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Alliteration/Tongue Twister Dysarthria Activity

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Research suggests individuals with dysarthria have significantly increased speech errors and a slower rate when verbalizing challenging tongue twisters. Tongue twisters are often filled with alliterations or sounds repeated in close succession. This material provides evidence to support practicing verbalizing alliterations and tongue twisters to target articulatory precision and prosodic strategies and provides examples for practice.
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Advanced Seated Exercises

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Do you have a patient who needs some higher level exercise but may be unable to balance well when standing? This document offers a generic exercise program with only seated exercises. The document is great for health fairs, moderate level home exercise programs, and lists safe activities to increase activity tolerance for individuals with moderate impairment.
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Adult Interest Checklist

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
A task for the older adult population to help identify current interests and potentials for new passions. This will assist the patient in the transition out of work into retirement and will also assist the therapist in their goals and direction of care.
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ADL Checklist for Early Dementia

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This simple visual checklist is meant for those clients with early stage dementia who still have physical capability but forget to complete all necessary steps in ADL routine, to allow for completion of routine with less caregiver cues and more opportunity for independence. Simple list on the first page, more detailed items on the second. May be cut apart and rearranged if needed and copied. If desired, may laminate and reuse daily with a dry erase marker.
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Book Activities Pack: Poodle Draws Doodles

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This book activities pack targets literacy skills, including print motivation and awareness, letter knowledge, vocabulary, phonological awareness, and narrative skills. Poodle loves to doodle everywhere – walls, doors, floors, no surface is safe! Poodle is soon in trouble. But could her alfresco drawing skills actually come in useful? This entertaining story for beginner readers has […]
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8 Parts of Speech

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
8 parts of speech posters: verb, pronoun, noun, conjunction, preposition, adverb, adjective, and article.
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AAC Mini Simple Communication Board for Kids

December 9, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout is designed for speech-language pathologists working with kids on verbal and non-verbal communication using AAC. The simple board includes 18 icons for basic words as well as suggestions for how to incorporate the board into structured therapy sessions.
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5 Pocket-Sized Low Tech AAC Cards for People with Aphasia

December 9, 2021 by Megan Berg.
5 low-tech AAC cards designed for people who want a low-key, basic, pocketable communication tool. The five cards feature an alphabet board, basic words (nurse, doctor, bathroom, medications, glasses, shoes), emojis to communicate emotions, a visual pain scale, and yes/no card with communication strategies.
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/sh/ and /ch/ Sound Production Visual

December 9, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This visual addresses articulation of /sh/ and /ch/ sounds. Includes practical verbal cues to help children produce these two sounds.
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