Child-Rearing
April 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource covers ways to work on child-rearing skills in functional therapy.
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Brain Injury resources
Gardening with OT
April 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource covers ways to incorporate gardening into functional therapy.
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Financial Management: Wants vs. Needs
April 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource works on cognition and money management skills by focusing on wants versus needs with spending.
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Information Processing Speed Following Brain Injury (Based on INCOG 2.0 Recommendations)
April 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
Information processing speed is related to the complex and multidimensional constructs of attention. This material describes two options to compensate for or treat slowed processing speed often seen following brain injury or other neurodegenerative disorders.
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“Putting the Occupation Back in Occupational Therapy:” A Survey of Occupational Therapy Practitioners’ Use of Gardening as an Intervention (2014)
April 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
Gardening has been equated with positive health outcomes for individuals with physical and mental health issues, and the benefits have been shown to transcend socioeconomic, educational, and cultural boundaries, and to be a cost-effective therapeutic activity. Ninety-one occupational therapy practitioners across all practice settings initially responded to a 15-question survey developed by the authors, but […]
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INCOG 2.0 Guidelines for Cognitive Rehabilitation Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Part II: Attention and Information Processing Speed (2023)
April 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
Attention is a complex and necessary skill needed for alertness, selective attention, processing speed, sustained attention, shifting attention needed for divided attention, and working memory. A TBI can disrupt the neurotransmitter pathways in the frontotemporal and midbrain reticular systems needed for attention. For people with moderate to severe TBI, 60% of them reported attentional difficulties […]
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Fine Motor Push Pin Activity
March 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
This activity targets fine motor control, tripod grasp, and visual motor integration through a structured dot-marking task using push pins or adapted tools. Use it to grade difficulty, incorporate cognitive challenges, and observe performance for goal writing and documentation. Video on how to use this resource:
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Emergency Preparedness with a Disability
March 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
This handout covers different elements of being prepared for emergency situations given changes due to the new onset of a condition for a caregiver and/or patient.
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Growth Mindset
March 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
This handout covers the growth mindset which can be used to improve motivation and self-esteem during the rehabilitation process.
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Deductive Reasoning: Storage Area
March 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
Practicing some cognitive strategies in therapy? Put them to work with this deductive reasoning challenge.
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