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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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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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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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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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Therapy Material

Visual Alternating Attention Tasks: Colors and Objects

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AdultOTSLPBrain InjuryVision
This task is meant to challenge the brain to alternate between two different visual concepts at the same time.
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Therapy Material

Visual Alternating Attention Task

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AdultOTSLPBrain InjuryVision
The classic task that asks patients to alternate their attention between letters and numbers. In this case, the letters and numbers are color coded.
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Therapy Material

Alternating Attention & Visual Scanning: Matching Numbers to Letters

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AdultOTSLPVision
This task is designed as a task to tackle alternating attention and visual scanning. Patients are required to match a number to a letter in order to find the punchlines to jokes.
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Therapy Material

Alphabet Boards

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AdultSLPAphasia
Alphabet boards to have handy when assessing people with aphasia or other communication barriers. Two separate layouts: alphabetical and QWERTY keyboard.
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Therapy Material

Alliteration/Tongue Twister Dysarthria Activity

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AdultSLPMotor Speech/Dysarthria/Apraxia
Research suggests individuals with dysarthria have significantly increased speech errors and a slower rate when verbalizing challenging tongue twisters. Tongue twisters are often filled with alliterations or sounds repeated in close succession. This material provides evidence to support practicing verbalizing alliterations and tongue twisters to target articulatory precision and prosodic strategies and provides examples for practice.
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Handout

Aided Language Stimulation

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PediatricSLPAACLanguage Development
This handout describes what aided language stimulation is and provides concrete ways to use this method to help children successfully learn how to use their AAC devices.
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Aging in Place

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AdultOTAgingHome Modifications
In the current aging population, there are many people who will benefit from home modifications in anticipation of aging in place. Rehabilitation professionals are uniquely suited to creating accessible environments. This handout is for clients pursuing aging in place. It explains the aging in place concept, and the potential benefits and scope of work a person can expect when pursuing home modification.
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Clinical Reference

Aerosol Generating Procedures: A Resource for SLPs

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AdultSLPDysphagiaVoice
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in many changes for how speech-language pathologists approach our daily evaluations and treatments with individuals with dysphagia and voice treatment. This handout is a resource to give more guidance for how to safely treat aerosol-generating procedures to reduce the risk for infections for providers.
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