Pediatric Archives – Therapy Insights

Understanding My Brain Injury for Teens

June 30, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.

This is a quick handout for teenagers on your caseload to help them initially navigate and understand their brain injury.

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Feeding and Cranial Nerve Injury Pocket Reference Tool

June 30, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.

This pocket guide is an easy way to reference which cranial nerves impact the muscles needed for feeding/swallowing.

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Reading Comprehension Strategies and Worksheet (PQRST) for Kids

June 30, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.

Use this resource to support older readers that need assistance to organize and improve reading comprehension of academic or nonfiction texts.

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Supporting Literacy Development in AAC Users

June 30, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.

Literacy, the ability to read and write, is an essential skill for academic success in individuals with disabilities especially those utilizing AAC as a primary means of communication. This resource summarizes how to support AAC users in early literacy development.

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Encouraging Non-Nutritive Sucking in Infants

June 30, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.

Non-nutritive suck has been found to be one of the single most important prognostic indicators of motor, cognitive and oromotor development in neonates and term infants.

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Culturally Affirming Executive Function Skills and Supports

May 31, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.

This resource helps you recognize and support executive functioning skills from non-dominant cultures and helps to broaden the perspective on therapeutic interventions for executive functioning challenges.

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Quick Reference Guide to Early Language and Speech Sound Treatment Approaches

May 31, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.

This is a quick guide to what evidence-based treatment approaches exist to tackle speech sound and language disorders in children under 6 years old.

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My Child Stutters: Now What? Parent/Caregiver Handout

May 31, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.

This is a parent/caregiver handout that provides a starting point for families to begin navigating the impacts of stuttering on their child.

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Parent Training Tips for AAC Implementation

May 31, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.

Parents and caregivers are the initial teachers of communication skills to young children. Children who require augmentative and alternative communication to support language require additional support from caregivers to acquire the language as well as access the language within their system to functionally communicate.

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Pediatric Feeding Data Collection Sheet

May 31, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.

Using data to support feeding decisions can be vital in improving feeding outcomes in infants. This chart provides a consistent way to monitor feeding outcomes with input, output and quality indicators to monitor quality-based feeding.

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