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Handout

Total Hip Arthroplasty and the Role of Occupational Therapy

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AdultOTOrthopaedics
Total hip arthroplasty comes with many questions from patients, including materials and approaches used, precautions, and what the recovery process will look like. This handout explains these items and focuses on the role of OT in the recovery from a THA.
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Clinical Reference

Topic Inspirations for Stroke/Brain Injury Support Groups

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AdultSLPBrain Injury
Support groups provide a safe space for survivors of strokes/brain injuries and care partners during and after therapy has ended. This handout is as an inspiration guide for creating a meaningful group discussion theme for successful support groups.
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Handout

Toileting Schedules

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AdultOTBowel/Bladder
This handout provides education for patients and caregivers over the importance of using a toileting schedule, and the potential consequences of incontinence.
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Handout

Tips to Improve Executive Functioning

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PediatricSLPLanguage Development
This handout provides information on pediatric executive function development as well as ways to improve a child’s ability to function in the classroom and other settings.
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Handout

Tips for Caregivers or Staff Working with Someone with Aphasia

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AdultSLPAphasia
This handout is designed for staff, caregivers, friends, and family with those who have aphasia and provides specific strategies for both expressive and receptive communication.
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Handout

Tips for Caring for Someone with Dementia

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AdultOTSLPDementia
This is a handout outlining best practices for caring for someone who has dementia. Includes practical tips and strategies to optimize safety and independence.
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Handout

Tips for Successful Pivot Transfers

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AdultOTStroke
This is a handout for caregivers of someone requiring max assist with transfers outlining best practices and safety during a pivot transfer.
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Handout

Tips for Thriving After Surviving a Concussion

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AdultSLPBrain Injury
12 practical tips for those who have survived a concussion. This handout is designed to provide education to patients and their families to promote follow-through for self-care after this type of brain injury.
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Time Efficient Exercise for Long-Term Health

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AdultSports and Exercise
Working with clients who don’t have time to exercise, but want to? This handout is designed for people who struggle to find the time to exercise and are looking for time-efficient ideas that have a lasting impact on long-term health. The handout lays out the evidence base that correlates increasing VO2max with reduced mortality.
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Handout

Thumb Stability Exercises and Pain Management

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AdultOTOrthopaedics
This handout visualizes 6 specific stability and pain management exercises for arthritis.
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Therapy Activity

Three Low Vision Visual Attention Tasks for the Right Brain

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AdultOTSLPBrain InjuryVision
These three tasks challenge awareness of both the right and left sides of a page, alternating attention as needed, with all text designed to be appropriate for low-vision patients.
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Handout

Thickened Liquids Signs – NDD Language

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AdultSLPDysphagia
These NDD thickened liquids signs can be placed at head-of-bed to serve as helpful reminders for patients, staff, and family.
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Handout

The Supraglottic Swallow

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AdultSLPDysphagia
The supraglottic swallow maneuver requires a person to voluntarily close his/her vocal folds to add an extra layer of protection from aspiration. This material provides information regarding who should use this maneuver, the rationale, prerequisites, and instructions to complete this maneuver.
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Handout HEP

Theraband Home Exercise Program

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AdultOTOrthopaedicsSports and Exercise
This handout covers basic upper extremity theraband exercises with simple images and instructions for patients to use at home.
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Therapy Activity

Identifying Negation

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PediatricSLPLanguage Development
This task includes two pages of visual sets, challenging children to select which image does not fit.
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Handout

The Role of Therapies During COVID-19 Recovery

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AdultOTSLP
This handout provides basic information about COVID-19 as well as how physical, occupational, and speech therapy can assist in the recovery process.
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Handout

The Role of the Insula in the Brain

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AdultOTSLPBrain InjuryStroke
The insula is the underrated part of the brain unknown to many. It is responsible for many vital pieces of our daily activities such as our self-awareness, emotions, some senses, contributes to motor control, and complex speech. This handout provides knowledge about this important part of the brain.
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Handout

The Relationship Between Breath Support and Speech Production

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AdultSLPMotor Speech/Dysarthria/ApraxiaVoice
Use this speech breathing education handout to help patients better understand how breath support affects speech production, vocal loudness, phrasing, and intelligibility. This resource explains how neurological injury, pulmonary complications, ventilator use, or tracheostomy can impact speech breathing while reviewing evidence-informed therapy strategies such as diaphragmatic breathing, expiratory muscle strength training, posture adjustments, and visual […]
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