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Memory Strategies: Finding What Works for You

April 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This handout provides a categorized list of practical memory strategies designed for individuals with mild memory impairments. It helps therapists guide their clients in selecting, testing, and refining strategies that align with their strengths, making memory support both personalized and effective.
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Aspiration Risk Reduction Protocol

April 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This Aspiration Risk Reduction Protocol helps ensure consistent, evidence-based strategies for reducing aspiration risk in hospitalized adults. Designed for SLPs and interdisciplinary teams, this bedside-friendly tool improves collaboration by guiding nurses through initial screening and providing clear, actionable steps for ongoing aspiration management.
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Swallow Exercises

April 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This handout provides clear, patient-friendly explanations of common swallowing exercises, linking each one to the symptoms patients may experience. Perfect for therapists to use in sessions or send home with patients, it helps bridge the gap between clinical recommendations and real-life swallowing challenges.
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Storytelling for People with Aphasia

April 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
Help individuals with aphasia organize and share meaningful personal experiences with this personal story mapping activity. This structured template supports storytelling, word retrieval, and self-expression, making it easier for clients to build narratives in therapy sessions.
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Reading Food Labels: A Real-World Scanning & Decision-Making Activity

April 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
Help clients strengthen their ability to scan, interpret, and apply real-world visual information with this food label activity. Designed for neuro rehab, this resource provides a structured way to practice attention to detail, problem-solving, and decision-making using nutrition and ingredient labels.
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Scanning for Clarity: A Cognitive Exercise in Reading Vitamin Labels

April 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This activity helps clients strengthen visual scanning, working memory, and real-world decision-making by analyzing and interpreting vitamin labels. Designed for neuro rehab and cognitive therapy, it challenges clients to locate key information, compare options, and consider medication interactions, all within a functional, everyday task.
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My Social Map: Understanding Relationships, Comfort, and Boundaries

April 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
Help your clients navigate friendships and boundaries in a way that aligns with their unique perspectives and needs. This interactive worksheet guides autistic individuals and those with brain injuries through mapping their relationships, identifying comfort levels in social situations, and practicing boundary-setting strategies, giving therapists a practical tool for meaningful discussions.
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Routine & Transition Planning Sheets

April 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
Help your clients build self-awareness and self-advocacy with this Routine & Transition Planning Sheet, a structured tool designed for autistic individuals, ADHD diagnoses, and brain injury survivors. This resource guides them in identifying challenging transitions, exploring personalized strategies, and creating a clear plan to communicate their needs to parents, teachers, and support teams.
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Helping Kids Communicate Their Needs: A Guide for Parents

April 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This handout helps parents redirect their child’s behavior by providing simple, effective scripts that teach kids what to do instead of just telling them what not to do. Designed for therapists using a parent coaching model, this resource supports families in reinforcing self-advocacy, emotional regulation, and alternative communication strategies through consistent, real-life practice.
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Collaborative IEP Meetings: A Multidisciplinary Guide for Meaningful Parent Engagement

April 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This is a practical resource designed for therapists to share with parents and colleagues, helping to foster a more family-centered, inclusive approach to IEP meetings. Packed with actionable strategies, checklists, and parent advocacy tools, this guide empowers teams to create meetings where parents feel heard, valued, and truly part of the decision-making process.
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