Stroke resources

406 printable resources for Stroke: 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.
Therapy Activity

Functional Time Management

Print Resource — US Letter — 3 pages
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Time management is an important and complex executive functioning skill that impacts the ability to navigate day to day life. This therapy material works on addressing time management skills that may be difficult for individuals with cognitive deficits, in a meaningful and relevant way.
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Therapy Activity

Functional Fine Motor Tasks

Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages
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Addressing fine motor coordination can often feel tedious, and rote fine motor training during treatment may feel as if it comes at the expense of addressing other skills. This session material is full of functional ideas for fine motor coordination training to incorporate into treatment sessions that also address a client’s level of function in other areas, and examples of how many daily tasks use fine motor skills.
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Therapy Activity

Following Directions Task (Using iPad or iPhone)

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
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This structured therapy task targets auditory comprehension and the ability to follow directions through a series of verbal instructions that walks a patient through completing various functional tasks on an iPad or iPhone.
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Therapy Activity

Finding Medication Box Errors Set #2

Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages
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For this activity, the patient will need to read the directions for each medication to know how often it should be taken. Then the patient will need to notice errors with the medication box which requires good attention and visual reasoning. This task could also be used for a visual scanning activity. Features realistic medication labels and 2 different pages with different challenges.
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Therapy Activity

Finding Housing: Navigating Housing Ads

Print Resource — US Letter — 4 pages (including answer key)
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Many cognitive-linguistic skills are used when determining the best choice for housing when a person is looking at the market available. In this housing ad activity, a person must determine which type of housing to pick based on specific preferences the buyer has given as well as answer questions related to compromises that have to be made.
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Therapy Activity

Financial Management – Bills and Budget Tracking

Print Resource — US letter — 4 pages
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This material can be used as an aid to help a person with cognitive deficits play a more active role in their finances along with incorporating other aids/tools for reminders.
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Therapy Activity

Financial Management for Cognitive Rehabilitation

Print Resource — US Letter — 15 pages
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This task is designed to recreate the common scenario of having a stash of receipts laid out on the table ready to be balanced into a financial ledger.
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Handout

Family Games to Support Brain Injury Recovery

Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages
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Family members often ask how they can support more thinking and language engagement at home after their loved one has a stroke or brain injury. This handout provides some suggestions but not all the possible games to consider
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Handout HEP

Exercises to Decrease Elbow, Wrist, and Hand Stiffness

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
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This handout is for patients who are experiencing spasticity after a brain injury. The handout provides instructions for specific exercises for clients to complete upper extremity self range of motion.
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Handout HEP

Exercises for Shoulder Subluxation in the Acute Phase

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
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This handout provides a few exercises that can be performed at home for shoulder subluxation. These isometric exercises strengthen the rotator cuff musculature, deltoid and pectoralis.
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