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Parkinson’s Disease and Movement

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Parkinson’s disease can affect life in so many ways. This handout focuses on the effect of Parkinson’s disease has on movement.
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Therapy and Universal Design

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This resource looks at the principles of Universal Design from a therapy practitioner lens to improve understanding of how accessibility can affect independence and safety.
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The Science of Habits for Healthy Behaviors

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This handout is based on the course: Using The Science of Habits To Promote Healthy Behaviors Across Practice Settings, presented by John Rider, PhD, OTR/L, MSCS, CEAS. Help clients form new habits to bring new levels of meaningful, person-centered therapy to your clinical practice with this handout.
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The SLP’s Role with Progressive Neurological Disorders

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This handout describes how SLPs can address changes with speech, language, cognition/thinking, memory, voice, swallowing, reading, writing, listening, and the need for assistive communication technology and/or devices in the context of neurological disorders.
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Spoon Theory

January 6, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This handout provides a brief explanation of the “spoon theory” metaphor used to describe the amount of mental or physical energy a person has available for daily activities. This handout can be used to describe and apply the theory with patients and then as a visual reminder.
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Smart Home Technology to Promote Independence

January 6, 2022 by Megan Berg.
There are many technological tools that can assist people as they age so that they can stay at home as safely and as independently as possible. This handout provides 5 considerations for patients and their families to consider.
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Siri Voice Commands

January 6, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This handout provides step-by-step instructions for turning on Siri and how to use “Hey Siri.” Also includes 12 specific voice-command scripts for functional tasks.
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Screening for Proprioceptive Deficits

January 5, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This screening tool provides a simple assessment and score sheet in order to detect deficits in proprioception. Multiple methods of testing are included.
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Rhythm, Music, Language, and the Brain

January 5, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Based on the course Beat the Beat: Rhythm-Based Intervention for Communication Disorders by Dr. Yune S. Lee, this handout provides an overview of the dopaminergic system and its effect on temporal processing as related to speech and language. The handout describes the effect of DRD2 polymorphism (TaqIA).
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Parkinson’s Disease and Voice Therapy Exercises

January 2, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Lower dopamine levels cause automatic movements —speech, voice, swallowing, walking —to become difficult. This handout focuses on voice exercises with intentional body actions and uses a decibel meter device/application to measure progress.
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