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Collaborative Care: Creating Space for Patients to Create Goals

January 31, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.

This template allows for a partnership between the patient and the therapist to create meaningful goals. A supplemental page provides space for goals to be paired with ideas for addressing the goals outside of therapy.

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Defensible Documentation & Medical Necessity for Speech Therapists

December 31, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.

This document helps prepare speech therapists with documenting medical necessity. It provides documentation tips and examples for skilled documentation. It will help reduce the incidence of denials.

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Kawa Model

June 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.

This therapy material uses the Kawa Model as an intervention in order to educate about the role of occupational therapy, and help with goal setting and motivation.

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Alcohol After Brain Injury

November 1, 2022 by Ashley Zhinin.

Many survivors of brain injury wonder if alcohol can remain a part of their lives. This handout explains the neuro-toxic effect of alcohol and provides suggested alternatives for continuing to enjoy the ritual of a drink without the alcohol.

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Creating Patient-Centered Dysphagia Goals using the SMART Framework

January 1, 2022 by Megan Berg.

This resource is not a generic list of dysphagia goals. Instead, it’s a guide to help with the critical thinking and patient collaboration necessary to identify meaningful dysphagia goals. Some examples are provided, but clinicians and patients are encouraged to use the SMART framework to support patient-centered goals.

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You Swallow Spiders in Your Sleep and 10 Other Swallowing Misconceptions

December 26, 2021 by Megan Berg.

This handout sets the record straight on the complexities of swallow precautions and the need for all precautions and strategies to be individualized on a patient-by-patient basis.

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What to Know Before Signing a Legal Variance Form

December 26, 2021 by Megan Berg.

This handout is designed for patients and families facing the complex and personal decision of either signing a variance form or following specific safe swallow precautions prescribed in a healthcare setting. All patients and families deserve to know 1) their risk of dysphagia; 2) strategies to reduce their risk of dysphagia; and 3) their rights regarding their choice to use those strategies or not within a healthcare setting. This handout describes these three important factors.

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