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Handout

Should I Use Hot or Cold?

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AdultOTOrthopaedics
This document outlines the use of heating and cooling agents to treat health impairments. It provides explanations of various thermal agents and when to use which type of thermal agent.
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Therapy Material

Organizing and Planning a Calendar: Volunteering and Family Vacation

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AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
This scheduling task requires a person to use various executive function skills, including good initiation, visual scanning, divided visual attention, planning/organization, reading comprehension, written expression, and problem solving/reasoning.
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Handout

Incentive Spirometer

Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages
AdultOTSLPDysphagiaMotor Speech/Dysarthria/ApraxiaRespiratorySpinal Cord Injury
This resource provides basic education about incentive spirometry, including who should use an incentive spirometer, its benefits of use, how to use it, and normative values.
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Therapy Material

Time Pressure Management for the Treatment of Information Processing Speed

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AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
This resource provides education on the hierarchy of decision-making for the successful use of time pressure management (TPM) and how to train patients to use TPM to compensate for slowed information processing speed.
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Therapy Material

Summer Sorting/Categories Activity

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PediatricSLPLanguage Development
This resource is a visually engaging, easy-to-use activity targeting sorting and understanding categories with a summer theme.
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Therapy Material

Convergent and Divergent Thinking Task Examples and Activities

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PediatricSLPLanguage DevelopmentPediatric Brain Injury
This resource provides a list of convergent and divergent therapy activities and built-out examples of each.
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Tips to Help Your Child with Joint Attention

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PediatricSLPLanguage Development
Impairments with joint attention can have tremendous negative impacts on cognitive and social-communication skills. This handout provides information and techniques for clinicians and caregivers to use to help children with joint attention skills through various activities.
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Handout

Delayed or Age Expected: When to Get Your Child Evaluated for Speech Services

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PediatricSLPArticulation and PhonologyLanguage Development
Parent involvement and early detection can help to increase the efficiency of a child’s language development. This resource provides information and a checklist for caregivers, therapists, physicians, and teachers who want help to determine if a referral for evaluation for speech intervention is needed.
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Handout

Minimizing the Concurrent Training Interference Effect

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AdultOTSports and Exercise
This resource is a guideline for clinicians who work with clients needing strength, power, and cardiovascular adaptations. It discusses strategies to minimize the concurrent training effect.
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Clinical Reference Eval Tool

How To Perform an Oculomotor Examination

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AdultOTNervous System Conditions
This document outlines an oculomotor examination and specific conditions and symptoms where it is appropriate.
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Clinical Reference Handout

What is Heterotopic Ossification?

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AdultOTOrthopaedics
Although heterotopic ossification is rare, it can significantly impact care and return to a prior level of function. This document is meant as a resource for patients.
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Therapy Material

Grooming Nails

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultOTADLs/IADLsArthritisNervous System ConditionsOrthopaedicsSpinal Cord InjuryStroke
This resource offers different compensatory strategies and adaptive equipment for improving independence with grooming nails.
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Wheelchair Management in the Snow

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AdultOTCaregiver SupportsSeating and MobilitySpinal Cord InjuryStroke
This resource covers strategies for managing a wheelchair safely in the snow.
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Vehicle Modifications and Adaptive Equipment

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AdultOTNervous System ConditionsOrthopaedicsSpinal Cord InjuryStroke
This resource covers different types of adaptive equipment and modifications that can be made to vehicles to improve driving after injury or illness.
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Handout

Alternatives to Shoes with Laces

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AdultOTSLPADLs/IADLsArthritisCaregiver SupportsStroke
This handout details several shoe alternatives to tennis shoes with laces.
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Handout

The Importance of Standing

Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages
AdultOTNervous System ConditionsSpinal Cord InjuryStroke
This handout is intended for those who have low mobility and may need to use a standing frame, or who need extra motivation to work toward standing strength and/or tolerance.
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Therapy Material

The Five Components of Dysarthria

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AdultSLPMotor Speech/Dysarthria/Apraxia
This resource explores the five components considered when a speech therapist evaluates and treats dysarthria.
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