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Therapy Material

Left Neglect/Low Vision Mental Math

Print Resource — US Letter — 12 pages
AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
Mental math sheets for patients recovering from brain injury and experiencing impairments associated with left neglect and low vision. Mental math requires sustained attention and can be a useful exercise when addressing functional problem solving required to complete basic cognitive tasks. The worksheets include a red bar on the left for those needing a visual cue to attend fully to the left side.
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Eval Tool

Left Neglect Quick Informal Assessment

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultOTSLPBrain InjuryVision
This quick informal assessment includes a clock task, line division task, letter cancellation task, and sentence copying task.
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Therapy Material

Feature Analysis Word Maps

Print Resource — US Letter — 10 pages
AdultSLPAphasia
Language therapy task with 10 pages of stunning photos with word maps tackling semantic feature analysis.
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Therapy Material

Language Stories

Print Resource — US Letter — 5 pages
AdultSLPAphasia
This activity features 4 engaging photos along with a list of content words to provide cues when asking clients to generate stories about the picture scenes.
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Therapy Material

Visual Scanning + Language Task

Print Resource — US Letter — 25 pages
AdultOTSLPAphasiaBalance/Vestibular/FallsVision
This language task features 48 word squares that correlate to 48 single written word cards. The task is designed for speech-language pathologists working with people who have therapy goals related to word-finding, single word functional reading, and visual-spatial matching. Great for SLP-OT and SLP-PT co-treats!
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Therapy Material

Inclusion/Exclusion of Categories

Print Resource — US Letter — 3 pages
AdultOTSLPAphasiaBrain Injury
Circle items that belong to a category and put an X through items that do not belong. This product contains three categories: Fruits, animals, and things that start with B.
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Therapy Material

Language Task: Building a Medical History Form

Print Resource — US Letter — 7 pages
AdultSLPAphasia
This resource is for people who have aphasia or other communication impairments. It is based on the PACT method, published in The ASHA Leader, March 2016.
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Therapy Material

Automatic Speech Scenes

Print Resource — US Letter — 3 pages
AdultSLPAphasia
These 12 scenes can be used to illicit spontaneous speech of common phrases, such as, “Thank you,” “Hello,” “Goodnight,” etc.
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Therapy Material

Responding to Text Messages and Emails

Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages
AdultSLPAphasia
This therapy task provides sample text messages and emails and challenges patients to write responses.
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Therapy Material

Picture Dictionary – Kitchen

Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages
AdultSLPAphasia
This therapy task is designed to target functional kitchen vocabulary. Includes a full page picture of a kitchen with tasks to target auditory comprehension, expressive language, reading comprehension, and written expression. Includes vocabulary words and carrier phrases. A highly versatile therapy task material that can be targeted to reach a variety of language levels during structured language therapy tasks for people with aphasia.
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Therapy Material

Kitchen Safety Questionnaire

Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages
AdultOTSLPADLs/IADLsBrain Injury
This resource can be used as an intervention or a screening tool to work on safety awareness in the kitchen. 
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Handout

Keep Calm and Assess the Risk of Aspiration Pneumonia

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultSLPDysphagia
Does aspiration = pneumonia? Maybe. This handout is designed to help SLPs navigate this complex conversation with patients who are at risk of dysphagia. The handout breaks down the evidence base of three variables and how they stack up to different risks. This provides a clear visual as to how a healthy immune system and quality, consistent oral care may be a strong avenue to prevent aspiration pneumonia, even in the presence of aspiration risk.
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Handout

Joint Protection

— US Letter — 1 page
AdultOTOrthopaedics
This handout describes joint protection techniques and data related to arthritis diagnoses. Includes education in nutrition, lifestyle, activity, body, and movement to serve as an educational and training material to use during OT intervention.
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Handout

Isometrics for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Print Resource — US Letter — 4 pages
AdultOTArthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis can be a debilitating condition. This handout provides a generalized exercise plan to get someone with RA started with exercises that have a low likelihood of increasing pain.
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Handout HEP Therapy Material

Intrinsic Hand Strengthening

Print Resource — US Letter — 4 pages
AdultOTOrthopaedics
This handout provides exercises and activities to strengthen the intrinsic muscles of the hand to improve grip and pinch strength and fine motor coordination. This handout can be used as a modifiable home exercise program for any patient with weak or impaired hand functioning.
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Handout

Intracranial Hemorrhages

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
Intracranial Hemorrhages can lead to both cognitive and physical deficits in which therapy is recommended. This handout explains the difference between different types of intracranial hemorrhages including epidural, intracerebral, subarachnoid, and subdural for educating patients and their caregivers.
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Clinical Reference

Intervention Considerations for Guillain-Barré Syndrome

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultOT
This document provides insight and guidelines for appropriate goals and interventions for someone with Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS). The document focuses principles of treatment during the acute stage and later stages of Recovery from GBS or an acute exacerbation of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP).
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Handout

Internal vs. External Distractions

Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages
AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
This handout explains the difference between internal and external distractions, how both can negatively affect performance in therapy, and tips for reducing distractions for educating both patients and their caregivers.
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Therapy Material

Internal Memory Strategy: Mnemonics

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultSLPBrain Injury
This therapy task is for adults wanting to improve their memory after traumatic brain injury. The worksheet is designed to provide the building blocks necessary to use the mnemonic memory strategy to recall functional lists, such as names, locations, and goals.
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