2024 Weekly Calendars
January 3, 2024 by Megan Berg.
Weekly calendars to assist with orientation, planning, and organizing.
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2024 Monthly Calendars
January 3, 2024 by Megan Berg.
Low-vision calendars to assist with orientation. Mark off each day when it’s done!
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Spot the Difference at the Grocery Store
December 31, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
This therapy material works on a variety of visual perceptual skills using images from a grocery store for a functional real-world version of spot the difference.
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Aging in Place: Supporting Nutrition & Hydration
December 31, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource provides information focused on supporting safe and proper nutrition and hydration in the elderly at home, including the risks of malnutrition and dehydration, contributing factors, and interventions. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2009). Healthy places terminology. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Jadczak, A. D., & Visvanathan, R. (2019). Anorexia of aging […]
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Psychopharmacology Reference
December 31, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
This clinical reference sheet provides an overview of major medications used to treat mental health conditions commonly seen by occupational and speech therapy practitioners. This handout includes medications such as antidepressants, stimulants, mood stabilizers, and anxiolytics, with common generic and brand names and potential side effects relevant to occupational and speech therapy practice.
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Stress-Strain Relationship in Soft Tissue
December 31, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
This clinical reference includes a visual depiction of the stress-strain relationship that can be used to explain principles of soft tissue mechanics, such as stress, strain, total end range time, and low load long-duration approaches for managing soft tissue adaptive shortening. It also provides clinical information on these concepts related to soft tissue stretching.
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Six Determinants of Gait
December 31, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
This clinical reference outlines the six major determinants in normal and pathological gait that can be evaluated and treated by occupational therapy practitioners to improve functional mobility efficiency, safety, and independence. Saunders, J. B., Inman, V. T., & Eberhart, H. D. (1953). The major determinants in normal and pathological gait. The Journal of Bone and […]
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One Way Speaking Valve Considerations for Return to Swallowing
December 31, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
This handout explains the benefits of wearing a one-way speaking valve while swallowing and a list of considerations if a person does not tolerate a valve but voices a desire to eat and drink by mouth. Prigent, H., Lejaille, M., Terzi, N., Annane, D., Figere, M., Orlikowski, D., & Lofaso, F. (2011). Effect of a […]
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Finding Medication Box Errors Set #3
December 31, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
The third in our series of locating med box errors, this activity challenges people to spot missing/extra pills given a set of prescription labels and pill shapes/colors.
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Defensible Documentation & Medical Necessity for Speech Therapists
December 31, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
This document helps prepare speech therapists with documenting medical necessity. It provides documentation tips and examples for skilled documentation. It will help reduce the incidence of denials.
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