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For Autistic Children, Early Intervention May Change Development Trajectory For Later Symptoms Of Disorder

December 28, 2010

31 December 2010, Autism, Early Intervention, News, Newsletter

[Souce: Medical News Today] Early intervention for children with autism, as young as 6 months of age, may change the development trajectory for later symptoms of the disorder according to a research project being spearheaded by the MIND Institute at the University…...

December 28, 2010

31 December 2010, Newsletter, Tip or Resource, VPD

Special thanks to Judith Kuster for pointing us to this free handout from Ann Kummer, PhD, CCC-SLP and Super Duper. Children with a history of cleft palate are at risk for resonance and speech problems due to velopharyngeal dysfunction (VPD). Characteristics of…...

December 28, 2010

OT, PT, School Psych, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Adapted from an activity as seen on Speaking of Speech.com] Do this activity when the students get back to school after the Christmas break. Talk about what resolutions are and try to come up something specific that they want to work…...

December 28, 2010

31 December 2010, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

We found this cute activity for the New Year on Education.com. by Ashley West Noise makers are a fun and common way to “ring” in the New Year! However, they often just get tossed in the trash or—even worse—littered in the street,…...

December 27, 2010

31 December 2010, Article, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, OT, SLP, SPD

By: Jessica Hunt, OTR/L Kaufman Children’s Center for Speech, Language, Sensory-Motor, and Social Connections, Inc. Speech and occupational therapy overlap in many areas, to include feeding, swallowing, cognition, body posture and awareness, and others. In our current medical model, the common practice…...

December 27, 2010

31 December 2010, Article, Newsletter, OT, PT, Q&A, SLP

By: Linda Dayton-Kehoe, COTA/L, Kellie Drake-Lightfoot, PT, MPT, Beatrica Kovacova, LPTA, and Colleen Manion, MS, OTR/L What is pediatric palliative care? Our pediatric palliative care team is an interdisciplinary group of medical professionals that provide emotional, spiritual, physical, and psychosocial care to…...

December 17, 2010

31 December 2010, ADHD, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: The New York Times] As recently as 2002, an international group of leading neuroscientists found it necessary to publish a statement arguing passionately that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder was a real condition. In the face of “overwhelming” scientific evidence, they complained,…...

December 17, 2010

31 December 2010, Article, Newsletter, SLP

By: Skye Blue Angus copyright 2010. Skye Blue Angus. This blog post has been reprinted with express permission of the author as it appeared on her blog Cree-zy, Crazy Speechie Indigenous peoples are traditionally storytellers. Oral traditions are historical accounts, teachings, lessons…...

December 17, 2010

31 December 2010, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Time Magazine] Photo:Eric Fischer There are many reasons why living near a highway is undesirable — the noise, the poor air quality, the endless stream of lost tourists using your driveway to turn around. But a new study published in Environmental…...

December 15, 2010

Article, Newsletter, 17 December 2010, OT, Parental Involvement, PI Psychology, PT, School Psych, SLP, TBI

NB: This article is written for the parents of children who have Traumatic Brain Injury and related problems. We publish it here because we know that therapists like to give their client’s caregivers as much information as possible. Thousands of parents each…...