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Help Me Tell You What I Want: Decisional Capacity, Neurogenic Speech and Language Impairments, and the Law (2018)

March 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
The article explained two terms, competence and decisional capacity, and how they are often mistakenly used interchangeably. Competence is the formal court adjudication regarding a person’s right to decide for themselves. Decisional capacity is the working, practical extralegal clinical judgment about a person’s ability to make autonomous choices about a specific matter during a particular […]
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Pilot Study on Activities of Daily Living Limitations in Adults With Hemianopsia (2009)

March 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
The study used a convenience sample of adults referred to outpatient low-vision rehabilitation. Stroke was the documented cause of visual deficit for all participants except one who had sustained a brain tumor. All participants had homonymous hemianopsia or quadrantanopsia, and all but one lived in their own homes. Semi-structured interviews demonstrated that participants identified personal […]
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Vision Screening Instructions

February 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
Navigating vision deficits can feel like untangling a complex web — this screening tool helps unravel those threads. This guide walks you through key points to look for with clinical interview and observation, assesses for oculomotor deficits, acuity, contrast sensivity, visual field deficits, and more.
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The Importance of Personal Hygiene

February 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
This handout details why engaging in personal hygiene tasks is important for the client and is appropriate for people with cognitive impairments/delay or with mental health challenges.
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Numerical Problem Solving with Basketball

February 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
When asking patients about their hobbies and interests to incorporate those when creating person-centered goals, a common response is “basketball.” This activity is made for those basketball lovers to target their numerical problem solving skills related to their favorite sport.
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Advancing Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities and Chronic Health Conditions in the Community: A Scoping Review (2020)

February 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
People with disabilities experience challenges because of disabling environments and exclusion daily; however, this impact is intensified when the entire community is destabilized, such as during emergencies. In such cases, people with disabilities are disproportionately impacted, experiencing higher rates of injury and death as well as increased challenges during response and recovery. The purpose of […]
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Unleashing Creativity as an Adult Based Speech Language Pathologist

January 25, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
This presentation seeks to help SLPs gain perspective of the creative and FUNctional ideas that can be applied to clinical care when working with adult populations. We will explore creative options for working with adults within an outpatient work setting and apply this to develop ideas of FUNctional and person-centered care activities for immediate application […]
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