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Spinal Cord Injury and Speech Therapy

January 6, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This resource provides basic education regarding spinal cord injuries and what level of injuries may require rehabilitation from an SLP.
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Spinal Cord Injury Function Levels

January 6, 2022 by Megan Berg.
A visual guide to spinal cord injury levels with their respective physiology and functional abilities, explanation of bowel protocols, and an overview of the American Spinal Cord Association (ASIA) scale of spinal cord impairment.
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Speech Therapy Appointment Card

January 6, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Template of speech therapy appointment cards. 3 per card with room to write name, room number, date, time, SLP’s name, and special notes.
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Speech Therapy and the Cerebellum

January 6, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This material describes why an SLP may be consulted to work with a person who has had a lesion in their cerebellum.
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Speech Therapy and the Basal Ganglia

January 6, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This handout provides written education on the basal ganglia including signs of dysfunction, diseases of the basal ganglia, and why a person may benefit from speech therapy with a lesion in this area of the brain.
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Speech Clarity Strategies for Dysarthria

January 6, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Dysarthria can make it difficult for others to understand a person’s speech. These specific strategies will help improve speech intelligibility for the person with dysarthria. This can be hung up on the wall to be an external memory aid to use these strategies.
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Speaking Rate and Pacing

January 6, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Children with articulation errors, phonological processes, speech/language delays, or apraxia of speech generally all benefit from using speech pacing techniques, which are used to improve speaking rate, and ultimately intelligibility. This handout provides some tips and strategies when working with a child who needs help with pacing his/her speech.
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Social Skills Milestones: Birth to Elementary School

January 6, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This handout provides basic information regarding social skills milestones that are expected from birth through 10 years of age. Provides families and caregivers with a starting point when understanding pragmatic language delays.
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Smoking Cessation Online Resource List

January 6, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Many people who have long standing pain conditions also smoke, and quitting smoking can be very difficult. This intervention piece lists several helpful smoking cessation online resources that can be given to people interested in quitting.
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