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What is Spaced Retrieval?

Learn how this proven memory-training strategy works:

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Spaced Retrieval Step by StepSpaced Retrieval Step by Step
An Evidence-Based Memory Intervention
By Jeanette Benigas, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Jennifer Brush, M.A., CCC-SLP, and Gail Elliot, BASc, M.A.
Copyright © 2016 by Health Professions Press, Inc.

Help your clients with memory loss remember important information or actions with the proven memory training strategy of spaced retrieval (SR).

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