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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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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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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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Functional Movement Disorder

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This handout helps patients understand FMD in clear, compassionate language, reinforcing that their symptoms are real and treatable. It includes an overview of occupational therapy’s role in recovery, making it easy to share during education or goal-setting sessions.
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Everyday Foot Care for Life with Diabetes

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This handout helps people with diabetes understand why foot care matters and how to build simple, protective habits into their daily routine. It’s ideal for early education or as a supportive tool when signs of foot-related changes begin to appear.
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Time and Attention Toolkit

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This toolkit helps clients build awareness of their time perception and attention patterns with a gentle self-check and practical strategy tables. Therapists can use it to guide personalized support for individuals navigating ADHD, brain injury, or executive functioning challenges.
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Tools for Creating and Customizing Social Stories

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource introduces a range of digital tools therapists can use to create personalized, engaging social stories for clients working on social communication skills. It includes platform overviews, usage tips, and visual examples, making it easy to find the right tool for different therapy goals.
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Helping Your Child with Articulation Goals at Home

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This handout helps parents support articulation goals at home without turning into speech therapists. It offers empowering language, practical modeling tips, and low-pressure carry-over ideas, all grounded in emotional support and confidence-building.
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