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Eye Tracking Activity Pack for Children with Dyslexia

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PediatricSLPLiteracy
Eye tracking difficulties can contribute to making academic success exceedingly difficult for children with dyslexia. This activity pack is for families, therapists, and educators who are seeking fun attention, concentration, and eye tracking activities to help target their children’s reading fluency goals. An eye tracking tool and activity are included.
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Handout

Expressive Language Integration During Screen-Based Activities

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PediatricSLPLanguage Development
Have any clients that are addicted to screen time and parents who are terrified to take away the screen for fear of a behavior? Use this handout to provide parents and caregivers with some ideas on how to support language development within the context of screen-based activities.
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Expressive Language Development for Preschoolers

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PediatricSLPBirth-3Language Development
Children with expressive language delays struggle with developing a wide range of grammatical structures and also exhibit limited mean length utterances (MLU) for their age. Below is a quick resource to guide SLPs in choosing developmentally age appropriate grammatical goals for preschoolers (12 months – 46 months).
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Expressive and Receptive Vocabulary Milestones

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PediatricSLPBirth-3Language Development
Children with speech/language delays do not meet vocabulary milestones at the same time as typical, same-aged peers. Because of this, children with language delays need increased verbal input and exposure to new words. This resource serves as a quick reference for clinicians and provides information on the number of words children generally acquire expressively and […]
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Handout

Expanding Expressive Language Through Home-Based Activities

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PediatricSLPLanguage Development
This handout is designed for therapists who are looking for fun activities to address expressive language skills in the home setting with toddlers and young children. This handout is also a resource for parents who want to continue building their children’s expressive language goals outside of the therapy setting.
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Exercises to Decrease Elbow, Wrist, and Hand Stiffness

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AdultOTBrain InjurySpasticityStroke
This handout is for patients who are experiencing spasticity after a brain injury. The handout provides instructions for specific exercises for clients to complete upper extremity self range of motion.
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Exercises for Shoulder Subluxation in the Acute Phase

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AdultOTStroke
This handout provides a few exercises that can be performed at home for shoulder subluxation. These isometric exercises strengthen the rotator cuff musculature, deltoid and pectoralis.
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Therapy Material

Exercises for Bell’s Palsy

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AdultOTSLPNervous System Conditions
This resource is for people experiencing the transient effects of Bell’s palsy. The exercises are not meant to be a cure for the condition, but rather a way to optimize muscle elasticity and length during the period of facial nerve paralysis. Includes exercises targeted at the eyebrows, neck and chin, nose, lips, and eyes.
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Clinical Reference

Exercise Protocol for Vascular Claudication

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AdultCardiovascular DiseaseChronic PainDiabetes
Vascular claudication can cause intermittent debilitating leg pain with walking. Exercise has been shown to be effective for improving walking distance and pain free walking distance in people who have this condition especially when supervised. Not everyone, however, has access to physical therapy services for supervised treatment. This intervention piece briefly discusses the state of […]
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Handout

Exercise Guidelines for People Living with Myasthenia Gravis and Myopathy

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AdultMultiple Sclerosis
Living with myasthenia gravis or myopathy means adhering to unique guidelines in order to reduce the risks associated with these diagnoses. The handout visualizes 13 specific strategies that help optimize exercise opportunities for this population.
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Exercise Intensity Guidelines

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AdultOTSports and Exercise
Calculating optimal heart rate during exercise can be tricky to accomplish and remember. This handout provides the basic formulas to calculate maximum heart rate and healthy range of heart rate during both moderate intensity and vigorous intensity exercise.
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Exercise and Diabetes Management

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AdultOTDiabetes
People with diabetes commonly receive medical interventions and medications to manage their type 2 diabetes. Several musculoskeletal pain disorders are more common in people with diabetes and physical therapists frequently treat patients with these problems. Having educational resources outlining exercise to help manage diabetes is common sense to improve health and maximize outcome in people […]
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Exercise Activities for Older Adults

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AdultOTAgingSports and Exercise
Upper body strength is necessary in order to be able to maintain independence and for important tasks such as getting up from a chair and maintaining balance. Exercise can also help regulate blood pressure and diabetes and diminish symptoms of osteoporosis and arthritis. This is a handout with various activities that older adults can use […]
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Examination Techniques for Vascular Claudication

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AdultCardiovascular DiseaseChronic PainDiabetes
Vascular claudication is common in people who smoke or have diabetes. People with these conditions also usually have other comorbidities such as back pain, spinal stenosis, diabetic neuropathy, and other comorbidities which makes identifying and managing vascular claudication difficult. This resource outlines several ways the therapist can differentiate between vascular related leg pain and back […]
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Clinical Reference

Examination and Classification of Patellofemoral Syndrome for Clinicians

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AdultHip/PelvisOrthopaedics
Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) may have sub-classifications that necessitate different treatment techniques. This resource outlines examination techniques for PFPS and how to tailor treatment to optimize outcomes in people with PFPS.
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Eval Tool

Exam Tests for Cervicogenic Headache

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AdultChronic Pain
Differentiating different types of headache can be challenging; having tests that can augment the subjective history of the person suffering from headaches can be useful for clinicians. This piece outlines some of the tests that can be used for cervicogenic headaches and provides a list of red flags that may warrant referral for medical evaluation.
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Clinical Reference

Evidence-Based Stretching with Dosage Guidelines

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AdultSports and Exercise
Static stretching is commonly prescribed by therapists for improving range of motion, alleviating pain, and maximizing function. This resource outlines how static stretching improves range of motion and which parameters are optimal to maximize stretching-related outcomes.
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Handout

Evidence-Based Examination for Fall Risk Reduction

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AdultOT
This list of examination measures are important to assess for any individual with increased risk of falls. Designed for physical therapy evaluations.
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Therapy Material

Evidence-Based Considerations for Pediatric Modified Barium Swallow Studies (MBSS)

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PediatricSLPArticulationF/V Sounds
Based on the course Modified Barium Swallow Studies in Infant and Pediatric Patients by Jennifer Raminick, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, this handout covers radiation exposure, accuracy of clinical bedside evaluations, elements to improve consistency and accuracy of swallow studies, candidacy for MBSS, differences of infant swallow vs. adult swallow, and stages of swallow during the exam.
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Strategies

Evidence Based Treatment Strategies for Calcific Tendonitis

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AdultOrthopaedics
This resource outlines the best treatment options for calcific tendonitis. It summarizes the evidence for interventions that may be used in a rehabilitation related setting along with medical interventions.
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