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Handout

Helpful Tips for Behavior Management at Meals

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PediatricSLPFeeding and Swallowing
This handout describes 6 concrete strategies that can be implemented to encourage positive eating behaviors.
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Therapy Activity

Animal Crackers Snack Mat

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PediatricSLPFeeding and SwallowingLanguage Development
Fun and functional snack mat for feeding therapy. Use your favorite snack (e.g. animal crackers). This mat can also be used to address receptive, expressive language, matching, basic concepts, and following directions.
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Handout

Feeding Milestones: 0-24 Months

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PediatricSLPFeeding and Swallowing
This handout breaks down what to expect between the age of 0-24 months in the area of feeding/eating development.
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Handout

Incorporating Sensory Activities in Feeding Therapy

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PediatricSLPFeeding and Swallowing
This handout addresses feeding sensory processing issues related to feeding. It provides 5 strategies to use to decrease averse reactions to foods.
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Handout

Pediatric Executive Functioning Milestones

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PediatricSLPExecutive FunctionLanguage Development
This handout breaks down the expected executive functional milestones between the ages of 0 and 18. Includes a brief description of executive functioning.
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Eval Tool

Patient Self-Management

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AdultOTADLs/IADLsMental Health
This resource provides the clinician with tools to assess an individual’s engagement with their chronic conditions, engagement during therapy sessions, and a resource to access additional patient-reported measures.
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Handout

Parkinson’s Disease and Voice Therapy Exercises

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AdultSLPProgressive Neurological ConditionsVoice
Lower dopamine levels cause automatic movements —speech, voice, swallowing, walking —to become difficult. This handout focuses on voice exercises with intentional body actions and uses a decibel meter device/application to measure progress.
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Handout HEP

Parkinson’s Disease: Home Exercise Tips

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AdultOTProgressive Neurological ConditionsSports and Exercise
This resource provides patients with PD with a general understanding of guidelines for stretches, strength training, and cardio exercises, and relaxation activities.
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Handout

Parkinson’s Medication

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AdultOTSLPProgressive Neurological Conditions
This handout is not an exhaustive list of Parkinson’s disease medications, but does provide a general overview of common medications for symptoms management. It also provides a list of side effects to monitor and report to the physician if observed.
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Handout

Parkinson’s Disease and Sense of Time

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AdultOTSLPProgressive Neurological Conditions
This handout explains how Parkinson’s disease can disrupt the individual’s sense of time and this can impact accuracy with medication management and nutrition.
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Handout

Palliative Care versus Hospice Care

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AdultOTSLPAgingCaregiver Supports
Two common but often misunderstood types of care are palliative care and hospice care. This handout provides detailed descriptions of palliative care and hospice care for people who have a serious or terminal illness and their family to improve their knowledge and understanding and reduce the fear of having tough conversations related to advanced care planning and end-of-life wishes.
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Handout

Pain Management

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AdultOTChronic Pain
An estimated 53% of older adults experience pain to an extent that it interferes with their daily lives and independence. When a client has pain, it may often be the first area for a therapist to address in order to improve outcomes in other areas. This clinician resource provides an overview of many non-pharmacological pain relief options to incorporate into treatment sessions.
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Handout

Pain and Smoking

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AdultOTChronic Pain
Many people who have long standing pain conditions also smoke. This handout outlines how smoking can affect musculoskeletal pain and how quitting may help decrease pain intensity.
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Handout

Ostomy Care

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AdultOTBowel/Bladder
Handout describing anatomy of an ostomy pouch, OT’s role in ostomy care, general guidelines for changing an ostomy pouch, how to release gas, and how to empty an ostomy pouch.
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Clinical Reference

OT Considerations Following Total Knee Replacements

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AdultOTOrthopaedics
This handout gives an overview of the OT scope of practice as it relates specifically to a total knee replacement. Includes explanation of what will be expected from OT treatment as it relates to daily tasks, adaptations, training, safety awareness, and equipment needs. Also includes simple tips and reminders.
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Eval Tool

OT Discharge Recommendations Form

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AdultOTBrain InjuryOrthopaedicsStroke
A simple way for practitioners to summarize all discharge recommendations. Improves interdisciplinary communication, streamlines discharge planning, and educates patients and families. Includes home evaluation findings, home care service recommendations, community resources, equipment, supervision recommendations, and more.
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Handout

Pacemaker Precautions

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AdultOTCardiovascular Disease
This is a visual guide to educate patients and hang in the room during rehabilitation immediately following a pacemaker surgery, as well as a guide for long term precautions when living with a pacemaker.
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Handout

Orthostatic Hypotension Precautions

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AdultOTBalance/Vestibular/Falls
A list of orthostatic hypotension precautions for patients.
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Handout

Osteoporosis

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AdultOTOrthopaedics
This handout outlines what osteoporosis is, what causes it, what can be done to prevent it and what strategies can be used to minimize its impact. 
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