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PICU Environmental Mapping

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PediatricOTSLPFeeding and SwallowingPediatric Brain Injury
This family-facing handout helps parents identify small, realistic environmental adjustments in the PICU that can reduce sensory overload and support regulation during long hospital stays.
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The Suck–Swallow–Breathe Brainstem Reflex

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PediatricOTSLPFeeding and Swallowing
This handout helps therapists clearly explain how the suck–swallow–breathe reflex is controlled by the brainstem and why feeding coordination can be disrupted. It gives clinicians a simple, visual way to normalize feeding challenges and support calm, informed conversations with families.
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Basic Anatomy: The Infant vs. Adult Airway

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PediatricSLPFeeding and Swallowing
This handout helps therapists clearly explain the structural differences between the infant and adult airway in a way families can understand. Use it during feeding or swallowing discussions to connect anatomy to real-world function and support collaborative, informed decision-making.
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How to Use the Calendar App on iPhone

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AdultOTSLPADLs/IADLsBrain InjuryStroke
This step-by-step calendar guide helps therapists support people with cognitive impairments in organizing appointments, routines, and daily plans using a familiar smartphone tool. It’s designed to be used alongside screenshots in therapy to build confidence, reduce overwhelm, and support follow-through in real life.
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Food Scripts for Caregivers

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PediatricSLPFeeding and Swallowing
This handout gives caregivers simple, supportive scripts they can use during meal time to reduce pressure, ease anxiety, and honor each child’s sensory and emotional experience with food. It offers language that models curiosity, autonomy, and connection without giving nutrition advice or pushing a child to eat.
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Therapy Activity

What My Brain Is Trying to Do

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PediatricOTSLPAutismExecutive Function
This handout helps kids build insight by framing behaviors as adaptive brain strategies rather than problems to fix. Use it to guide compassionate conversations, support self-awareness, and strengthen collaboration between kids and the adults in their lives.
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Real-World AAC Partner Skills (For Adults Communicating With Kids)

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PediatricSLPAAC
This handout teaches adults how to support real-world communication with children who use AAC through simple, respectful partner strategies. Use it to guide families, teachers, and caregivers toward interactions that build autonomy, connection, and confidence.
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Collaborative Behavior Supports

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PediatricOTSLPAutismExecutive FunctionLanguage DevelopmentSensory
This resource reframes challenging behaviors as clues to unmet needs, lagging skills, and environmental mismatches, helping teams move beyond compliance-based approaches. The table format provides a practical way to collaborate with families and schools, identify what’s happening under the surface, and choose supportive strategies that honor each child’s autonomy and nervous system.
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Routines Built By Kids, Not For Them

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PediatricOTSLPAutismExecutive FunctionLanguage Development
This resource gives kids the lead in shaping their own routines, helping them identify what makes transitions easier and what supports they prefer. Use these templates to co-create meaningful, shareable plans that honor autonomy and reduce overwhelm.
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Clinical Reference

Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract Exercises (SOVTEs): An Expanded Clinical Guide

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AdultSLPVoice
This resource breaks down the history, science, and clinical application of semi-occluded vocal tract exercises so therapists can confidently explain why these techniques work and how to tailor them to each client. It offers clear guidance for implementing SOVTEs in meaningful, functional contexts so clients can feel immediate vocal ease and carry that efficiency into real-world communication.
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Mild TBI Symptom Management Strategy Bank

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AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
This strategy bank helps people with mTBI explore symptom-management options in a way that aligns with their values, daily routines, and goals. Use it to guide shared decision-making, track what works, and build personalized plans that support meaningful participation in real life.
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How to Send a Text on an iPhone: A Low-Vision Guide

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AdultOTSLPBrain InjuryStrokeVision
This visual guide walks patients through how to send a text on an iPhone using large print and clear, step-by-step photos. Use it to support low-vision users as they build confidence with real-world communication tasks.
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Clinical Reference

Using ChatGPT to Support Person-Centered Neuro Rehab

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AdultOTSLPADLs/IADLsAphasiaBrain InjuryDementiaDysphagiaMotor Speech/Dysarthria/ApraxiaNervous System ConditionsProgressive Neurological ConditionsSpinal Cord InjuryStroke
This guide helps therapists use ChatGPT to support person-centered thinking rather than jumping straight from a cognitive skill to a generic activity. It offers a clear workflow that keeps therapy grounded in what truly matters to the person, using AI only to brainstorm meaningful, real-life ideas and questions.
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Clinical Reference

Safety: A Framework for Real-World Conversations

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AdultOTSLPADLs/IADLsAgingBalance/Vestibular/FallsBrain InjuryHealth Management and Self AdvocacyProgressive Neurological ConditionsSpinal Cord InjuryStroke
This resource gives therapists a practical framework for addressing safety through real-life conversations instead of outdated, infantilizing photo cards. Use it to collaboratively explore individualized safety needs, routines, and supports in a way that preserves dignity and autonomy.
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Adaptive Strategies for Parenting

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AdultOTADLs/IADLsBrain InjuryCaregiver SupportsChronic PainSpinal Cord InjuryStroke
A practical handout therapists can share to help parents explore adaptive strategies that make daily caregiving safer, easier, and more sustainable. This resource reframes adaptations as tools for access and empowers families to find routines that work for their unique needs.
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Making Progress Without Burning Out

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AdultOTSLPADLs/IADLsBrain InjuryHealth Management and Self AdvocacySpinal Cord InjuryStroke
This handout contrasts “pushing through” with graded exposure using relatable scenarios and actionable strategies. Use it to guide pacing discussions and reinforce sustainable progress between sessions.
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Should I Switch to a Basic Phone?

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AdultOTSLPAgingBrain InjuryDementiaProgressive Neurological ConditionsStrokeVision
Guide clients through the real trade-offs of switching from a smart phone to a basic phone when technology feels overwhelming. This handout supports collaborative decision-making by naming how each option can shift cognitive load, effort, and expectations around communication.
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Handout

Understanding Stroke: A Guide for Kids

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AdultOTSLPStroke
This kid-friendly resource gives therapists a compassionate way to help kids make sense of stroke without overwhelming them or their families. It supports meaningful conversations that center reassurance, continuity, and the child’s emotional safety.
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Long-Term Care Through Medicaid: Waiver Slots and Placement Pathways (United States)

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AdultOTSLPAgingBrain InjuryCaregiver SupportsDementiaHealth Management and Self AdvocacyProgressive Neurological ConditionsSpinal Cord InjuryStroke
This resource offers a clear, patient-friendly overview of Medicaid long-term care pathways (HCBS waivers, nursing facility coverage, PACE, and assisted living) along with a companion documentation reference page for therapists. Use it to support informed decision-making, clarify common misconceptions, and guide families while also having quick access to phrasing and concepts that strengthen interdisciplinary documentation.
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