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Eval Tool

Form: Continuing the Dysphagia Plan of Care After Going Home

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AdultSLPDietsDysphagia
Dysphagia precautions don’t end when someone leaves a hospital or care facility. This form is designed for Speech-Language Pathologists to fill out for patients and family in order to improve carry-over of strategies to reduce risk of dysphagia after returning to a home environment. Looking for this resource in Spanish? Find it here.
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Handout

Foot Care

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AdultOTADLsAging
Foot care is an important part of staying healthy and preventing medical crises. This handout is designed to help patients learn how to independently complete a proper foot care inspection and outlines red flags that may indicate the need for medical attention.
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Handout

Food and Liquid Intake and Dementia

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AdultSLPDementiaDysphagia
This handout is packed with functional strategies to improve food and liquid intake on a daily basis for people with dementia. Also includes information on how speech-language pathologists play a role in addressing feeding and swallowing issues at all stages of dementia.
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Therapy Material

Following Directions Task (Using iPad or iPhone)

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AdultSLPAphasiaBrain Injury
This structured therapy task targets auditory comprehension and the ability to follow directions through a series of verbal instructions that walks a patient through completing various functional tasks on an iPad or iPhone.
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Handout

Fitting Your Bike

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AdultPTSports and Exercise
Cycling has grown in popularity significantly over the last several decades. The repetitive motions associated with biking can easily cause pain over time. This handout will provide a starting point for an appropriate bicycle fit.
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Therapy Material

Finding Medication Box Errors Set #2

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AdultSLPBrain InjuryMedications and WellnessPlanning/OrganizingVisual Processing
For this activity, the patient will need to read the directions for each medication to know how often it should be taken. Then the patient will need to notice errors with the medication box which requires good attention and visual reasoning. This task could also be used for a visual scanning activity. Features realistic medication […]
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Therapy Material

Finding Housing: Navigating Housing Ads

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AdultSLPBrain InjuryFinancesPlanning/Organizing
Many cognitive-linguistic skills are used when determining the best choice for housing when a person is looking at the market available. In this housing ad activity, a person must determine which type of housing to pick based on specific preferences the buyer has given as well as answer questions related to compromises that have to […]
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Therapy Material

Financial Management – Bills and Budget Tracking

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AdultOTSLPBrain InjuryFinances
This material can be used as an aid to help a person with a brain injury play a more active role in their finances along with incorporating other aids/tools for reminders.
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Therapy Material

Financial Management for Cognitive Rehabilitation

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AdultSLPBrain InjuryFinances
This task is designed to recreate the common scenario of having a stash of receipts laid out on the table ready to be balanced into a financial ledger.
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Handout

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)

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AdultSLPLanguage DevelopmentPediatric Brain Injury
This handout accompanies the course: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: From Identification to Intervention. The handout covers Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, (FAS), Alcohol-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder (ARND), Alcohol-Related Birth Defects (ARBD), and Neurodevelopmental Disorder Associated with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure (ND-PAE) diagnoses. This handout also outlines FASD quick facts, therapy supports for children with FASD, strengths of children with FASD, […]
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Handout

Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome: What to Expect

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AdultPTHip/PelvisOrthopaedics
People who frequently squat deeply sometimes develop pain in the hip. Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI)is a term used to describe a specific type of hip pain that may involve pinching of structures between your thigh bone and pelvis resulting in pain. It is common in people who need to repetitively squat or move into deep ranges […]
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Eval Tool

Fear of Falling Assessments

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AdultOTPTFall Risk
This clinician guide will provide a detailed list of all standardized assessments for fear of falling and activity avoidance behavior. This guide will define fear of falling activity avoidance behavior and can be used to select the most appropriate assessment for your client and setting.
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Clinical Reference

Fear of Falling and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

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AdultOTFall Risk
This handout functions as a worksheet that can be completed with the patient to identify catastrophic thinking patterns related to fear of falling, leading to avoidance behavior. This worksheet helps patients question their own thoughts and identify potential strategies to minimize faulty thinking and fear of falling avoidance behavior.
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Handout

Family Games to Support Brain Injury Recovery

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AdultOTSLPBrain InjuryCaregiver
Family members often ask how they can support more thinking and language engagement at home after their loved one has a stroke or brain injury. This handout provides some suggestions but not all the possible games to consider.
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Eval Tool

Family Friendly Standard Score Visualization

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AdultPediatricOTSLP
This family-friendly standard score visualization graphic makes it possible to easily explain standardized test scores to families.
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Handout

Falls and Recurrent Brain Injuries: Why Both Should Be Avoided

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AdultOTPTSLPBrain InjuryFall Risk
Falls continue to be one of the most pressing concerns in medical facilities, as they come at a high cost, financially, medically, and emotionally. This handout provides statistics regarding falls and highlights how falls are related to brain injuries and cognitive decline. A must read for anyone doubting the need for significant fall precautions while […]
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Handout

Exercises to Decrease Elbow, Wrist, and Hand Stiffness

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AdultOTBrain InjurySpasticityStroke
This handout is for patients who are experiencing spasticity after a brain injury. The handout provides instructions for specific exercises for clients to complete upper extremity self range of motion.
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Handout

Exercises for Shoulder Subluxation in the Acute Phase

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AdultOTPTStroke
This handout provides a few exercises that can be performed at home for shoulder subluxation. These isometric exercises strengthen the rotator cuff musculature, deltoid and pectoralis.
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Therapy Material

Exercises for Bell’s Palsy

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AdultOTSLPNervous System Conditions
This resource is for people experiencing the transient effects of Bell’s palsy. The exercises are not meant to be a cure for the condition, but rather a way to optimize muscle elasticity and length during the period of facial nerve paralysis. Includes exercises targeted at the eyebrows, neck and chin, nose, lips, and eyes.
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