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Handout

Exercise Activities for Older Adults

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AdultOTAgingBalance/Vestibular/FallsSports and Exercise
This handout describes various exercise activities appropriate for older adults.
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Handout

Physical Requirements for Driving

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AdultOTADLs/IADLsBrain InjuryNervous System ConditionsSpinal Cord Injury
This handout covers what physical skills are required for safe driving. Part of the driving series including Visual Requirements for Driving.
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Clinical Reference

Upper Versus Lower Motor Neuron Disorders

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AdultOTNervous System Conditions
Upper and lower motor neuron lesions are commonly seen by occupational therapy practitioners across the rehabilitation continuum. This resource will help clinicians distinguish between upper versus lower motor neuron disorders to guide the neurological assessment.
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Handout

Pain Neuroscience Education

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AdultOTChronic Pain
Use this resource to introduce pain neuroscience education and explain central sensitization using clear, relatable metaphors. It helps you shift conversations away from tissue damage toward nervous system sensitivity and supports more effective, function-focused intervention planning.
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Therapy Activity

Attention to Detail: An Online or Paper Proofreading Task

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AdultOTSLPAphasiaBrain InjuryStrokeVision
Target skills such as sustained attention, alternating attention, judgment/reasoning, visual scanning, and more while independently proofreading a letter or utilizing AI tools to identify and correct errors. The letter is written at a high school reading level.
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Eval Tool

Driving Readiness Self Assessment and Considerations

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AdultOTSLPADLs/IADLsAgingBrain InjuryDementiaSpinal Cord InjuryStrokeVision
Use the following self-rating questions related to barriers to return to driving to assess self-awareness of limitations and guide discussion about aids, devices, and/or strategies that can assist with working toward the goal of operating a vehicle again.
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Therapy Activity

Creating a Personalized Road Trip

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AdultOTSLPADLs/IADLsBrain InjuryStroke
Rehearse executive function skills and strategies with a personalized road trip activity.
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Handout

Adaptive Devices to Control Sip Sizes

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AdultSLPDysphagia
An overview on adaptive devices to control sip size for patients who may exhibit impulsivity.
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Collaborative Care: Creating Space for Patients to Create Goals

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AdultOTSLPADLs/IADLsAgingAphasiaBrain InjuryDysphagiaMotor Speech/Dysarthria/ApraxiaSpinal Cord InjuryStrokeVisionVoice
This template allows for a partnership between the patient and the therapist to create meaningful goals. A supplemental page provides space for goals to be paired with ideas for addressing the goals outside of therapy.
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Therapy Activity

Figure It Out — Figurative Language and Idiom Practice Game

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PediatricSLPLanguage Development
This board game provides a quick and easy way to target idiom practice with either individuals or groups of clients.
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Therapy Activity

Shapes, Superlatives, and Spatial Concepts Activity

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PediatricSLPLanguage Development
This interactive activity provides a way for pre-literate and literate clients to practice superlatives and spatial concepts.
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Clinical Reference

Roadmap to Troubleshooting Speaking Valves in Pediatrics

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PediatricSLPFeeding and SwallowingPediatric Voice
Speaking valve use in the pediatric population can be challenging and requires an in-depth understanding of the upper airway, respiratory system, and intricacies of voice production. This roadmap will help guide decision making in the pediatric population.
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Clinical Reference

Impact of Cardiac Diagnoses on Infant Feeding

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PediatricSLPFeeding and Swallowing
Congenital heart defects are the most common occurring defects in the infant population. Understanding of signs of feeding difficulty and the appropriate use of evidence-based strategies are key in feeding success when working with this population.
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Therapy Activity

2024 Weekly Calendars

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AdultOTSLPADLs/IADLsAgingBrain InjuryDementiaStroke
Weekly calendars to assist with orientation, planning, and organizing.
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Therapy Activity

2024 Monthly Calendars

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AdultOTSLPADLs/IADLsAgingBrain InjuryDementiaStroke
Low-vision calendars to assist with orientation. Mark off each day when it’s done!
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Therapy Activity

Spot the Difference at the Grocery Store

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AdultBrain InjuryStrokeVision
This therapy material works on a variety of visual perceptual skills using images from a grocery store for a functional real-world version of spot the difference.
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Clinical Reference

Aging in Place: Supporting Nutrition & Hydration

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AdultOTSLPBrain InjuryChronic PainDementiaMental Health
This resource provides information focused on supporting safe and proper nutrition and hydration in the elderly at home, including the risks of malnutrition and dehydration, contributing factors, and interventions.
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Clinical Reference

Psychopharmacology Reference

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AdultOTSLPBrain InjuryChronic PainDementiaMental Health
This clinical reference sheet provides an overview of major medications used to treat mental health conditions commonly seen by occupational and speech therapy practitioners. This handout includes medications such as antidepressants, stimulants, mood stabilizers, and anxiolytics, with common generic and brand names and potential side effects relevant to occupational and speech therapy practice.
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Clinical Reference

Stress-Strain Relationship in Soft Tissue

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AdultOTSports and Exercise
This clinical reference includes a visual depiction of the stress-strain relationship that can be used to explain principles of soft tissue mechanics, such as stress, strain, total end range time, and low load long-duration approaches for managing soft tissue adaptive shortening. It also provides clinical information on these concepts related to soft tissue stretching.
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