Hi Reader,
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Today, I'm sharing a new patient handout that I created for someone I worked with recently. It's designed to help people take more control over memory lapses in conversation. I explain further in the Featured EST Post & Handout section.

I hope this email finds you safe and well.

If you come across something you think I should share in a future email, or if you're a creator and would like to recommend your own work, please hit reply and let me know!

My goal is simply to create and share resources and tips that I think might be helpful or interesting to you. I'm happy to use this space to help spread the word about the work like-minded people are doing!

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​🧠What I'm working on

I'm in a groove, updating handouts for the spiral-bound book project. I have 10 handouts completely ready: updated and margins adjusted.

I'll keep working on it, in between making new handouts, writing my fiction book, and gardening.

🎓Continuing education & colleague support

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🎁 Featured EST post & handout

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Bonus handout: When you lose your train of thought​

• I made this handout for a patient who rarely lost their train of thought in the past.
• Now they're losing their train of thought often enough that it bothers them.
• Given the progressive condition they have, it wasn't realistic to try to banish the problem.
• I used this handout during a discussion to help my patient figure out what they wanted to try.
• They found it helpful to learn how to manage it in a way that felt right for them.
• Part of their solution was using different techniques in different contexts. They may deflect with a joke with their family, while using a "re-setting" technique in a doctor's office.
• Since they found it helpful, I thought maybe other people might as well!

Related Eat, Speak, & Think post

• ​Quick guide to self-management training in Parkinson’s. Based on Yorkston et al. (2017), this post shares how voice training is not the end-all and be-all for SLPs treating people with Parkinson’s disease.
• Learn concrete ways you can support self-management and self-efficacy.
• The handout lists specific things that we can do in therapy, categorized by skill.

🌐 Something worth sharing​
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• ​Facial nerve paralysis - Here is a new Speech Scope podcast in which Sarah Baar discusses facial nerve paralysis with Dr. Nina Lu (facial plastic surgery) and Emily Wilson (SLP). I love Sarah's interviews!

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Stay safe and be well,

Lisa
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