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Handout

Ideas for Building Language Skills in the Community

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PediatricSLPLanguage Development
This handout provides some ideas on how parents and caregivers can carryover speech therapy goals in the community.
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Handout

IDDSI Level 4 (Pureed/Extremely Thick)

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AdultSLPDysphagia
The International Dysphagia Diet Initiative (IDDSI) level four encompasses both drink and food which are “extremely thick” and “pureed.” This material provides information for patients and their caregivers on this consistency’s characteristics, the reasoning for recommendation/need for this consistency, ways to test this consistency at home, and helpful recommendations and examples.
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Handout

ICU Delirium

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AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
This handout describes three types of delirium as well as characteristics, risk factors, effects, screening tools, and tips for caregivers and staff members when a person they are caring
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Therapy Material

Ice Cream Syllables

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PediatricSLPApraxia of SpeechArticulation and Phonology
Saying words with two or more syllables is challenging for children with articulation or phonological disorders, or apraxia of speech. This worksheet provides opportunity for practicing these words in therapy and at home.
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Handout

Hypoxic Brain Injuries

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AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
What’s a hypoxic brain injury? Or anoxic brain injury? How long can the brain can survive with a reduced/lack of oxygen? This handout covers all aspects of anoxic/hypoxic brain injuries, including possible causes, and what potential damage could be expected.
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Handout

Hypo/Hyperkalemia

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AdultOTCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetes
Normal potassium levels are needed for the function of the brain, heart, muscles, and nerves. Abnormal potassium levels can affect electrical signals in the brain, causing changes or efficiency in cognitive function. Electrolytes, such as potassium, are what regulate these electrical signals. This handout explains how low and high potassium levels can ultimately affect the brain and provide information about factors/medical conditions that can cause abnormal potassium levels, signs and symptoms, and treatment of abnormal potassium levels in potassium-rich foods.
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Handout

Hydration

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AdultOTSLPHealth Management and Self Advocacy
This resource describes the importance of adequate hydration, the prevalence, and symptoms of dehydration, and tips on how to improve it.
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Handout

How to Stop Freezing with Parkinson’s Disease

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AdultOTProgressive Neurological Conditions
Freezing is not only frustrating, but also a significant fall risk. This resource provides a list of tricks to prevent and get out of a freezing episode.  It is a great visual to have taped to your patient’s wall, walker seat, or any other location that your patient has frequent episodes.
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Handout

How To Squat With Good Technique

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AdultOTSports and Exercise
The squat is a foundational movement that can be used to strengthen the quadriceps, glutes, and lower back muscles. Squatting with good technique can be helpful to make sure the correct muscles are being used and to ensure that it does not cause pain. This intervention piece is a useful tool that can be included with home exercise programs to outline the correct technique when performing a double leg squat.
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Handout

How to Spoon Feed Your Baby

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PediatricSLPFeeding and Swallowing
This handout provides ideas for successful early spoon-feeding and characteristics of good spoon-feeding. Giant gobs of food with leftovers shoved into the oral cavity? NO THANKS.
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Handout

How to Calculate Heart Rate

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AdultOTHealth Management and Self AdvocacySports and Exercise
Being able to calculate one’s own heart rate accurately is a vital skill for those looking to monitor heart rate for health reasons. This handout is designed to help therapists educate people on the different methods to accurately calculate heart rate so they can independently monitor and optimize their health.
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Handout

How Does the Brain Communicate? Introduction to the Central Nervous System

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AdultOTSLPBrain InjurySpinal Cord InjuryStroke
This handout is an introduction to the central nervous system of the brain and spinal cord. It explains the parts of a neuron and how it helps send chemical messages for communicating thoughts, body commands, and interpreting sensory information.
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Handout

How Does Manual Therapy Reduce Pain?

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AdultOTChronic Pain
This handout outlines and summarizes what the best available evidence says about how manual therapy may work to reduce pain, and it describes who may benefit most from it.
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Therapy Material

Make-A-Sentence: Household Scavenger Hunt

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PediatricSLPLanguage Development
This fun activity will help your child build vocabulary and increase sentence length and complexity.
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Handout

Household Cleaning After Stroke

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AdultOTADLs/IADLsStroke
This handout covers strategies and a variety of different modifications for increasing independence with household cleaning after experiencing a stroke.
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Eval Tool

House-Brackman Classification of Facial Function

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AdultOTSLPNervous System Conditions
This resource addresses facial nerve impairments, including Bell’s palsy. It describes the 6 grades of facial function related to nerve damage and can help classify and describe facial nerve impairments for evaluation purposes
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Handout

Hospital Beds

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AdultOTSLPSeating and Mobility
Hospital beds often have a learning curve for new users – both managing the controller as well as using the bed’s features to one’s advantage. This clinical resource includes a simple visual diagram of a hospital bed control with labels, and a guide for maximizing independence with performance of hospital bed mobility.
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Eval Tool

Home Safety Checklist

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AdultOTADLs/IADLsHome Modifications
A home safety checklist used for assessing safety, accessibility, and possible barriers for individuals in their homes.
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Handout HEP

Home Exercises for Self Range of Motion for the Hemiplegic Arm

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AdultOTStroke
This includes a home exercise program to teach clients who need to perform self range of motion for a hemiplegic upper extremity. It includes an area for customization of the number of repetitions, frequency recommendations, and/or individual notes and precautions.
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