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Visual Alternating Attention Task

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
The classic task that asks patients to alternate their attention between letters and numbers. In this case, the letters and numbers are color coded.
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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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Aging in Place

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
In the current aging population, there are many people who will benefit from home modifications in anticipation of aging in place. Rehabilitation professionals are uniquely suited to creating accessible environments. This handout is for clients pursuing aging in place. It explains the aging in place concept, and the potential benefits and scope of work a person can expect when pursuing home modification.
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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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Advanced Seated Exercises

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Do you have a patient who needs some higher level exercise but may be unable to balance well when standing? This document offers a generic exercise program with only seated exercises. The document is great for health fairs, moderate level home exercise programs, and lists safe activities to increase activity tolerance for individuals with moderate impairment.
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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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