
• Forced rehearsal - during conversations repeat back what has previously been said
• Self questioning - the patient should ask themselves "what should I be doing now?"