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ADHD Roadblock Reframes: A Guided Activity for Mindset Shifts

September 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This guided activity helps clients with ADHD reframe self-critical thoughts through therapist-led reflection and collaborative mindset shifts. Use it to explore internalized stigma, build self-compassion, and connect real-life challenges with supportive, strengths-based language.
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Your Pediatric Dysphagia Team

September 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
Use this quick reference to introduce families to each key player (SLP, OT, dietitian, pediatrician, GI, ENT, and nurse) and clearly explain how each contributes to safe, effective swallowing care.
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Who I Am Now: An Identity Map for Kids After Brain Injury

September 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This identity map helps children explore who they are becoming after a brain injury, with prompts that honor both what’s stayed the same and what’s changing. Use this tool to support reflection, emotional expression, and the transformative process of rebuilding a sense of self.
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Whose Turn? A Pronoun Activity Using One Scene and Character Cards

September 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This activity supports pronoun development using a park scene and character cards that state each person’s name and pronouns. Guide students to describe what each character is doing in the scene, building grammar skills while modeling respectful, identity-affirming language.
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Words and Pictures for Velar Sounds

August 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This set of picture cards targets /k/ and /g/ sounds in initial, medial, and final word positions with clear, engaging visuals that are easy to use in therapy. Includes 60 pictureable words plus minimal pairs to support children working on velar sound production and fronting.
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Adaptive Feeding Tools for Kids

August 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource offers a curated list of adaptive feeding tools (both well-known and outside-the-box) to support children’s independence, comfort, and success during mealtimes. Therapists can use it to guide families in selecting practical, personalized tools that match each child’s unique motor and sensory needs.
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Writing Goals That Reference Play (Not Just Skills)

August 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource helps therapists shift away from skill-only goals by showing how to write therapy goals that center meaningful, developmentally appropriate play. It includes play-based goal examples, a quick reference to types of play, and a worksheet to help reframe existing goals in a way that supports authentic engagement.
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Writing Life Participation Goals: Beyond the Impairment

August 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource helps therapists shift from impairment-driven goals to life participation goals that reflect what truly matters to the individual. It includes real-world goal examples and a worksheet to support writing goals that center autonomy, connection, and everyday engagement.
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