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Visualizing Posterior Tongue Ties

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PediatricOTSLPArticulation and PhonologyFeeding and Swallowing
This resource is not intended to guide clinicians in diagnosing or treating posterior tongue ties; rather, it provides a clear visual to help illustrate the concept. Our goal is to empower patients and families with the information they need to make their own informed decisions about potential treatment options.
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Feeding Your Pre-Term Baby: A Guide for Parents

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PediatricOTSLPFeeding and Swallowing
This guide supports parents of pre-term infants in navigating the unique challenges of feeding, offering gentle advice and reassurance as they provide nutrition for their baby. It’s designed to help parents trust their instincts and follow their baby’s cues, reinforcing that there’s no single “right” way to feed their child.
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A Family Guide to Intentional Screen Time

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PediatricOTSLPExecutive FunctionLanguage DevelopmentSensory
Help families think meaningfully about screen time with this guide that explores both the benefits and challenges of digital devices in daily life. With thoughtful questions and easy-to-follow steps, this resource supports families in creating a balanced, intentional approach to screen time that aligns with their unique goals and values.
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Returning to School After a Brain Injury

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PediatricOTSLPPediatric Brain Injury
This resource offers practical tips for parents, teachers, and students to help ease the transition back to school following a brain injury. Organized by preschool, elementary, and high school age groups, it provides clear, actionable advice tailored to each developmental stage. Therapists can use this resource to guide families and educators in supporting the child’s academic, social, and emotional needs, fostering a smooth return to the classroom.
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Real Life Messy Play: A Parent’s Guide

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PediatricOTSLPExecutive FunctionSensory
This resource helps parents understand the importance of messy play in childhood development, highlighting how sensory-rich, hands-on activities promote motor skills, problem-solving, creativity, and emotional regulation. It also provides a practical list of easy and accessible messy play ideas that parents can implement at home, using everyday items. Therapists can share this resource with parents to encourage playful, meaningful developmental experiences that can be incorporated into daily routines.
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Clinical Reference Handout

Exercises After Frenotomy: Outdated or Evidence-Based?

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PediatricSLPArticulation and PhonologyFeeding and Swallowing
This resource provides an in-depth look at the role of post-frenotomy exercises, including the historical context, current controversies, and research on the effectiveness of these exercises across different age groups- infants, children, and adults. With a focus on evidence-based recommendations, this guide encourages patients and parents to make informed decisions in collaboration with their healthcare providers.
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Breaking the Habit of Asking Questions to Elicit Language

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PediatricSLPLanguage Development
This resource helps parents move away from relying on constant questions to encourage their child’s language development. It provides age-appropriate strategies to foster spontaneous speech through observations, sentence expansions, and emotional acknowledgment. Share this guide with parents to support more natural and engaging communication with their children, from infancy through the teenage years.
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Heavy Work for Sensory Regulation: A Parent’s Guide

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PediatricOTSLPSensory
Share this resource with parents to help them understand the benefits of heavy work for their child’s sensory regulation. It provides simple, play-based activities that children can do at home to promote calming, focus, and body awareness. The guide encourages parents to incorporate heavy work into daily routines in a fun and natural way, helping their child regulate sensory input without feeling forced or overwhelmed.
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Pediatric Bedside Swallow Evaluation Form

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PediatricSLPFeeding and Swallowing
Use this resource as a comprehensive and standard workflow for initial bedside swallow evaluation for pediatric patients.
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Clinical Reference

From Culture to Cup: Culturally Responsive Feeding Therapy Strategies

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PediatricSLPFeeding and Swallowing
This resource invites you to explore ways to make feeding therapy more culturally responsive, offering guidance to help you recognize and honor the rich diversity of food practices and values that clients bring to the table.
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Nurturing Oral Care for Children with Dysphagia

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PediatricSLPFeeding and Swallowing
Oral care is vital in maintaining oral health as well as improving pulmonary outcomes specifically in children who have pharyngeal dysphagia. This resource provides information regarding oral care in children with swallowing deficits.
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Brain Rest 101: Helping Kids Recover After a Brain Injury

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PediatricSLPPediatric Brain Injury
Understanding brain rest is crucial for supporting children after a brain injury. This handout provides an overview of brain rest, detailing how it helps the brain heal and reduce cognitive strain. It’s designed for you to share with parents, offering them practical guidance on how to implement effective rest strategies to aid their child’s recovery.
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Teens and AAC: Make it Meaningful

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PediatricSLPAAC
This resource provides a starting point to increase teen buy-in and engagement with AAC. Tips and activities included.
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Job Readiness Skills for Adolescents

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PediatricOTSLPExecutive FunctionPediatric Brain Injury
This resource briefly outlines ways in which therapists can support job readiness skills in the adolescent population.
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Clinical Reference Eval Tool

Data Tracking and Analysis Across Domains

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PediatricSLPAACApraxia of SpeechArticulation and PhonologyAutismExecutive FunctionFeeding and SwallowingFluencyLanguage DevelopmentLiteracyPediatric Brain InjuryPediatric Voice
This resource provides a roadmap for data analysis and how to quickly and effectively analyze results to make informed intervention choices.
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Clinical Reference Eval Tool

Data Collection Form for Early AAC Users

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PediatricSLPAACLanguage Development
Data collection during early AAC introduction is vital in supporting language acquisition as well as to help determine the most appropriate communication system. This form provides a comprehensive data form for providers to use when introducing AAC to early communicators.
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Clinical Reference Handout

Pediatric Symptom to Specialist Referral Guide

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PediatricSLPFeeding and SwallowingLanguage DevelopmentPediatric Brain InjuryPediatric Voice
The assessment and management of pediatric feeding disorders requires an interdisciplinary lens to ensure long-term successful management. This resource seeks to provide a quick reference guide of symptoms and observations seen in children with feeding and swallowing difficulty to the appropriate referral source.
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Phonics Support Activities for Older Struggling Readers

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PediatricSLPLiteracy
Engage your teenage readers with activities to support phonics learning and enhance their decoding skills.
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Clinical Reference Handout Therapy Material

Working Memory Activities for Teens and TBIs

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PediatricSLPExecutive FunctionPediatric Brain Injury
Quick and easy activities to do with teens to support their working memory skills following a TBI.
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