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Handout

Epiglottic Inversion Impairment and Exercises

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AdultSLPDysphagia
The epiglottis plays a critical role in protecting the airway. This material describes the function of the epiglottis and provides exercises to complete to improve the function in a person with dysphagia.
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Handout

Environmental Considerations for Fall Risk Reduction

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AdultOTCaregiver SupportsHome Modifications
This targeted session material offers many considerations for therapists to reduce the risk of falls when working in skilled nursing facilities or similar environments. It includes a focus on environmental, seating, and caregiver education considerations to reduce fall risk in the older adult population.
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Handout

Encourage Language While Playing with Simple Toys

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PediatricSLPLanguage Development
Carry-over of speech therapy at home with family is vital for lasting success. This handout provides concrete suggestions related to 5 toys that parents/caregivers can use to encourage language while playing with their child at home.
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HEP Therapy Material

EMST Home Program Exercise Tracking Log

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AdultSLPDysphagia
It can be overwhelming to remember all the details for completing the expiratory muscle strength training (EMST) at home. This guide will help the patient and their family keep track of each repetition and know when to increase the resistance.
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Therapy Material

Emotional Vocabulary Expansion Activity

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PediatricSLPLanguage Development
Children with social pragmatic communication disorders often have a limited range of emotional vocabulary words (e.g., excited, depressed, sad, angry, happy, etc.), which affects their ability to express feelings in a healthy way. It is our job as speech-language pathologists to provide these children opportunities to learn and understand a wider variety of emotional vocabulary.
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Handout

Effects of Mouth Breathing

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PediatricSLPArticulation and PhonologyFeeding and Swallowing
Mouth-breathing is a maladaptive, compensatory behavior. Human facial anatomy was designed for breathing to occur through the nose. The nasal cavity filters the air we breathe, and allows airflow into the body for proper craniofacial development. The harmful effects of mouth-breathing in children are becoming more well-understood. This handout provides a brief overview of information for caregivers, parents, therapists, and other professionals regarding how mouth-breathing can affect multiple facets of development.
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Handout

Early Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease

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AdultOTSLPDementia
If we live long enough, it is nearly inevitable that we will develop Alzheimer’s disease. This document helps loved ones and caregivers identify early signs of the disease for better detection and earlier medical management.
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Handout

Early Intervention: How to Target More Than Nouns in Play

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PediatricSLPLanguage Development
Nouns emerge first in early developing language, but to help kids push into multi-word phrases and meaningful dialogue with communication partners, it is important to help them build up other types of words in their vocabularies. This handout provides a quick way to extend word types across play and everyday activities.
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Handout

Dysphagia Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis

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AdultSLPDysphagiaProgressive Neurological Conditions
This handout provides education about the different exercises and swallowing strategies that may help individuals with Multiple Sclerosis to improve swallowing functions and safety.
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Handout

Dysphagia Postural Strategies: Head Tilt and Head Turn

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AdultSLPDysphagia
This handout addresses dysphagia related to unilateral weakness at some point in the oro-pharyngeal phase of the swallow. The handout provides visuals for the two strategies as well as a snapshot of the evidence-base for when these strategies may be most effective.
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Handout

Dysphagia Intervention: Chin Tuck Against Resistance (CTAR)

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AdultSLPDysphagia
Designed for speech-language pathologists working with patients who have dysphagia and need to strengthen the suprahyoid muscles to improve the swallow.
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Handout HEP

Dysphagia Exercises for ALS

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AdultSLPDysphagiaProgressive Neurological Conditions
New research that has found physical activity is not a risk factor for individuals with ALS. When strictly monitored exercise programs are used, they have positive psychological and physiological effects with mild and moderate ALS. This handout will provide some suggested exercises to help your patient’s needs.
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Handout

Dysphagia Compensatory Strategies Cue Cards

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AdultSLPDysphagia
There are many swallowing compensatory strategies speech pathologists may recommend to patients. These cue cards will describe the purpose of the strategies and how to perform them. They can be placed on the table to be a visual reminder to use the swallowing compensatory strategies during meals.
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Eval Tool

Dysphagia and Multiple Sclerosis

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AdultSLPDysphagiaProgressive Neurological Conditions
Dysphagia can sneak up on people with multiple sclerosis. How do we quantify and monitor this over time so that it doesn’t get the best of the situation? This handout is designed for patients confronting multiple sclerosis and contains the DYMUS questionnaire as well as information regarding what to expect regarding dysphagia and MS over time.
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Handout

Dyslexia

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PediatricSLPLiteracy
This handout is intended for parents, teachers, and therapists to use as a reference when working with children with dyslexia. The information below provides a brief, general overview of dyslexia.
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Therapy Material

Dysarthria Group Therapy Activities

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AdultSLPMotor Speech/Dysarthria/Apraxia
Targeting dysarthria in a group setting can improve confidence and social interaction. This material provides a variety of ways to target dysarthria in a group setting.
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Therapy Material

Dysarthria Activity: Making Phone Calls

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AdultSLPMotor Speech/Dysarthria/Apraxia
This material provides guidance for practicing making phone calls as a therapeutic activity with people who have dysarthria.
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Handout

Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing for Apraxia

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PediatricSLPApraxia of Speech
This handout describes the use of DTTC by therapists address apraxia of speech in the pediatric population. The handout describes what DTTC is, how therapists incorporate it into therapy, and the principles of motor planning that make it successful.
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Handout

Dual and Mixed Consistencies

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AdultSLPDysphagia
Dual or mixed consistencies are made up of both liquids and solids, which can make management and tolerance of these types of foods even more difficult. This handout explains what dual/mixed consistencies are, provides examples, explains why these consistencies are challenging, and provides suggestions for compensatory strategies.
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