Ideas at Play: An Occupational Therapy (OT) Podcast

Ep. 79 Working Memory Strategies for Autism and ID

August 19, 2026·33 min
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Send us a Text or Voicemail A 6 year-old can't hold onto multi-step directions long enough to follow them — not because he isn't listening, but because his working memory drops the information before he can act on it. This week, Michele brings a real case to the table and digs into a 2024 study comparing two cognitive strategies — enactment and visualization — to see which one actually helps kids with autism and intellectual disability with working memory. Spoiler: one of them is the clear wi...

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