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Total Communication Approach

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Often the total communication approach is misunderstood by patients and family members because they say “I don’t want to give up on speaking.” This handout explains how these strategies actually help support spoken language and communication abilities.
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Topic Inspirations for Stroke/Brain Injury Support Groups

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Support groups provide a safe space for survivors of strokes/brain injuries and care partners during and after therapy has ended. This handout is as an inspiration guide for creating a meaningful group discussion theme for successful support groups.
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Tongue Exercises for Toddlers

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This handout breaks down exercises related to food and drinks separately and includes information on adaptive drink bottles to improve progress.
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Tips to Improve Executive Functioning

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This handout provides information on pediatric executive function development as well as ways to improve a child’s ability to function in the classroom and other settings.
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Tips for Caring for Someone with Dementia

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This is a handout outlining best practices for caring for someone who has dementia. Includes practical tips and strategies to optimize safety and independence.
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Tips for Effective and Efficient Documentation

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This resource provides tips to make documentation more efficient but still effective, provides a checklist of what should be included in the documentation of skilled services, and provides a link to access an extensive list of action verbs to use in documentation of rehabilitation services.
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Tips for Thriving After Surviving a Concussion

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
12 practical tips for those who have survived a concussion. This handout is designed to provide education to patients and their families to promote follow-through for self-care after this type of brain injury.
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Three Stages of Creating a New Memory

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Attention and memory impairments are common cognitive deficits following brain injury. This resource describes how these two skills relate and the three stages of memory, encoding, storage, and retrieval.
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