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Ataxic Dysarthria: Understanding and Communicating with Confidence

August 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This one-page handout helps patients understand ataxic dysarthria in clear, supportive language, including causes, communication strategies, and what to expect over time. It also offers practical tips for navigating real-world challenges (like being misunderstood as intoxicated) and includes guidance on how an SLP can help.
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Your Voice Is Telling a Bigger Story: Understanding Muscle Tension Dysphonia

August 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource invites patients to understand muscle tension dysphonia as more than just a voice issue. It’s a whole-body experience shaped by stress, tension, and daily habits. Use this handout to help patients reflect on their unique patterns and build awareness of how their voice connects to their overall wellbeing.
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Real-World Dysarthria Treatment: A Shift in Focus

August 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource helps you shift dysarthria therapy beyond drills by focusing on real-world communication, self-advocacy, and life participation. It includes therapy ideas, goal-writing guidance, and a patient handout that fosters supportive communication with partners like family, friends, and community members.
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Mealtime Communication Mat (adult paper-based AAC)

August 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This Mealtime Communication Mat supports non-speaking adults in expressing basic needs, preferences, and safety concerns during meals. Designed for quick, intuitive use, it’s a practical tool therapists can introduce to enhance autonomy and reduce frustration in clinical or caregiving settings.
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Heat-Free Meal Recipes

August 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource offers 15 balanced, no-heat meal ideas for clients who can’t safely use a stove, microwave, or toaster oven. It’s a practical tool for supporting independence and nutrition in home health, neuro rehab, or cognitive rehab settings.
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Choosing the Right Walker

August 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This handout helps patients understand the different types of walkers and choose the one that best fits their needs and abilities. Therapists can use it to support decision-making, set realistic expectations, and guide safe mobility planning.
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One-Handed Eating Made Easier

August 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This one-page visual guide offers creative, real-world strategies to make one-handed eating easier and more independent. From adaptive tools to clever hacks, it’s designed to spark practical problem-solving during therapy sessions and beyond.
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Regaining Hand Skills: Finger Isolation and In-Hand Movement

August 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This handout offers patient-friendly activities to improve finger isolation and in-hand manipulation skills after injury or neurological change. Use it to support therapy sessions with clear explanations, practical exercises, and a compassionate tone that empowers patients to keep practicing at home.
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Nutrition Label Sorting Activity

July 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This adapted nutrition label sorting activity helps clients build visual scanning and comparison skills using real-life food labels. Designed to spark meaningful conversations rather than deliver right-or-wrong answers, it supports flexible, person-centered therapy across cognitive levels.
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