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Handout

Social Skills Milestones: Birth to Elementary School

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PediatricSLPLanguage Development
This handout provides basic information regarding social skills milestones that are expected from birth through 10 years of age. Provides families and caregivers with a starting point when understanding pragmatic language delays.
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Eval Tool

Spaced Retrieval Training Log

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AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
This handout is for therapists using spaced retrieval training to recall important functional information, such as their phone number, home address, safety precautions, or names of family members.
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Handout

Smoking Cessation Online Resource List

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AdultOTChronic PainHealth Management and Self AdvocacyRespiratory
Many people who have long standing pain conditions also smoke, and quitting smoking can be very difficult. This intervention piece lists several helpful smoking cessation online resources that can be given to people interested in quitting.
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SLP Role in the Esophageal Stage of Swallowing

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AdultSLPDysphagia
What exactly is our role when it comes to esophageal dysfunction? This material describes the SLP’s role in screening for/being a part of a multidisciplinary team to treat esophageal dysphagia. Includes a handy reference chart for comparing and contrasting the symptoms of each etiology of dysphagia.
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Clinical Reference

Smoking Cessation Counseling Tips for Clinicians

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AdultOTChronic PainHealth Management and Self AdvocacyRespiratory
Smoking is associated with persistent pain and many negative health consequences, but can be very difficult to quit. This resource outlines common barriers and reasons for quitting to help the clinician identify targets to discuss during the interview. It also outlines referral options to help people quit smoking.
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Handout

Sliding Board Transfers

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AdultOTCaregiver SupportsSeating and Mobility
This resource includes considerations and procedures for proper setup and completion of sliding board transfers. Can be used during therapy and client/family/caregiver education to improve safety and carryover.
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Handout

SLP Collaboration in G-tube Weaning and Oral Feeding Initiation

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PediatricSLPFeeding and Swallowing
This handout may serve as a guideline for clinicians and families who are seeking an enhanced understanding of the role of the SLP, or the steps involved in pediatric g-tube weaning.
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Handout

Sleep: Why It’s Important and How to Get More of It

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AdultOTSLPHealth Management and Self Advocacy
This handout explains the consequences of not getting enough sleep and highlight ways to improve the amount of sleep achieved each night.
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Handout

Sleep and Pain

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AdultOTChronic Pain
Sleep disturbance and pain have a bi-directional relationship: those in pain tend not to sleep as well and not sleeping well increases pain. This handout outlines how sleep can influence pain and outlines strategies that may improve sleep hygiene and thus reduce pain.
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Clinical Reference

Skilled Documentation Dos and Don’ts for OT

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AdultOT
Skilled documentation is a vital component to ethical standards of care. Proper, accurate documentation can help patients ensure that their services are appropriately covered. This 5-page resource provides information to help clinicians document skilled need appropriately.
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Handout

Sleep Hygiene

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AdultOT
This handout provides tips for individuals to increase sleep participation through establishing better sleep hygiene and can be used to guide conversations about sleep between the OT and their client. This handout also provides a sleep diary that individuals can use to track their sleep habits.
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Voice Commands for Siri and Alexa

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AdultOTSLPBrain InjuryProgressive Neurological ConditionsStroke
This handout provides step-by-step instructions for turning on Siri and how to use “Hey Siri.” Also includes 12 specific voice-command scripts for functional tasks.
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Handout

Simple Strategies for Easier Mealtimes at Home

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PediatricSLPFeeding and Swallowing
Use this handout to coach caregivers through simple low-pressure strategies that may help make mealtimes feel more manageable and positive for children. The resource can support discussions about picky eating, seated mealtime routines, portion sizes, food exposure, and reducing stress or power struggles during meals at home.
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Handout

Silent or Laryngopharyngeal Reflux

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AdultSLPDysphagia
A person may be experiencing silent reflux or laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) if they continue to have a bitter taste in their throat but do not have a chest burning sensation. A specialized ear, nose, and throat doctor diagnose and treats LPR. This handout briefly explains the symptoms, diagnostic tests, and treatments that may be recommended by the doctor.
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Handout

Shoulder Subluxation: Causes and Treatment Interventions

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AdultOTStroke
This resource aims to improve outcomes and understanding of this diagnosis – it describes subluxation, including the diagnosis techniques, anatomy, and progression. It also lists and describes the most common and evidence-based interventions for prevention and management of subluxation.
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Handout

Signs and Symptoms of MCA Stroke

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AdultOTSLPStroke
This document outlines the signs and associated symptoms of a stroke in the middle cerebral artery.
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Handout

Shower Safety

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AdultOTADLs/IADLs
This handout offers statistics of risk of falls related to showers, and offers a simple overview of ideas for increasing safety in the shower. Leaves space for specific clinician recommendations for the client’s bathroom circumstances, in addition to general shower safety information and ideas.
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Therapy Activity

Sharing the Cost

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AdultOTSLPBrain InjuryStroke
This is a high-level cognitive activity that provides a scenario for calculating expenses for a group of friends going out to dinner and enjoying an entertainment event. 
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Handout

Shoulder Pain After Spinal Cord Injury

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AdultOTSpinal Cord Injury
It is common to have shoulder pain after having acquired a spinal cord injury. This handout answers some of the questions regarding shoulder pain and wheelchair propulsion.
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Handout

Setting up a Pain Free Work Station + Checklist

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AdultOT
Do you have patients that complain of chronic discomfort while working at their desk? This document provides a detailed procedure to promote proper ergonomics while working at a desk.
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