Adult resources

1,838 printable resources for Adult: patient and caregiver education handouts, therapy materials, clinical references and evaluation tools for speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists and physical therapists. Written and reviewed by practicing clinicians, ready to print, and included in a Therapy Insights membership.

Handout

Avoiding Painful Shoulders After Spinal Cord Injury

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultOTSpinal Cord Injury
Shoulder injury after acquiring a spinal cord injury is very common. This document is a summary of current suggestions for how to avoid painful shoulders after spinal cord injury.
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Handout

Autonomic Dysreflexia Emergency Cards

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultOTSpinal Cord Injury
Many people, including emergency departments and medical personnel, may be unfamiliar with autonomic dysreflexia. This handout provides a template to create an alert card explaining autonomic dysreflexia and an emergency medical information card providing important client information for anyone with a spinal cord injury. This template can be used as an intervention activity to improve health literacy and emergency preparedness.
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Therapy Activity

Automatic Speech Cards

Print Resource — US Letter — 4 pages
AdultSLPAphasia
This intervention visual features 4 pages of automatic speech visual cues, including popular song lyrics, the numbers 1-10, days of the week, and months of the year.
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Therapy Activity

Auditory Comprehension Task: Following Directions with Pictures

Print Resource — US Letter — 3 pages
AdultSLPAphasia
This structured therapy task contains one page of high frequency words and one page of low frequency words, as well as a sheet of instructions for how to structure the therapy task in three levels of difficulty.
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Therapy Activity

Attentive Reading Constrained Summarization (ARCS)

Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages
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 Activity

Attention to Detail: A Proofreading Task

Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages
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

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
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

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
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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