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Dual and Mixed Consistencies

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AdultSLPDysphagia
Dual or mixed consistencies are made up of both liquids and solids, which can make management and tolerance of these types of foods even more difficult. This handout explains what dual/mixed consistencies are, provides examples, explains why these consistencies are challenging, and provides suggestions for compensatory strategies.
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Drop Foot

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AdultOTNervous System Conditions
Do you have a patient with drop foot? This document helps to outline some of the potential causes of foot drop and evidence based treatment options depending on the cause. The document is a great option to educate your patient or to provide to your patient when referring to another practitioner.
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Driving After a Brain Injury

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AdultOTSLPADLs/IADLsBrain Injury
The ability to drive significantly improves a person’s independence, life participation in activities of daily living, quality of life and satisfaction, and re-integration into the community. This handout provides education regarding the cognitive, emotional, perceptual, and physical skills needed to operate a motor vehicle and steps to assess readiness and safety for return to driving following brain injury.
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Clinical Reference

Disorders of the Pharyngeal Stage of Swallowing

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AdultSLPDysphagia
This handout provides a table of disorders that may be observed during the pharyngeal stage of swallowing during an objective swallowing evaluation, the cause behind those observations, and more information related to each disorder.
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Disorders of the Oral Stage of Swallowing

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AdultSLPDysphagia
This handout provides a table of disorders that may be observed during the oral stage of swallowing during a bedside swallow evaluation or objective swallowing evaluation and the cause behind those observations.
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Disease Modifying Therapies for Multiple Sclerosis

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AdultOTSLPHealth Management and Self AdvocacyProgressive Neurological Conditions
This handout provides an overview of disease modifying therapies (DMTs) to help manage the progression of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and their potential side effects. Occupational therapists need to be aware of these side effects and how they can design interventions to help clients with MS manage the side effects and maintain safety and independence when prescribed DMTs.
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Clinical Reference

Discourse Analysis and Aphasia Treatment

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AdultSLPAphasia
This handout provides a visual of the Aphasia Institute’s Life Participation Approach to Aphasia and lists analyses that do and do not require transcription from the AphasiaBank website.
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Directional Preference Sample Progressions for Low Back Pain with Radiating Pain

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AdultOTChronic PainOrthopaedics
This resource is for clients wanting to take control of back pain that is radiating down the leg. Directional preference exercise, or stretching in a direction that reduces or brings symptoms closer to your back, can be useful to help control symptoms early on during the rehabilitation process. This intervention outlines some strategies that can help move the pain out of the leg during recovery.
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Dining Tools for People with Parkinson’s

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AdultOTSLPProgressive Neurological Conditions
This handout covers various types of dining tools people who want to compensate for Parkinson’s symptoms while dining. Features 16 pictures and labels of products currently available on the market to compensate for tremor and weak grip.
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Diffuse Axonal Injury (DAI)

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AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
A diffuse axonal injury (DAI) is a type of traumatic brain injury that is most commonly diagnosed after surviving a motor vehicle accident but can also happen following other types of traumas. This handout explains what causes a DAI, the different parts of a neuron for patients and caregivers to understand more easily, and functional impairments that can present following a DAI.
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Clinical Reference

Differential Diagnosis: Presbyphagia

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AdultSLPDysphagia
This handout is for SLPs performing differential diagnosis assessments for disease-related swallow impairments vs age-related swallow impairments. The handout describes the oral and motor symptomatic differences for accurate differential diagnosis.
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Clinical Reference

Differential Diagnosis: Dizziness

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AdultOTBalance/Vestibular/FallsNervous System Conditions
This handout is designed for therapists providing differential diagnosis information for patients experiencing dizziness. The handout compares benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) to central nervous system nystagmus and includes a comprehensive list of differential diagnosis points, including time before symptoms start after position change, duration of symptoms, direction of nystagmus, symptoms, nausea, likelihood that symptoms […]
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Differential Diagnosis: Apraxia of Speech vs Aphasia with Phonemic Paraphasias

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AdultSLPAphasiaMotor Speech/Dysarthria/Apraxia
Language impairments after brain injury can be difficult to tease out. In particular, apraxia of speech can often present in similar ways to aphasia with phonemic paraphasias. This clinical guide is meant to help speech-language pathologists more accurately diagnose these two impairments in order to better target treatment methods.
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Clinical Reference

Types of Naming

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AdultSLPAphasia
There are different ways to elicit a target word when a person has anomia or difficulty with word-finding. This handout provides a description of four different types of naming and a worksheet to target each type of naming.
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Diaphragmatic Breathing

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AdultOTChronic PainMental Health
Diaphragmatic breathing is an effective intervention to reduce stress and manage symptoms associated with many conditions. This handout describes the proper way of breathing, compensatory muscles used during inefficient breathing, and provides a guide to teach clients how to use their diaphragm properly.
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Diabetic Ulcers

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AdultOTDiabetes
Diabetic ulcers can have long lasting and significant consequences if left untreated. This handout provides general information concerning what causes diabetic ulcers, what they are, who is at risk, and how they are treated and prevented.
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Diabetic Ulcers: Footwear Guidelines

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AdultOTDiabetes
Diabetic ulcers are a complication to diabetes that can lead to infection and amputations. Providing guidelines for footwear may be beneficial to reduce the risk of developing a diabetic ulcer. This resource outlines several evidence based guidelines to reduce the risk of developing diabetic ulcers.
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Diabetic Neuropathy

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AdultOTDiabetesNervous System Conditions
Learning to manage diabetes can be overwhelming. For those newly diagnosed with diabetic neuropathy, this handout answers questions about the causes, symptoms, and treatment, as well as the role of therapy at different stages of neuropathy symptoms.
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Clinical Reference

Developing a Dementia-Friendly Approach

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AdultOTSLPDementia
This resource asists with the development to implement a dementia-friendly approach.
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