SLP resources

Friendship Check-In: Listening to Yourself and Noticing Patterns

August 31, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
Help middle school and teen clients reflect on their friendships through a neurodiversity-affirming lens that emphasizes self-awareness, patterns, and relationship balance rather than rigid social rules. This resource guides discussions about how relationships feel, how effort is shared over time, and how to recognize personal needs and boundaries in friendships.
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Workplace Success: Identifying Strengths, Supports, and Accommodations

August 31, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
Help teens preparing for work identify their strengths, recognize potential workplace challenges, and explore accommodations that support success on the job. This resource guides self-advocacy conversations by helping teens connect their strengths, support needs, and workplace goals, while practicing how to discuss accommodations with supervisors in a strengths-based, professional manner.
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Preserving Choice, Dignity, and Connection

August 31, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
This resource supports choice, dignity, and meaningful participation for children with tracheostomies and ventilators by highlighting concrete ways to preserve communication, connection, play, identity, and autonomy during medical care. Designed to be shared with families, caregivers, and interdisciplinary team members, it serves as a practical reminder to see the child beyond their medical equipment and incorporate their preferences into everyday interactions.
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My Swallow Study

August 31, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
Prepare children and families for a modified barium swallow study with this visual social story. Using simple language and step-by-step illustrations, this handout helps reduce uncertainty, support participation, and introduce what to expect before, during, and after the assessment.
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Brain Injury Article Club: Planning, Attention, and Mental Overload After Brain Injury

July 31, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
This discussion-based resource uses a first-person article about planning and organization after brain injury to help participants reflect on executive functioning changes through lived experience rather than clinical terminology. Therapists can use the accompanying discussion guide to facilitate supportive, emotionally validating group conversations focused on overwhelm, mental fatigue, identity changes, and real-world coping strategies.
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Dementia Across the Stages: A Guide for Families and Caregivers

July 31, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
This stage-based dementia guide helps families, friends, caregivers, and staff better understand how support needs may change across the progression of dementia. Therapists can use this resource to facilitate conversations around communication, daily care, behavior, safety, comfort, and preserving dignity and connection throughout changing stages of the disease.
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Wallenberg Syndrome

July 31, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
This patient-friendly handout explains common symptoms of Wallenberg Syndrome in clear, approachable language while highlighting how speech and occupational therapy can help. Therapists can use this resource to support education, reduce overwhelm after diagnosis, and guide conversations about recovery, safety, and daily function.
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Advocating for Anesthesia Preferences

July 31, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
This handout helps you support informed, patient-centered conversations about cognitive risks related to surgery and anesthesia in individuals with baseline memory or thinking changes. You can use it to help patients and families understand perioperative brain health, prepare questions for the medical team, and recognize warning signs of delirium or cognitive changes after surgery.
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Preparing for Social Situations

July 31, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
This activity helps you guide individuals through planning for upcoming social and community situations by identifying potential challenges, exploring response options, and considering supports that may help participation feel more manageable. It promotes self-advocacy, flexible thinking, and participation-focused problem solving while helping clients prepare for activities and relationships that are meaningful to them.
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Vocal Fold Paralysis and Dysphagia

July 31, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
Help patients understand how vocal fold paralysis can impact swallowing with clear visuals and accessible explanations of airway protection during swallowing. This handout explains how the epiglottis, vocal folds, and other swallowing structures work together to support swallowing safety and why dysphagia severity can vary from person to person.
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