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Attentive Reading Constrained Summarization (ARCS)

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AdultSLPAphasiaBrain Injury
Attentive Reading Constrained Summarization (ARCS) is a cognitive-linguistic treatment created to improve a person’s discourse through reading and summarization using specific constraints. This material provides information regarding the purpose, components, prerequisites and population, materials, and steps for completion.
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Therapy Material

Attention to Detail: A Proofreading Task

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AdultSLPBrain Injury
This intervention requires an individual to remember the directions, sustain attention to the task, alternate attention, and make judgments during this higher-level cognitive-linguistic task. (11th-grade reading level). The task challenges people to catch typos while also reading the material to answer content questions.
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Handout

At-Home Guide to Minimizing Bone Loss After Spinal Cord Injury

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AdultOTSpinal Cord Injury
This is a resource for individuals after spinal cord injury who would like to be proactive about managing their increased risk for osteoporosis. The document gives recommendations for prevention and management of bone loss through at home activities and appropriate personal behaviors.
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Eval Tool

Aspiration Precautions Communication Form

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AdultSLPDysphagia
This form is designed for speech-language pathologists in medical settings needing to communicate aspiration precautions to nursing, physician, therapy, and kitchen staff.
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Therapy Material

Articulation Progress Chart for Speech Therapy

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PediatricSLPArticulation and Phonology
Articulation progress chart for speech therapy: Sound, word, phrase, sentence, paragraph, and conversation. Students can track progress in speech therapy.
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Therapy Material

Articulation Intervention: Vocalic /r/ Warm-Up

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PediatricSLPArticulation and Phonology
This resource provides a concrete structure to point to and practice elongating vocalic /r/ sounds in order.
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Therapy Material

Articulation Activity: Building /ch/ and /sh/ Snowmen

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AdultSLPArticulation and Phonology
This activity features 6 fun snowmen with different /ch/ and /sh/ words on each part, have fun practicing sounds while building funky snowmen and placing them in a winter scene.
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Apps to Increase Independence After a Brain Injury

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AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
Phone and tablet apps can help increase independence with cognitive tasks after a brain injury. This list of apps addresses memory, medication management, diabetes management, money calculation, speech to text, spaced retrieval training, and time management. These apps can be trained by speech-language pathologists and other rehabilitation specialists in rehabilitation settings to address functional cognitive-linguistic goals.
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Handout

Approaches to Introducing Solids: Baby-Led Weaning, Purees, and BLISS Method

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PediatricSLPFeeding and Swallowing
This parent-friendly handout provides an overview of approaches to introducing solids. Methods included are baby-led weaning (BLW), purees/traditional baby food, and baby-led introduction to solids (BLISS). This is a useful tool for early intervention, outpatient clinics, or hospital settings.
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Clinical Reference

Applying Makeup

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AdultOTADLs/IADLsBrain InjuryStroke
This resource covers adaptive equipment and compensatory strategies that can be used in order to improve independence with applying makeup.
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Apple Accessibility Features for Cognitive Impairments

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AdultOTSLPAgingBrain InjuryStroke
Technology can be a wonderful thing, but oftentimes a person does not know how to make technology more accessible for a person with impairments. This material provides details regarding accessibility features and accommodations for a person with cognitive impairments using Apple devices and includes instructions for setup.
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Handout

Aphasia: The Basics

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AdultSLPAphasia
Aphasia can be a confusing term for many to understand. Aphasia is a general term used when a person has trouble with four different parts that make up our language abilities. This handout will explain the umbrella term “aphasia” and break down the four parts of the language abilities that a speech therapist assesses after a person has a stroke or brain injury.
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Handout

Aphasia Therapy: How to Practice at Home

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AdultSLPAphasia
This handout lists several specific challenges to do in order to target language at the word and phrase/sentence levels with ideas for targeting reading and writing.
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Handout

Aphasia Resources

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AdultSLPAphasia
This handout describes national aphasia resources that anyone can access and find connection and meaning within.
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Clinical Reference

Anticipatory vs Reactive Balance Control

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AdultOTBalance/Vestibular/Falls
This handout highlights reactive versus anticipatory balance control. Interventions are provided to address impairments in both skills and progress with challenges to the sensory systems of balance.
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Handout

Anticipatory Self Awareness

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AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
Includes information on what anticipatory self awareness is, how to assess it, and how to treat and/or manage it.
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Handout

Anosognosia

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AdultOTSLPBrain InjuryCaregiver Supports
This handout is a resource for staff, family, friends, and caregivers and describes the symptoms, risks, etiology, and strategies associated with anosognosia.
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Handout

Angelman Syndrome

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PediatricSLPArticulation and PhonologyFeeding and SwallowingLanguage Development
Angelman syndrome is a rare neurological disorder. This handout provides helpful information for parents and clinicians to understand what the disorder may look like in children.
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Therapy Material

Anatomy of the Speech Mechanism – Cut and Paste Activities

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PediatricSLPArticulation and Phonology
In clinical practice, we often notice children with speech or fluency disorders need support in awareness of the oral structures, especially to help with placement of sounds. This increased awareness may lead to better outcomes and progress.
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Handout

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Speech Therapy

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AdultSLPProgressive Neurological Conditions
ALS is a progressive nervous system disease that does not have a cure. Speech therapy can help maintain the quality of life for the person’s communication, respiratory, and swallowing abilities throughout the disease progression as a part of the multidisciplinary team.
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