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Pacifiers: Finding Balance as a Parent

July 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This handout offers a balanced, compassionate overview of pacifier use, helping parents understand both the benefits and considerations without overwhelming them with conflicting advice. It’s a supportive tool for therapists to guide conversations about infant soothing, feeding, and developmental choices in a judgment-free way.
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Understanding AAC Trials: What Families Need to Know

July 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This handout helps families understand what an AAC trial is, why it matters, and what steps to expect along the way, from evaluation to funding approval. It’s a clear, compassionate tool therapists can use to guide families through the AAC process with realistic expectations.
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Words and Pictures for /th/ Sounds

July 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource includes clear, image-friendly words for voiced and voiceless /th/ sounds and minimal pairs, organized by word position to support targeted articulation practice. It’s designed to help therapists easily model, cue, and engage clients using visuals that are concrete and easy to relate to.
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Affirmation Posters: A Toolkit for Connection and Confidence

July 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This set of six affirmation posters offers fresh, meaningful messages to help kids build confidence, resilience, and self-trust. Designed for therapy spaces, these statements spark reflection and connection without feeling cheesy or forced.
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Wheelchair-Friendly Clothing

July 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This guide helps therapists support clients in finding clothing that works for life in a wheelchair, whether through adaptive brands or practical modifications to regular clothes. It’s a resource you can share to spark conversations about comfort, autonomy, and dressing with dignity.
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VNeST in Action: 100+ Verbs for Aphasia Therapy

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
Enhance your VNEST sessions with this ready-to-use verb list, designed to help clients strengthen word retrieval and sentence construction. This resource provides a diverse range of verbs to support meaningful language practice, making it easier to guide therapy and promote functional communication.
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Early Cancer Detection in Swallowing Evaluations

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource helps speech-language pathologists recognize subtle red flags for head and neck cancer during swallow evaluations. It includes anatomical visuals, nuanced signs by subsite, and clear guidance on when to refer to ENT.
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Color Matching Activity for Neuro Rehab

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This color matching activity offers a low-demand way to target sustained attention, organization, and wakefulness for adults with severe brain injury. With five familiar categories and flexible levels of complexity, it’s an easy-to-adjust task for early-stage neuro rehab.
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Glottic Gap: How Your Vocal Folds Work

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This patient-friendly handout explains glottic gap using clear language and everyday examples to help individuals understand how their vocal folds work. It’s ideal for use in voice therapy to support education, engagement, and shared decision-making.
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Add and Log Medications with iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
Help patients stay on track with medications using this step-by-step guide to setting up reminders and logs through the Apple Health app. Ideal for individuals with mild memory challenges, this resource supports independence and consistency in daily routines.
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