Handout resources

969 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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Mild Cognitive Impairment

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AdultOTSLPAgingDementia
This handout explains this diagnosis in general terms and provide some lifestyle suggestions to help MCI.
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Migraines

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AdultChronic Pain
Migraine headaches can cause significant pain and suffering for people who experience them. You may wonder how migraines may be treated in a therapy setting and what the evidence supports for reducing the impact of migraines. This handout outlines some non pharmacological treatment options and strategies that may help with migraines.
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Metacognition

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AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
Metacognition is a higher-level cognitive skill critical for improving organization, problem solving, self-monitoring, and self-correction. It is dependent on self-awareness, which can be impaired following brain injury. This handout explains metacognition, metacognitive strategies, and ways to improve self-awareness.
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Mental Fatigue Following Brain Injury

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AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
Mental fatigue is a common long-lasting symptom that is poorly understood by people with brain injuries. This educational handout describes mental fatigue following brain injury, symptoms and places/times it can be worse, provides suggestions for assessment tools to track mental fatigue over a period of time, and tips/strategies to manage mental fatigue.
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Memory Scrapbooking

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AdultOTBrain InjuryDementia
This is an outline for a scrapbooking activity that caregivers/family can create with the patient with dementia in order to recall and commemorate past events.
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Ménière Syndrome

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AdultBalance/Vestibular/Falls
The cause of Méniére syndrome is not well understood but causes dizziness or vertigo, intermittent hearing loss, sensation of fullness in the ears, and ringing in the ears. Frequently episodes of dizziness are the most debilitating and last for hours or days. Hearing loss generally happens slowly over time with acute flare-ups affecting the ability to hear low frequencies first.
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Medical Trauma

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AdultOTSLPMental Health
Based on the course Rehabilitation After Medical Trauma: Reinvent the Heal by Amy Salerno, MS, CCC-SLP, this resource is designed to be posted in clinical facilities to spark discussion amongst staff on how to build a medical trauma informed culture and environment at their facility.
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Managing Myasthenia Gravis

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AdultOTSLP
This handout describes strategies to use when managing the symptoms of myasthenia gravis. Includes dietary, exercise, and medication considerations.
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Meal Preparation Guidelines for Diabetics

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AdultOTDiabetes
This resource distills current recommendations for diabetic diets into an easy to replicate format and incorporates these guidelines into OT session cooking tasks to combine education and home management training. This aims to improve confidence and independence, and prevent the progression of diabetic symptoms. To be used in collaboration with licensed dietitians.
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Meal Preparation: No Cooking Required

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AdultOTADLs/IADLs
Meal prep may only be achievable via simplified methods in the facility – due to isolation, restrictions, or kitchen appliance availability. These ideas and recipes may be used during a treatment session and given to the client.
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