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10 Major Symptoms of Left vs. Right Brain Damage

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout provides simplified breakdown of the basic differences between left and right brain damage with a specific focus on aphasia, alexia, dyscalculia, apraxia, agnosia, left neglect, insight, inhibition, music, and symbols.
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Hand and Forearm Sensory Screening Form

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Hand and forearm sensory screening form. This resource will provide clinicians with a visual form to easily document sensory impairments and can be used to demonstrate impairments to patients and caregivers.
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Hamstring Strains: What to Expect

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Hamstring injuries are common in all populations but account for a large portion of non-contact injuries in athletes such as soccer players. This handout outlines what hamstring injuries are, how they occur, how long to expect to recovery, and a simple way to determine readiness to return to sport.
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Guillain-Barré Syndrome: A Timeline of Expected Recovery

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This resource gives patients with Guillain-Barré Syndrome an understanding what to expect over time during the recovery process. It is built to give patient’s expectations for the duration of their symptoms and recovery. It includes a typical timeline with what to expect along the way as well as a collection of resources.
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Guidelines and Goals for Pediatric G-Tubes

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
G-tubes can be scary, intimidating, and misunderstood by parents and caregivers. This resource offers basic guidelines and goals for SLPs to follow when beginning the g-tube journey with a client.
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Guide to Laryngomalacia and Feeding Safety and Outcomes

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Laryngomalacia is a common diagnosis for infants that is often misunderstood by parents in both the short and long-term. This resource provides a quick guide to the condition, ways to assist, and evolution over time.
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Group Treatment: Combining Balance and Cognition

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
The combination of balance and cognitive treatment can be a powerful approach to group treatment. This guide gives many ideas for clinicians to mix and match to integrate these interventions, gives options for how to grade and adapt treatments, and functional tasks that can be used to target balance and cognition.
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Group Therapy: How to Manage Energy After a Brain Injury (Spoon Theory)

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
The “Spoon Theory” was created by Christine Miserandino to help explain how brain injuries affect a person’s energy resources. This group activity can help lead a discussion about what daily mental and physical activities “use spoons” and which activities “replace/gain spoons” for energy conservation. This activity encourages a person to identify the specific daily tasks […]
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Group Therapy Activity: Grief and Acceptance with Brain Injury

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
A brain injury can forever change the lives of the person with a brain injury and his/her family members. Naturally, survivors will experience grief with this lifestyle change. Carole J. Starr’s book To Root & To Rise: Accepting Brain Injury served as a guide for this important group discussion and personal reflection treatment tasks.
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Group Aphasia Therapy: Gardening Conversation Guide

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Many people enjoy gardening and sharing their tips and tricks with others. This group material provides guided questions with answer prompts to support this discussion. It also includes pictures of popular types of flowers, vegetables, and herbs for visual supports.
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