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Multiple Sclerosis Disease Courses

December 30, 2021 by Megan Berg.
MS can be classified into four disease types. Each disease type presents differently and follows variable courses. This resource provides updated information on MS disease courses including: Clinically Isolated Syndrome, Relapsing-Remitting MS, Secondary Progressive MS, and Primary Progressive MS. Common symptoms and impact on function unique to each disease course are also included.
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Multi-Syllabic Words Play-Dough Mats

December 30, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This therapy activity invites children to smash play-dough while engaging with the different syllables and sounds of words. Inclues 4 sets of 2-syllable words, 2 sets of 3-syllable words, and 4 sets of 4-syllable words.
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Multiple Sclerosis and Cognition

December 30, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout provides recommendations for initial cognitive assessment and frequency of reassessment, common cognitive changes reported in people with MS, and what activities can be affected by cognitive deficits.
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Quick, Informal Assessment of Articulation and Intelligibility

December 30, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This resource provides ways to assess articulation and intelligibility through lists of mono- and multisyllabic words, consonant clusters in different positions of words, and stimulating natural speech with reading, questions, and describing a picture.
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Quick, Informal Assessment of Prosody

December 30, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Assessment of motor speech disorders can be lengthy as it should include obtaining case history, assessing a patient’s level of awareness, non-speech examination, speech production examination, as well as determining if there are comorbidities. This material provides a way to assess the characteristics of prosody.
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Motivational Interviewing for SLPs

December 30, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout describes the evidence base behind the practice of motivational interviewing, frequently used by rehabilitation therapists to help fine-tune goals and achieve mutual buy-in for the rehabilitation process between the clinician and the patient. The handout is designed for clinicians, staff, family, caregivers, and patients to help understand the process of motivational interviewing and how this process advances the rehabilitation goals.
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Motivating a Reluctant Client

December 30, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Provides ideas to empower clients who are reluctant or unmotivated for therapeutic intervention using a motivational interviewing approach as it relates directly to rehabilitation, and provides examples of documenting this in treatment notes.
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Modified Story Memory Technique

December 30, 2021 by Megan Berg.
The most common cause of memory failure occurs due to breakdown in the encoding stage of creating a new memory. The modified Story Memory Technique (mSMT) is a technique developed and researched by the Kessler Foundation to treat memory deficits, specifically targeting the encoding stage, following brain injury. Using context and imagery, their research and implementation of this technique have shown to have significant improvements with a person’s functional recall as well as an increased activation of different parts of the brain.
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Modeling Language with AAC

December 30, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This therapy intervention task is designed for pediatric clinicians working with children to use AAC devices to effectively communicate wants, needs, and ideas. The printable resource includes a PDF with instructions on how to model language using AAC and includes a quick practice board with the words “want,” “go,” “stop,” “help,” “turn,” and “more.”
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Mindfulness for SLPs: Post-Work Stress and Burnout

December 30, 2021 by Megan Berg.
As SLPs, we bear witness to dramatic change in people’s lives. This consistently high demand for empathy and compassion puts SLPs and other healthcare professionals on a fast track to burnout. This mindfulness exercise is designed to counter the idea that you’re not enough and to provide a boundary between your work time and your home time.
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