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Swallow Exercises Tracking Sheet

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AdultSLPDysphagia
Swallow exercise tracking sheet. Write the name of the exercise + instructions. Patients can use squares to cross off exercise repetitions.
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Swallow Initiation

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AdultSLPDysphagia
Just how exactly is the swallow triggered? This handout describes the oral and pharyngeal sequences involved in a successful swallow. Also discusses swallow delay as well as how speech therapy can improve swallow initiation and reduce the risk of dysphagia and associated aspiration.
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Clinical Reference

Swallow Strategies Decision Tree

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AdultSLPDysphagia
This guide augments clinical decision making with a pathway for which swallow strategies to choose based on clinical observation. While this is not a black and white answer key to the many unique cases of dysphagia, it is a starting point to consider when working through each case.
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Strategies to Develop Receptive and Expressive Language Skills with Children Who Use AAC

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PediatricSLPAACLanguage Development
Many families find it difficult to support the communicative needs of their little ones who depend on AAC for participation in activities of daily living. This resource is for therapists, parents, caregivers, and educators who are seeking ideas and activities to build receptive and expressive language skills with their children who use aided AAC.
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Therapy Material

Summer Verb Tense Puzzle Targeting Past, Present, and Future for Pre-Literate and Literate Clients

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PediatricSLPLanguage Development
To develop increasingly complex language, children need to demonstrate proficiency in a variety of tenses to communicate their wants, needs, comments, and conversation. This activity uses summer themes and words to target the use of regular and irregular verbs in past, present, and future tenses. It is designed for non-literate and literate learners.
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Handout

Supported Conversation for Adults with Aphasia

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AdultSLPAphasiaCaregiver Supports
Supported Conversation for Adults with Aphasia (SCA) is an approach created by the Aphasia Institute to demonstrate the competence of a person with aphasia through a communication partner.
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Support Cards for Individuals with Dementia

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AdultOTSLPDementia
These business-card sized wallet cards provide information about the dementia severity, ways to support communication and daily activities, and important personal information about the person with dementia.
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Supplemental Oxygen Management

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AdultOTRespiratory
Returning home from rehabilitation with new orders for supplemental oxygen can be difficult. This is a complex challenge for new learning because it is medical management training, but also addresses safety awareness, balance, and dexterity. This resource describes the operation of a concentrator and portable oxygen tank for patient training, and addresses the management of oxygen tubing during mobility for practice during a therapy session. 
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Handout

Summertime Recipes for People with Dysphagia

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AdultSLPDysphagia
Returning home from rehabilitation with new orders for supplemental oxygen can be difficult. This is a complex challenge for new learning because it is medical management training, but also addresses safety awareness, balance, and dexterity. This resource describes the operation of a concentrator and portable oxygen tank for patient training, and addresses the management of oxygen tubing during mobility for practice during a therapy session. 
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Therapy Material

Summer Themed Pacing Board Activity

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PediatricSLPArticulation and Phonology
Pacing can help children communicate more effectively and build self-awareness. This activity is appropriate for most children, toddlers through school age, who may have speech sound errors and/or a language impairment.
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Summer Snack Ideas and Fun Recipes for Kids

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PediatricSLPFeeding and Swallowing
Summer is a fun time for kids to be involved in food preparation! This handout is designed for parents and caregivers and outlines some simple snacks with kid-friendly recipe layouts to encourage healthy food habits.
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Therapy Material

Summer Scavenger Hunt (F and V Phonemes)

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PediatricSLPArticulation and Phonology
Sometimes it takes creativity to keep kids focused and interested in practicing speech at home! This activity provides a fun way to work on sounds /f/ and /v/ in words. Simply cut out the images and hide them around the house. When the child finds the picture, model the word so they repeat it back. 
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Handout

Summer Language Carryover Ideas for Parents/Caregivers

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PediatricSLPLanguage Development
This handout is divided into strategies targeting younger children and older children. Encourage carryover outside of the structured therapy environment with this fun and colorful handout!
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Clinical Reference

Structured Therapy Tasks for Smooth Pursuit Eye Movement

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AdultOTSLPBrain InjuryVision
This handout describes three structured therapy tasks that can be completed with basic office products and an iPad to address unilateral visual neglect.
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Handout

Straws and Dysphagia

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AdultSLPDysphagia
People may not consider how complex swallowing with a straw can be and how many muscles need to be coordinated for swallowing to be safe. This handout provides education to the patient and care partners about the steps required to swallow safely with a straw.
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Handout

Strategies to Reduce the Risk of Hamstring Strain

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AdultOTOrthopaedicsSports and Exercise
This resource outlines evidence based training strategies to reduce the risk of hamstring strain.
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Handout

Strength Training Recommendations After Stroke

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AdultOTStroke
Strength training can have considerable beneficial effects after having a cerebrovascular accident (stroke). This handout summarizes the current best evidence recommendations for improving function through strength training after stroke. It is useful for those who have had strokes and for the healthcare professionals who work with people who have had strokes.
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Handout

Strategies to Limit Edema at Home

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AdultOT
Edema can be a reoccurring and challenging problem. This resource helps individuals identify treatments to limit their edema.
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Strategies to Decrease Echolalia and Support Spontaneous Language

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PediatricSLPLanguage Development
Do you have a patient whose main form of expressive language is characterized by echolalia? Is that patient able to produce or “echo” back extremely complex sentences or phrases but is unable to produce their own spontaneous responses within therapy activities and in conversation? This document outlines some basic strategies to use during therapy to decrease echolalic behaviors and increase a child’s spontaneous language capabilities.
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Strategies for Managing Dysarthria

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AdultSLPMotor Speech/Dysarthria/Apraxia
Unfortunately, the evidence base for resolving dysarthria is lacking. Intervention continues to focus on compensatory strategies. This handout describes why dysarthria occurs as well as specific compensatory strategies to manage the motor speech impairment.
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