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Optimizing Safety During Pet Care

January 5, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Handout includes several ideas for reduction of fall risk during pet care, including raised feeders, sitting to feed, finding assistance, and ways to manage walking a dog to improve safety and independence with this vital home management task.
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Recognizing Caregiver Fatigue

January 5, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This resource provides coping methods for caregiver fatigue and a list of resources that may be helpful.
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Reciprocal Language Milestones Birth-5

January 5, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Parents and caregivers are sometimes unsure of the milestones their child should reach when thinking about conversational language and reciprocal language. This resource is a quick guide to essential milestones that can be targeted and when they are age-appropriate.
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Readiness for Change

January 5, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This handout provides clinicians with a visual representation of the stages of change based on the transtheoretical model of change and can be used with clients to encourage self-reflection and initiate a discussion on behavior change. 
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Quick Language Activities for the Holiday Season

January 4, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This handout includes several quick language activities for therapists or caregivers. During the holiday season, there are several opportunities that can elicit communication skills.
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Quick Guide to Proper Wheelchair Positioning

January 4, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This visual guide serves as a quick reference for determining proper wheelchair positioning. A great piece to post in a wheelchair storage room and/or use for caregiver education as an initial screening tool to determine if therapy intervention may be warranted.
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Puree Flavor POWER! 27 Ways to Get Creative with Mashed Potatoes

January 4, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Being on a pureed diet can be an isolating, degrading, depressing situation. This calls for creativity! There are so many ways to add flavor to mashed potatoes- make it a dessert, make it spicy, make it Thai, Indian, Mexican cuisine… there are no limits! Here are 27 ideas to get kitchen staff, patients, and families inspired.
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Pseudobulbar Affect

January 4, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Pseudobulbar affect (PBA) is a form of emotional lability that is observed as sudden, frequent, and unpredictable outbursts of crying and/or laughing. This handout can help educate patients and their caregivers about what it is, what it isn’t, areas of the brain that cause it, what to do if a person has it, and how to access a lability scale that can be helpful when referring.
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Promoting Early Language Through Songs and Nursery Rhymes

January 4, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Often, parents, caregivers, and therapists find songs or nursery rhymes to be a simple or single layer activity when in fact they can provide a rich language experience. This resource gives ideas on how parents and clinicians can model and use songs and nursery rhymes to promote early language with the birth-3 population.
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Pronoun Milestones

January 4, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This quick visual provides approximate ages of pronoun development for both clinicians and caregivers.
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