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Daily Schedule for Adults

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AdultOTSLPBrain InjuryCaregiver SupportsDementia
Visual schedules can reduce anxiety, improve memory and ease of executing daily routines for individuals with cognitive deficits as well as their caregivers. This therapy material provides a completed example, and blank template for developing daily schedules for adults with cognitive deficits.
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Cueing Techniques

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AdultOTSLPCaregiver Supports
This handout provides many examples of how to give someone cues during self care and may appropriate for therapists to share with staff and/or caregivers.
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Spinal Pathology Questionnaire

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AdultOrthopaedics
Serious spinal pathology is rare but can have devastating consequences if not recognized and referred for appropriate treatment. This cue sheet is designed for people with back pain to fill out prior to their therapy evaluation so that the therapist can then review it and follow-up on any checked items. It provides some questions that can (in rare instances) point toward serious underlying pathology. 
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Cranial Nerve Screening

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AdultOTSLPBrain InjuryDysphagia
This handout provides a review of cranial nerves, their primary functions, red flags, or warning signs that you might observe, and quick screens to rule out cranial nerve involvement. If any concerns are noted during screening, a more comprehensive cranial nerve evaluation is warranted.
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Clinical Reference

Counseling in Rehabilitation

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AdultOTSLP
When working as a therapist in rehabilitation, counseling will be a part of the job as the person you are working with is learning to cope with a life-changing diagnosis and a new normal. This material guides how to provide effective counseling, or purposeful conversation, by creating an empathetic environment and trust with four qualities: caring, self-awareness, observation, and active listening.
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Therapy Material

Copy and Recall Treatment (CART)

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AdultSLPAphasia
Copy and Recall Treatment (CART) is a written language treatment created by the University of Arizona Aphasia Research Project. This material provides directions on how to complete CART based on their protocol and how to make this treatment more functional.
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Cooking Tasks: Emphasizing Upper Body Strengthening

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AdultOTADLs/IADLs
This resource focuses on the use of cooking as a means to improve upper body strength, including a chart of different cooking activities and the areas targeted, as well as many ideas for foods/meals to prepare during individual or group therapy sessions to improve strength.
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Handout

Continuum of Post-Acute Rehabilitation Care

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AdultOTSLPCaregiver Supports
This handout describes five different levels of post-acute rehabilitation care: long-term acute care hospital, inpatient rehabilitation facility, skilled nursing facility, home healthcare, and outpatient, what type of person would benefit from each level, and average length of stay.
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Therapy Material

Constraint-Induced Language Therapy (CILT) Task: Organizing a Workspace

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AdultSLPAphasia
This task is designed for speech-language pathologists working with people on functional vocabulary and conversation using the constraint-induced language therapy model. Patients are challenged to place objects in a workspace according to how they are described.
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Constraint-Induced Language Therapy (CILT) Task: Building a Garden

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AdultSLPAphasia
Constraint induced language therapy relies on solely verbal communication, avoiding the use of compensatory strategies such as gesturing, drawing, writing, etc. The two tasks included in this product force patients to use only verbal language to accurately place plants in a garden.
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Considerations and Strategies for Caregiver Assisted Feeding

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AdultSLPDysphagia
Providing feeding assistance may seem like a simple task, but there are many considerations to follow, so the person swallows safely. This handout will explain the considerations and strategies to make mealtime an enjoyable experience for the person receiving feeding assistance.
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Clinical Reference

Considerations and Contraindications for Tracheostomy Weaning

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AdultSLPDysphagia
The decision to begin the tracheostomy weaning process is a complicated decision for the speech pathologist and the medical team. This handout provides a clinical judgement decision tree considerations, contraindications, and a guideline for the stages of the trach weaning process.
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Conservative Treatments for Osteoarthritis

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AdultOTArthritis
This handout describes the various conservative treatments for osteoarthritis, including therapy interventions, pain management, physical activity, diet/nutrition, and self-management.
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Handout

Congestive Heart Failure

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AdultOTSLPCardiovascular Disease
Congestive heart failure can be an overwhelming diagnosis to understand, as it requires a lifetime of healthy choices, management, and monitoring. This client handout includes an overview of what to expect when you are diagnosed with CHF, a guideline for healthy lifestyle choices that can reduce exacerbations, and a description of heart failure zones.
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Handout

Confabulation

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AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
Confabulation is related to memory impairment and can be present when a person has damage to the frontal lobe of their brain. A person may distort, fabricate, or misinterpret information to “fill the gaps” of knowledge they cannot recall. This handout provides further education about confabulation symptoms and what to do when a person presents with confabulation.
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Concussion

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AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
A handout describing the anatomy and symptoms of a concussion, treatment and rehabilitation options, and recent research. Improves a client’s understanding of the diagnosis and the role of rehabilitation in their recovery, especially in cases with post-concussion syndrome and lingering symptoms.
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Compensatory Strategies for Impaired Executive Functioning in Multiple Sclerosis

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AdultOTSLP
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) typically results in cognitive impairment impacting organizing and planning. This intervention guide provides information on two pragmatic cognitive compensatory strategies (Eisenhower Box and the ABODES method) that OTs can use with their clients to help them plan daily or weekly activities to manage neurofatigue and maintain independence.
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Handout

Comparison Table for Types of Dementia

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AdultOTSLPDementia
Dementia is a broad term used to describe subtypes of this disease. This table provides information about four subtypes Alzheimer’s disease, Vascular dementia, Lewy Body disease (Parkinson’s disease dementia), and Frontal Lobe dementia (Pick’s disease). This table has the symptoms organized by speech/language, memory, executive functions, swallowing, physical symptoms, and mood/emotions.
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Handout

Communication Techniques for Dementia

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AdultOTSLPDementia
Training caregivers in the skills needed for successful daily living for individuals with dementia can be difficult. Burnout, frustration, and lack of understanding of the disease process can reduce outcomes and quality of life for those with dementia. This handout includes a high-level overview of the best practices for communication with those with dementia, in an easy to read format for caregiver education.
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Communication Precautions Form

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AdultSLPAphasiaBrain Injury
This form is designed for therapists to share communication precautions to nursing, physician, therapy, and kitchen staff.
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