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Alphabet Boards

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Alphabet boards to have handy when assessing people with aphasia or other communication barriers. Two separate layouts: alphabetical and QWERTY keyboard.
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Alliteration/Tongue Twister Dysarthria Activity

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Research suggests individuals with dysarthria have significantly increased speech errors and a slower rate when verbalizing challenging tongue twisters. Tongue twisters are often filled with alliterations or sounds repeated in close succession. This material provides evidence to support practicing verbalizing alliterations and tongue twisters to target articulatory precision and prosodic strategies and provides examples for practice.
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Aided Language Stimulation

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout describes what aided language stimulation is and provides concrete ways to use this method to help children successfully learn how to use their AAC devices.
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Aerosol Generating Procedures: A Resource for SLPs

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in many changes for how speech-language pathologists approach our daily evaluations and treatments with individuals with dysphagia and voice treatment. This handout is a resource to give more guidance for how to safely treat aerosol-generating procedures to reduce the risk for infections for providers.
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Adult Interest Checklist

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
A task for the older adult population to help identify current interests and potentials for new passions. This will assist the patient in the transition out of work into retirement and will also assist the therapist in their goals and direction of care.
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ADL Checklist for Early Dementia

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This simple visual checklist is meant for those clients with early stage dementia who still have physical capability but forget to complete all necessary steps in ADL routine, to allow for completion of routine with less caregiver cues and more opportunity for independence. Simple list on the first page, more detailed items on the second. May be cut apart and rearranged if needed and copied. If desired, may laminate and reuse daily with a dry erase marker.
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Adaptive Apps and Technology

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout is designed for therapists to share with patients when discussing incorporating adaptive apps and technology into their lives.
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Activity Ideas for Turn-Taking and Sharing

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Children learn to take turns and share with others through natural experiences such as play and routines. When children have sensory processing difficulties or deficits in social skills, turn-taking and sharing may be more challenging for them, therefore, these skills may need to be taught in a more structured manner. This handout provides caregivers and parents with ways to work on turn-taking and sharing.
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Activities To Do with Kids with Hearing Loss

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout describes various activities to use with children who have some degree of hearing impairment. Designed for therapists, teachers, parents, and caregivers to spark conversation and ideas of how to provide opportunities for leadership, participation, and communication for children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
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