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Handout

Generalizing Speech Therapy Goals in Physical and Occupational Therapy

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AdultSLPBrain Injury
This handout provides specific examples for practicing speech therapy goals during physical and occupational therapy tasks. These are just suggestions, but the therapy team can brainstorm additional ideas to help the patient achieve their goals. Generalization of goals will be more successful with more practice outside of the speech therapy room.
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Therapy Material

Gaze Stabilization Progression

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AdultOTBalance/Vestibular/FallsVision
This intervention piece outlines exercise techniques to lessen the impact of dizziness and to improve visual focus in people with vestibular hypofunction.
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Handout

Gait Patterns with Assistive Devices

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AdultOTSeating and Mobility
This document provides an explanation on gait patterns with assistive devices. This can be a helpful resource when documenting patterns or can be used as a handout to send with patients.
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Therapy Material

Functional Time Management

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AdultOTSLPBrain InjuryStroke
Time management is an important and complex executive functioning skill that impacts the ability to navigate day to day life. This therapy material works on addressing time management skills that may be difficult for individuals with cognitive deficits, in a meaningful and relevant way.
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Therapy Material

Functional Fine Motor Tasks

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AdultOTBrain InjuryOrthopaedicsStroke
Addressing fine motor coordination can often feel tedious, and rote fine motor training during treatment may feel as if it comes at the expense of addressing other skills. This session material is full of functional ideas for fine motor coordination training to incorporate into treatment sessions that also address a client’s level of function in other areas, and examples of how many daily tasks use fine motor skills.
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Functional Activities for In Room Treatments

Print Resource — US Letter — 5 pages
AdultOTADLs/IADLs
For therapists who find themselves performing in room treatment sessions with little to no equipment, here is a list of activities to help re-energize treatment sessions, spark new ideas, and promote the use of functional activities.
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Handout

Frozen Shoulder: What Now?

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AdultOTOrthopaedics
People with adhesive capsulitis, frequently referred to as frozen shoulder, often experience significant pain and disability. Knowing what frozen shoulder is, how it is managed, and what to expect is incredibly important for people suffering from this condition and for those who treat it. This handout outlines what frozen shoulder is, what may help, what may not help, and what to expect while recovering from adhesive capsulitis.
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Free Water Protocol

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AdultSLPCaregiver SupportsDysphagia
Hydration is a persistent challenge for patients who are NPO. This handout describes the Free Water Protocol, established in 1984 at the Frazier Rehab Institute. The handout describes the risks, benefits, and guidelines around the protocol and is appropriate for staff, patients, families, caregivers, and therapists.
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Eval Tool

Form: Continuing the Dysphagia Plan of Care After Going Home

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AdultSLPDysphagia
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.
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Handout

Foot Care

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AdultOTADLs/IADLsAgingHealth Management and Self Advocacy
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 InjuryStroke
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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AdultOTSports 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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AdultOTSLPBrain InjuryHealth Management and Self AdvocacyStroke
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 labels and 2 different pages with different challenges.
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Therapy Material

Finding Housing: Navigating Housing Ads

Print Resource — US Letter — 4 pages (including answer key)
AdultOTSLPBrain InjuryStroke
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 be made.
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Therapy Material

Financial Management – Bills and Budget Tracking

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AdultOTSLPADLs/IADLsBrain InjuryStroke
This material can be used as an aid to help a person with cognitive deficits 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

Print Resource — US Letter — 15 pages
AdultSLPADLs/IADLsBrain InjuryStroke
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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Eval Tool

Fear of Falling Assessments

Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages
AdultOT
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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AdultOT
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 SupportsStroke
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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