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Incorporating Montessori into Speech-Language Pathology Practice
Jennifer Brush and Julia Johnson from Brush Development were recently interviewed by SpeechPathology.com on "Incorporating Montessori into Speech-Language Patho...
AMI Staff
| 30 June 2022
Reading time: 1 minute
Memory Kits
The Akron-Summit County Public Library (Ohio, USA) has Memory Kits to purchase. The Kits, developed with Jennifer Brush of Brush Development (along Montessori F...
AMI Staff
| 3 May 2022
Reading time: 2 minutes
Intergenerational Montessori Program for Adults With Memory Concerns
A recent study published by Michelle Bourgeois and Jennifer Brush showed success in improving engagement and affect in older adults with mild memory concerns wh...
AMI Staff
| 20 May 2021
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Tips for Creating Memory Books to Enable Conversation
For people living with dementia, reading is a preserved skill. Therefore visual aids that include written information can be used as memory supports.
Jennifer Brush
| 27 April 2019
Reading time: 2 minutes
Tips for Creating Signs for your Montessori Program
Cognitive mapping is our ability to visualise where we are in a certain space.
It allows us to park, go into a store and find our car again, or find the bathroom...
Jennifer Brush
| 10 February 2018
Reading time: 3 minutes
How to Support Memory Loss?
When people cannot retain information internally due to cognitive deficits it becomes important that the information is stored in an external location where the...
Anne Kelly
| 24 July 2017
Reading time: 2 minutes