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Therapy Material

Make-Your-Own-Communication-Board for People with Aphasia

Print Resource — US Letter — 5 pages
AdultSLPAphasia
A quick tool for SLPs to build custom communication boards for people with aphasia or other communication barriers. This digital download comes with 5 pages of icons (60 icons total). The patient can select words that they find useful. Cut, paste, laminate.
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Handout

Managing Myasthenia Gravis

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultOTSLP
This handout describes strategies to use when managing the symptoms of myasthenia gravis. Includes dietary, exercise, and medication considerations.
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Handout

Meal Preparation Guidelines for Diabetics

Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages
AdultOTDiabetes
This resource distills current recommendations for diabetic diets into an easy to replicate format and incorporates these guidelines into OT session cooking tasks to combine education and home management training. This aims to improve confidence and independence, and prevent the progression of diabetic symptoms. To be used in collaboration with licensed dietitians.
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Handout

Meal Preparation: No Cooking Required

Print Resource — US Letter — 4 pages
AdultOTADLs/IADLs
Meal prep may only be achievable via simplified methods in the facility – due to isolation, restrictions, or kitchen appliance availability. These ideas and recipes may be used during a treatment session and given to the client.
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Eval Tool

Measuring Orthostatic Hypotension

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultOTCardiovascular Disease
A guide to measuring orthostatic hypotension and recording changes.
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Handout

Managing Spasticity

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultOTBrain InjurySpinal Cord Injury
Spasticity and high muscle tone can cause significant discomfort and frustration. This tool is built to help guide a patient through methods to assist in decreasing their spasticity.
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Handout

Mechanisms for Recovery: Spontaneous Recovery, Neuroplasticity, and Adaptability

Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages
AdultSLPBrain Injury
A frequent question asked by people following brain injury is, “How long will it take for me to progress back to ‘normal’? Although there is no magic number to provide regarding recovery length, a therapist can provide education regarding recovery mechanisms, including spontaneous recovery, neuroplasticity, and adaptability. This handout describes three mechanisms of recovery and the difference between compensatory and therapeutic approaches.
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Handout

Managing Long Distance Contact with Loved Ones in Medical Facilities

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultOTSLPMental Health
This handout for family and loved ones gives ideas for connecting with your loved one from afar during times of COVID-19, physical distancing, or over long distances.
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Handout

Maximal Assist and Dependent Pivot Transfer Techniques

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultOT
This resource describes two styles of transfer techniques for a client requiring maximal or greater assistance. Staff may feel apprehensive attempting this type of transfer and it offers a step-by-step guide as well as modifications to consider based on the client’s abilities. May also be used for facility transfer inservices or caregiver education.
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Clinical Reference

Maintenance Therapy: What Is It and How Do You Justify It In Documentation?

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
Adult
Have you been discharging patients who are not making progress due to complex health conditions or a degenerative condition? If you feel that these individuals will decline in function after discharge you may be able to justify maintenance therapy. This document outlines what maintenance therapy is and how you justify it.
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Therapy Material

Make-Your-Own ADL Sequencing Board: Bathing and Dressing

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultOTSLPADLs/IADLsDementia
This make-your-own board is for people who would benefit from visual step-by-step instructions for dressing and bathing. Cut out steps that pertain to individual patients and place them on a board in a customized sequence.
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Eval Tool

Low-Vision, Aphasia-Friendly Visual Pain Scale

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultOTSLPAphasiaBrain InjuryVision
This legible, colorful, and graphics-based pain scale allows nursing and other care-giving staff to communicate with their patients about their level of pain throughout the day for the purposes of pain management.
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Handout

Low-Cost Leisure for Older Adults

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultOTADLs/IADLsAging
This resource outlines a variety of low-cost ideas to engage older adults in leisure activities. It provides a number of assessments that OTs can use to assess levels of engagement in leisure activities.
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Handout

Low Vision Set-Up for Meals Using the Clock Face Method

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultOTSLPADLs/IADLsVision
In the United States, it is estimated that 12 million adults over 40 have low vision, which can negatively impact self feeding ability. Use of the clock face method for meal setup can improve outcomes associated with intake, and this resource includes both a visual guide to clock face meal setup as well as a list of strategies for caregivers assisting with dining for those with low vision.
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Handout

Low Stimulation Following Brain Injury

Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages
AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
This resource provides a list of how to implement a low stimulation protocol, signs, symptoms, agitation or overstimulation triggers, and what to do/not to do when a person becomes agitated or overstimulated.
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Clinical Reference

Loading Guidelines for the Intervertebral Disc

Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages
AdultOrthopaedics
Lower back pain is generally non-specific in nature, but the intervertebral disc can be attributed to some back pain. People with back pain are frequently discouraged when they are told they have disc problems and feel like they cannot do anything about things like “degenerative disc disease,” “disc herniations,” and “disc bulges.” This resource provides information for clinicians and people with back pain interested in optimal loading for the intervertebral disc.
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Handout

Let’s Talk Aspiration: How Much is Too Much?

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultSLPDysphagia
This material explains the difference between “aspiration” and “silent aspiration.” New research with healthy swallows shows occasional aspiration and silent aspiration can be tolerated by the body in small amounts. This information will help with the differential diagnosis of dysphagia and presbyphagia and prevent over-diagnosis of dysphagia.
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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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