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Therapy Material

Car Buying Activity

Print Resource — US Letter — 5 pages
AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
Many cognitive skills go into buying a car. This executive function activity will instruct a person to compare miles per gallon and other features of various vehicles to a wish list to determine which vehicle is the best fit to purchase.
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Therapy Material

Calculating Miles Between National Parks to Plan Trip

Print Resource — US Letter — 6 pages
AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
This therapy activity targets numerical problem solving instructs the person with a brain injury to calculate miles between national parks in the United States in order to determine which road trip to take.
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Brain Injury Wallet Cards

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 pages
AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
These wallet-sized support cards can be used with communication partners or individuals from the community. They will help explain how a brain injury can affect the brain injury survivor with cognition-communication tasks.
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Handout

Brain Injury Resources

Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages
AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
This material provides a list of resources for people who have a brain injury and their caregivers. Resources include associations, companies, support groups, and websites.
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Handout

Brain Injury and Nutrition

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
People who have survived brain injury require higher nutritional intake during recovery. This handout describes why and outlines some of the barriers and strategies to addressing these needs. Appropriate for staff, caregivers, patients, and family.
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Handout

Brain Injuries and Headaches

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
This handout features a simple pain scale and outlines the use of the rule of 2 in order to reduce the frequency of headaches s/p TBI.
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Therapy Material

Brain Craft

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultOTSLPBrain InjuryHealth Management and Self AdvocacyStrokeVision
This leisure-based intervention addresses bilateral fine motor coordination, executive functioning, attention, and visual perceptual skills while providing brain education and encouraging creativity. It is a fun way to work with clients who have survived brain injury or stroke, while addressing important functional skills. This activity has graded options for implementation based on time constraints or functional ability of the client.
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Handout

Bowel and Bladder Function After Spinal Cord Injury

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultOTBowel/BladderSpinal Cord Injury
This resource is for a patient who is struggling to develop a bowel program, bladder training program, or who needs more information on voiding dysfunction after an injury. 
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Eval Tool Therapy Material

Borg Scale: Rating of Perceived Exertion

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultOTSports and Exercise
Based on the Borg scale and numbered 1-10, the 1-page visual provides easy-to-read, easy-to-report exertion scale for patients to report their efforts.
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Handout

Body Scanning Meditation for Persistent Pain

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultOTChronic PainMental Health
Meditation and mindfulness techniques may be helpful to help manage persistent pain. This intervention handout outlines a simple body scanning technique for pain reduction. 
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Handout

Bladder Irritants and Nocturia Prevention Strategies

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultOTBowel/Bladder
Nocturia has a significant impact on sleep quality. This handout provides strategies to prevent nocturia through lifestyle modification and a list of common bladder irritants to avoid.
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Therapy Material

Birthday Shopping on a Budget

Print Resource — US Letter — 3 pages
AdultOTSLPBrain InjuryStroke
During this cognitive task, the patient will read a birthday gift scenario and select various items to meet the set budget. This task will target attention to detail, planning, decision making, and financial planning.
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Handout

Bipolar Disorder

Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages
AdultOTMental Health
Managing a mental health diagnosis can be a lifelong learning process. This handout explains the bipolar diagnosis, common characteristics of manic and depressive episodes, expectations for symptoms and management, and treatment options including the role of OT.
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Handout

Better Speech and Hearing Month 2020

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultSLPAphasiaBrain InjuryDysphagia
This is an updated design based on our original Better Speech and Hearing Month handout. Designed to target a more general audience, this handout describes the three hats worn by speech-language pathologists in medical rehabilitation settings: speech/language/voice, cognition, and dysphagia.
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Handout

Benefits of Proper Wheelchair Positioning

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultOTBrain InjurySeating and MobilitySpinal Cord InjuryStroke
This handout includes caregiver education regarding the benefits of proper wheelchair positioning. Includes such benefits as fall reduction, improved intake, reduced risk of aspiration, improved skin integrity, pain reduction, and increased ADL independence. Aim is to improve caregiver attention and follow through for use of the proper seating system and timely repositioning.
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Clinical Reference Handout

Batch Cooking for Energy Conservation

Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages
AdultOTADLs/IADLs
Cooking three times a day, every day, can be overwhelming to plan, prep, and execute. As occupational therapy practitioners, we have tools to improve efficiency and independence with daily tasks. This session material describes reasons for batch cooking, helpful hints/tips to improve efficiency, and ideas for meals that work well in larger batches. You may give it to the client for review and use any part for your session, including actual meal preparation, or functional cognitive training such as preparing a meal prep calendar or practice in multiplying a recipe.
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Handout

Bedside Swallow Eval Scheduled

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultSLPDysphagia
This HIPAA-friendly note is designed to be folded in half (for display in their room) and personalized with the name of their SLP and the date/time of their bedside evaluation.
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Handout

Basilar Stroke

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultOTSLPStroke
The brain is complex and therefore injuries to the brain are also complex. This document helps outline what you would expect to see if someone had a basilar or brainstem stroke.
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Therapy Material

Basic Sorting Task

Print Resource — US Letter — 8 pages
AdultSLPDementia
This task allows individuals with dementia or moderate/severe impairments to name items, identify possible concrete and abstract categories, and sort them accordingly. Written labels are included if the person needs visual information for the sorting task.
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HEP Therapy Material

Basic Lower Extremity Seated Exercises

Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages
AdultOTAging
Do you have a patient who is not safe to stand without assistance? This document offers a generic exercise program with only seated exercises. The document is great for health fairs, low level home exercise programs, and safe activities to increase activity tolerance for individuals with significant impairment.
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