Clinical Practice Tools

• Aphasia - Introduction: This short video is an introduction to aphasia post-stroke.
• Aphasia - Practical Post-stroke Tutorials: Practical videos to help enhance conversations.
• Aphasia Institute e-Module: Supported Conversation (SCA™) eModule
• Aphasia Institute (SCA™) Resources:  Free pictographic resources called 'Participics' to help facilitate conversations
• Aphasia Friendly Toolkit: This new toolkit will help you provide aphasia-friendly materials in your practice. Available now!
• Aphasia Software Finder: Info on aphasia therapy apps and software for healthcare professionals and people with aphasia.

• Aerobic Exercise after Stroke - Clinician's Guide: Aerobic exercise can be helpful to improve physical and cognitive recovery
• Aerobic Exercise after Stroke - Patient's Guide: Aerobic exercise can be helpful to improve physical and cognitive recovery
• Aerobics Update 2019 from Stroke Engine: See Stroke Engine's aerobic exercise recommendations to optimize Best Practices in care after stroke.
• Community Post-Stroke Exercise Classes: Free virtual community exercise classes for stroke survivors within the Champlain region
• HealtheSteps®: HealtheSteps® is a free healthy living program that helps individuals to move more, sit less, and eat healthier.
• iWalkAssess Approach to Walking Assessment: Clinical toolkit to help physiotherapists use an evidence-informed approach
• Reactive Balance Training Toolkit: Helps people practice and improve control of their balance reactions to prevent falls

• Driving after a TIA or Stroke in Ontario: Patient-focused resources to help guide the stroke survivor's return to driving. 
• Returning to Driving Toolkit:This toolkit focuses on physical, visual, and cognitive exercises clients can work on while they recover from a stroke.
• Intimacy & Sex after Stroke: Information and support to help clinicians address sexual health and intimacy following stroke.
• Return to Work Toolkit: Self-assessment  guide focusing on individual recovery efforts and one's ability or readiness to return to work. Southwestern Ontario Stroke Network
• Return to Work Program: The return to work process after a brain injury like stroke can be challenging. The return to work team at OBIA (Ontario Brain Injury Association) is currently offering a support program for employees working in Ontario who are returning to work with their pre-stroke employer.

• Traffic Light Tool: This is a Post-Stroke Spasticity (PSS) Risk Classification System created for occupational therapists and physiotherapists
• Managing Spasticity: Resources & Insights: Resources from the World Stroke Academy to help manage spasticity post stroke.

FAST CARD

This F.A.S.T. acronym poster is a tool for hospitals, aimed at enhancing the recognition of the stroke signs and symptoms among healthcare professionals.  

• Access CSS: A simple way to access local community support services for older adults, seniors and adults living with disabilities in Eastern Ontario. Persons with stroke may also self-refer.
• Living with Stroke Series: Informationfrom variousprofessionals who are part of a stroke care team, along with stroke survivor stories.
• Stroke in Young Adults: A resource book for young adults with stroke, their families, and caregivers.
• Your Stroke Journey: A guidebook for adults who have had a stroke, their caregivers, family members, and friends.
• Virtual Creative Engagement for Older Adults: Guide to free virtual services designed to help long-term care teams address under-stimulation and loneliness felt by residents.
• Vision Loss Rehabilitation: Vision Loss Rehabilitation Canada (VLRC) provides a range of services that help individuals with vision loss lead more independent, active lives.

• NIHSS Scoring Tips: A pocket guide to help support nurses at the bedside with the completion of the NIHSS. Available in both French and English.
• Post-Stroke Checklist: A brief, easy-to-use tool to help healthcare professionals identify post-stroke problems amenable to treatment and subsequent referral. 
• Smart Tips for Stroke Care: Smart Tips for Stroke Care is a collection of 15 fact sheets for PSWs and other healthcare providers working with stroke in the community and long-term care setting. Included is a teaching deck to help educators share with their teams.
• Stroke Engine: The Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery has curated over 90 assessment tools useful in stroke rehabilitation. This website also includes online educational modules with practical information.
• Stroke Rehabilitation Intensity: A module to learn about rehabilitation intensity requirements and why they are important for patient outcomes.
• Taking action for Optimal Community and Long-Term Stroke Care (TACLS): A series of resource sheets for the Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations

• GRASP: The GRASP (Graded Repetitive Arm Supplementary Program) is an arm and hand exercise program for people with stroke.  Available free of charge.
• Hemiplegic Arm Protocol: A package to assist health care providers in the implementation of the best practice guideline: Management of the Hemi Arm. Southwestern Ontario Stroke Network
• OT Toolkit for Assessment & Treatment of the Upper Extremity: A toolkit to improve the consistency of implementing best practice management of the upper extremity following stroke.
• ViaTherapy App: Best practice and evidence-based recovery interventions for upper extremity stroke rehabilitation at your fingertips