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Handout

Play Without Pressure

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PediatricOTSLPExecutive FunctionLanguage Development
A parent-friendly handout for families who find play tricky, covering why imaginative play matters, “follow-their-lead” basics, and age-banded quick-start ideas. Use it in session to model simple play coaching and send home as a one-pager with scripts, prompts, and low-pressure ways to build connection and language.
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Why Kids Need Boredom

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PediatricOTSLPExecutive FunctionLanguage Development
This parent handout helps therapists reframe “I’m bored” as practice time for planning, flexible thinking, and follow-through. It offers 20 fun, connection-building ideas kids can start on their own (letters, mini museums, recipe cards, window galleries) plus quick coaching tips so caregivers can support without rescuing.
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Texture Transition: Choose-Your-Own Adventure

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PediatricOTSLPFeeding and Swallowing
Use this flexible, parent-friendly handout to help families navigate texture transitions from smooths to soft finger foods without a rigid sequence. This resource supports shared decision-making, emphasizes regulation and safety, and helps families pair exploration with familiar, satiating foods.
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Habit Stacking Worksheet

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PediatricOTSLPExecutive Function
Use this one-page, interactive worksheet to teach habit-stacking in plain language and help people with ADHD or brain injury link a tiny action to a routine they already do. Clear examples, fill-in prompts, and a 7-day tracker guide you and your client to place tools where the habit happens, plan for bumps, and build consistent follow-through.
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Phones at School: Holding Tensions and Finding Solutions

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PediatricOTSLPExecutive Function
Use this one-page handout (inspired by Jonathan Haidt) to start a calm, evidence-aware conversation about phones, attention, and school. It explains executive function in plain language, acknowledges real-world tensions, and offers cross-stakeholder questions you can use in session, IEP meetings, or parent nights.
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Therapy Activity

ADHD Roadblock Reframes: A Guided Activity for Mindset Shifts

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PediatricOTSLPExecutive Function
This guided activity helps clients with ADHD reframe self-critical thoughts through therapist-led reflection and collaborative mindset shifts. Use it to explore internalized stigma, build self-compassion, and connect real-life challenges with supportive, strengths-based language.
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Your Pediatric Dysphagia Team

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PediatricOTSLPFeeding and Swallowing
Use this quick reference to introduce families to each key player (SLP, OT, dietitian, pediatrician, GI, ENT, and nurse) and clearly explain how each contributes to safe, effective swallowing care.
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Therapy Activity

Who I Am Now: An Identity Map for Kids After Brain Injury

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PediatricSLPPediatric Brain Injury
This identity map helps children explore who they are becoming after a brain injury, with prompts that honor both what’s stayed the same and what’s changing. Use this tool to support reflection, emotional expression, and the transformative process of rebuilding a sense of self.
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Therapy Activity

Whose Turn? A Pronoun Activity Using One Scene and Character Cards

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PediatricSLPLanguage Development
This activity supports pronoun development using a park scene and character cards that state each person’s name and pronouns. Guide students to describe what each character is doing in the scene, building grammar skills while modeling respectful, identity-affirming language.
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Clinical Reference

Helping Kids Find Their Voice: Exhalation Activities for Tracheostomy and Post-Ventilation

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PediatricSLPPediatric Voice
This resource offers evidence-informed, voice-centered exhalation activities for children with tracheostomies or post-ventilation recovery. Support early voicing in a developmentally appropriate, play-based way without relying on non-speech oral motor exercises.
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Adaptive Feeding Tools for Kids

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PediatricOTSLPFeeding and SwallowingSensory
This resource offers a curated list of adaptive feeding tools (both well-known and outside-the-box) to support children’s independence, comfort, and success during mealtimes. Therapists can use it to guide families in selecting practical, personalized tools that match each child’s unique motor and sensory needs.
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Therapy Activity

Words and Pictures for Velar Sounds

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PediatricSLPArticulation and Phonology
This set of picture cards targets /k/ and /g/ sounds in initial, medial, and final word positions with clear, engaging visuals that are easy to use in therapy. Includes 60 pictureable words plus minimal pairs to support children working on velar sound production and fronting.
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Co-Regulation Strategy Boards: Visual Tools for Emotional and Sensory Support

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PediatricOTSLPExecutive FunctionLanguage DevelopmentSensory
Help kids build self-awareness and regulation skills with visual strategy boards they co-create in therapy. This resource supports collaborative work across SLP and OT goals, integrating sensory tools and advocacy language that grows with the child.
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Clinical Reference

Writing Goals That Reference Play (Not Just Skills)

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PediatricOTSLPExecutive FunctionLanguage DevelopmentSensory
This resource helps therapists shift away from skill-only goals by showing how to write therapy goals that center meaningful, developmentally appropriate play. It includes play-based goal examples, a quick reference to types of play, and a worksheet to help reframe existing goals in a way that supports authentic engagement.
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Handout

Screen Time for Babies and Toddlers

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PediatricOTSLPExecutive FunctionLanguage DevelopmentSensory
This reflective handout supports parents of children ages birth to three in navigating screen time with clarity, compassion, and intention. Rather than prescribing limits, it invites meaningful awareness of how screens show up in daily life and what might be getting crowded out.
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Pacifiers: Finding Balance as a Parent

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PediatricOTSLPFeeding and SwallowingLanguage DevelopmentSensory
This handout offers a balanced, compassionate overview of pacifier use, helping parents understand both the benefits and considerations without overwhelming them with conflicting advice. It’s a supportive tool for therapists to guide conversations about infant soothing, feeding, and developmental choices in a judgment-free way.
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Understanding AAC Trials: What Families Need to Know

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PediatricSLPAACLanguage Development
This handout helps families understand what an AAC trial is, why it matters, and what steps to expect along the way, from evaluation to funding approval. It’s a clear, compassionate tool therapists can use to guide families through the AAC process with realistic expectations.
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Therapy Activity

Words and Pictures for /th/ Sounds

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PediatricSLPArticulation and Phonology
This resource includes clear, image-friendly words for voiced and voiceless /th/ sounds and minimal pairs, organized by word position to support targeted articulation practice. It’s designed to help therapists easily model, cue, and engage clients using visuals that are concrete and easy to relate to.
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Therapy Activity

Affirmation Posters: A Toolkit for Connection and Confidence

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PediatricOTSLPExecutive FunctionLanguage DevelopmentPediatric Brain InjurySensory
This set of six affirmation posters offers fresh, meaningful messages to help kids build confidence, resilience, and self-trust. Designed for therapy spaces, these statements spark reflection and connection without feeling cheesy or forced.
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