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Wrist Extensor Compartments Anatomy and Tendinopathy Considerations

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AdultOTOrthopaedics
Wrist extensor tendinopathies are a less often encountered diagnosis in rehabilitation settings. It can be difficult to determine the best course of action when evaluating the dorsal wrist tendons. This evaluation tool outlines the location of different extensor tendon compartments in the hand and common pathologies seen in each compartment.
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Handout

Working Memory and Adaptive Strategies

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AdultOTSLPBrain InjuryDementia
Working memory is an essential part of everyday short term memory. Finding strategies for adapting to the loss of this executive function can mitigate declines associated with early stage dementia and improve independence with completion of everyday skills.
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Therapy Material

Workbook: Impact of Mental Health on Daily Routines

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AdultOTMental Health
This resource is for clients working through a mental health diagnosis such as anxiety or depression. Gives prompts for writing down questions, areas of difficulty, impacts of diagnoses, and prioritizing wants and needs. May be a good introduction to journaling for those with anxiety or depression, serves as a reminder of the people in a person’s support system, and guides OT intervention and plan of care in a way that prioritizes function and mental health.
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Handout

Word-Finding Strategies

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AdultSLPAphasia
This handout visualizes 9 strategies patients can use when they get stuck and can’t find the word they want. Pair this handout with therapy tasks targeting word-finding.
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Therapy Material

Word Finding Tables

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AdultSLPAphasia
A word-finding task based on categories and alphabet.
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Therapy Material

Word Association Web

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AdultSLPAphasia
This activity has a variety of words in a web format in which a patient has to generate a target word that is associated with the two words that it is sandwiched between.
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Handout

Who Needs Speech Therapy? The Scope of Speech-Language Pathology

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AdultSLP
Handout that describes the broad scope of speech-language pathology, including all ages and all phases. Includes a limited list of diagnoses and signs/symptoms treated by SLPs.
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Handout

Wheelchair Management and Propulsion

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AdultOTSeating and Mobility
This resource provides patient training/education regarding the basics of wheelchair management. Includes locking and unlocking brakes, efficient propulsion techniques with hands and/or feet, postural exercises, and self repositioning techniques. May be utilized as a handout for single patient training/education intervention as well.
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Eval Tool

Wheelchair Fitting Measurement Form

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AdultOTSeating and Mobility
Listing measures for a wheelchair can be hard to document. This page provides a single place to document all of the appropriate measures for a wheelchair seating assessment.
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Clinical Reference

Wheelchair Fitting Considerations

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AdultOTSeating and Mobility
This document describes the fitting measures and helps you identify common problems with the fit of a wheelchair.
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Handout

Wheelchair Comfort: Air-Filled Cushion Inflation

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AdultOTSeating and Mobility
This resource visualizes how to properly create an air-filled cushion in order to optimize comfort for patients who spend most of their time in a wheelchair. Includes evidence base related to ulcer sores and step-by-step instructions on how to properly inflate cushions.
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Handout

Constraint Induced Movement Therapy

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AdultOTStroke
This handout explains the constraint induced movement therapy approach, including appropriate diagnoses, protocols, outcomes and benefits, and where to find continuing education on constraint induced movement therapy. The handout is targeted for patients, families, and caregiving support staff.
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Handout

What To Do if Autonomic Dysreflexia is Suspected

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AdultOTSpinal Cord Injury
Autonomic dysreflexia is a life-threatening condition and if you don’t know how to respond when someone presents with this condition, it can be very scary. This handout answers the question, “What do you do if autonomic dysreflexia is suspected?” It provides clear and concise steps that can be used by the therapist, family, or caregivers.
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Handout

Osteoarthritis

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AdultOTArthritis
This basic visual handout describes the basic anatomy and bodily mechanisms affecting patients who suffer from osteoarthritis. 
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Handout

What is Occupational Therapy?

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AdultOT
Occupational therapy can seem confusing at first – it is a dynamic, adaptable, holistic profession that focuses on helping people achieve their highest potential in all areas of life where they need rehabilitative support. This handout describes how occupational therapists can help people improve, adapt, or learn new skills, so that they can maintain their independence.
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Handout

Occipital Neuralgia

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AdultOTChronic PainNervous System Conditions
Occipital neuralgia is a type of headache with a unique presentation that differs from other headaches such as tension headaches or migraine type headaches. This handout is useful to people with occipital neuralgia and for clinicians who treat this condition. It describes what it is, how to treat it, and what to expect.
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Handout

Logopenic Primary Progressive Aphasia

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AdultSLPAphasia
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is the rarest form of aphasia and is a neurodegenerative disease. There are three variants of PPA. This handout will specifically focus on the logopenic variant of PPA and given some examples of how it may look for speech and language tasks.
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Handout

Guillain-Barré Syndrome

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AdultOTSLPNervous System Conditions
This handout helps patients understand Guillain-Barré or GBS. It educates in detail about causes, symptoms, and clinical diagnostic findings.
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