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Counseling in Rehabilitation

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
When working as a therapist in rehabilitation, counseling will be a part of the job as the person you are working with is learning to cope with a life-changing diagnosis and a new normal. This material guides how to provide effective counseling, or purposeful conversation, by creating an empathetic environment and trust with four qualities: […]
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Considerations When Creating a Feeding and Swallowing Clinical Team

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Based on the course Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Clinic: Team Considerations for Implementation by Pam Holland, MA-CCC/SLP, BCS-S, this handout provides a list of considerations to consider when assembling an interdisciplinary feeding and swallowing clinical team.
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Considerations and Contraindications for Tracheostomy Weaning

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
The decision to begin the tracheostomy weaning process is a complicated decision for the speech pathologist and the medical team. This handout provides a clinical judgement decision tree considerations, contraindications, and a guideline for the stages of the trach weaning process.
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Conservative Management for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
The most strongly supported intervention for carpal tunnel syndrome is splinting. People may also be interested in what else may be done to help manage this condition. This intervention piece outlines what type of splint may be useful for carpal tunnel syndrome and summarizes some other strategies that may be used to manage carpal tunnel […]
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Common Neurologic Medications

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This document highlights some of the most common neurologic medication types and provides insight on how those medications may affect treatment.
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Common Contraindications and Precautions

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Do you have trouble remembering all of the contraindications and precautions for treatments? Do you ever find an abnormal blood pressure or oxygen saturation level and question whether your initial treatment plan is still appropriate? This document provides a contraindication and precaution cheat to help guide clinician’s clinical reasoning.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy + Occupational Therapy

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout provides an overview of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and concerns that it can help address. This handout also dispels some of the myths around CBT and provides some strengths of this approach.
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Coaching Model for Clinicians

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Coaching models are used frequently in early intervention, preschool, and with early communicators. It takes a lot of skill on the clinician’s part and this handout offers some suggestions for how to get started.
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Clinical Signs of Ankylosing Spondylitis: Resource for Clinicians

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
People with ankylosing spondylitis or other inflammatory spine and joint pain may need to be referred to other medical providers to insure optimal treatment including pharmaceutical management combined with continued PT services. This resource is designed for clinicians and outlines the signs/symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis and provides useful information to assist with the examination process.
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