Handout resources

979 handouts for SLPs, OTs and PTs, organized by diagnosis and population. Every one is written and reviewed by practicing clinicians and ready to print. The full library is included in a Therapy Insights membership.

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How Often Is Best? Understanding Therapy Frequency for Your Child

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PediatricOTSLPArticulation and PhonologyFeeding and SwallowingLanguage DevelopmentPediatric Brain Injury
This handout helps parents understand therapy frequency models in a clear, collaborative way, emphasizing that therapists typically make recommendations while parents’ insights shape the plan. Use it to guide conversations about scheduling and empower families to ask questions and feel confident in the decision-making process.
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Three Games for Movement, Language, and Connection

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PediatricOTSLPLanguage DevelopmentSensory
This parent handout offers three simple, low-prep games that build language, movement, and connection without requiring special toys. Use it in therapy to give parents practical, repeatable play ideas they can try at home right away.
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Play Without Pressure

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PediatricOTSLPExecutive FunctionLanguage Development
A parent-friendly handout for families who find play tricky, covering why imaginative play matters, “follow-their-lead” basics, and age-banded quick-start ideas. Use it in session to model simple play coaching and send home as a one-pager with scripts, prompts, and low-pressure ways to build connection and language.
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Why Kids Need Boredom

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PediatricOTSLPExecutive FunctionLanguage Development
This parent handout helps therapists reframe “I’m bored” as practice time for planning, flexible thinking, and follow-through. It offers 20 fun, connection-building ideas kids can start on their own (letters, mini museums, recipe cards, window galleries) plus quick coaching tips so caregivers can support without rescuing.
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Texture Transition: Choose-Your-Own Adventure

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PediatricOTSLPFeeding and Swallowing
Use this flexible, parent-friendly handout to help families navigate texture transitions from smooths to soft finger foods without a rigid sequence. This resource supports shared decision-making, emphasizes regulation and safety, and helps families pair exploration with familiar, satiating foods.
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Handout Therapy Activity

Habit Stacking Worksheet

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PediatricOTSLPExecutive Function
Use this one-page, interactive worksheet to teach habit-stacking in plain language and help people with ADHD or brain injury link a tiny action to a routine they already do. Clear examples, fill-in prompts, and a 7-day tracker guide you and your client to place tools where the habit happens, plan for bumps, and build consistent follow-through.
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Phones at School: Holding Tensions and Finding Solutions

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PediatricOTSLPExecutive Function
Use this one-page handout (inspired by Jonathan Haidt) to start a calm, evidence-aware conversation about phones, attention, and school. It explains executive function in plain language, acknowledges real-world tensions, and offers cross-stakeholder questions you can use in session, IEP meetings, or parent nights.
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After the Fire: How the Brain Rebuilds Paths

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AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
This one-page handout uses a forest-fire metaphor to explain neuroplasticity after stroke or brain injury, including what’s lost, what’s protected, and how new routes form (blaze, smoke, scar, new growth, new trails, weeds, distant trees). Use it in-session to set expectations, coach clients on why meaningful practice matters, and redirect maladaptive habits toward efficient, therapy-shaped pathways.
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Pressure Redistribution & Weight-Shifting for Wheelchair Users

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AdultOTSeating and MobilitySpinal Cord Injury
Help your clients protect their skin and comfort with clear, step-by-step visual instructions for safe and effective wheelchair weight shifts. This handout explains when, how long, and which techniques to use, plus practical reminders to build pressure relief into daily routines.
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Overuse Injury Guide for Conservative Management of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

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AdultOTOrthopaedics
This resource gives patients a clear overview of carpal tunnel syndrome, treatment options, and everyday prevention strategies. Share it in therapy to support education, guide conversations about care, and reinforce proactive wrist health habits.
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