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Sharing the Cost

January 6, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This is a high-level cognitive activity that provides a scenario for calculating expenses for a group of friends going out to dinner and enjoying an entertainment event. 
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Sensory Strategies for Improving Unilateral Neglect

January 5, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Unilateral neglect is a challenging disorder that arises after injury to the brain. This resource covers a variety of sensory strategies that can be implemented in order to improve attention to the affected side.
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Self-Awareness

January 5, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This handout describes the foundations of self-awareness as related to brain injury. This information breaks down intellectual awareness, emergent awareness, and anticipatory awareness and describes treatment processes in rehabilitation therapy that can improve self-awareness.
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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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Relative Scale of Cognitive Load

January 5, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This visual allows patients to indicate how easy/difficult a cognitive therapy task is by selecting a number between 1 and 7.
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Reduce the Risk of Stroke With Occupational Therapy

January 5, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This handout includes recommendations to reduce risk of CVA, to be used as an educational material for those patients who are at higher risk. Occupational therapy takes a holistic view of patient treatments and can help find ways to stay healthier longer, because these risks can affect safety, discharge planning, and overall quality of life.
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Reading Comprehension Sequencing Task

January 5, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This three-page task includes 4-step, 5-step, and 6-step written instructions to challenge patients’ reading comprehension skills.
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Questions to Consider When Recommending Adaptive Strategies

January 4, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Occupational therapists are skilled at adaptation, however, sometimes clinicians go straight into recommending adaptive strategies without identifying what will be best for the patient/caregiver. This handout provides important questions to ask when considering the use of adaptive strategies with neurodegenerative disorders.
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Picture Prompts for Written Narrative Task

January 3, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This written narrative session task requires the patient to view various pictures and write a description of what is happening. If a patient needs more prompts, some visual cues are provided.
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OT Discharge Recommendations Form

January 1, 2022 by Megan Berg.
A simple way for practitioners to summarize all discharge recommendations. Improves interdisciplinary communication, streamlines discharge planning, and educates patients and families. Includes home evaluation findings, home care service recommendations, community resources, equipment, supervision recommendations, and more.
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