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Book: Teaching Motor Skills to Children With Cerebral Palsy And Similar Movement Disorders

January 1, 2008

All children with cerebral palsy and other conditions that result in gross motor delays need help and reinforcement to learn basic motor skills, usually with assistance from a physical therapist. Because the degree of developmental delay varies greatly from child to child,…...

January 1, 2008

Angelmans Syndrome, Video

A family in Cool, Calif. is overcoming the odds with their son who has the debilitating disease....

Book: The Shyness Breakthrough

January 1, 2008

Book, Shyness, SLP

Carducci (Shyness: A Bold New Approach), a director of the Shyness Research Institute in New Albany, Ind., has been studying shyness for 20 years. Here he focuses on shy children and how parents can help, maintaining that it’s vital to learn how…...

Video: Bullying: No Escape (Part 2)

January 1, 2008

School Psych, Video

[Source] CNN Anderson Cooper hosts a town hall special on bullying titled “Bullying: No Escape” with special guests including Dr. Phil McGraw and American Idol’s Crystal Bowersox. This is the 2nd of Four Segments....

January 1, 2008

Article, Oral Motor, SLP, Speech Delay

By: Sara R. Johnson, M.S., CCC-SLP Talk Tools ™/ITI and Jennifer Gray, M.S., CCC-SLP Aspen Editing & Consulting, LLC Original article at: Rosenfeld-Johnson, S., Gray, J. (2008). The role of the jaw for feeding and speech. Advance, 18 (35). Advance Magazine September 2008. It is reprinted here…...

January 1, 2008

Article, SLP

Justice, L. & Fey, M. (2004, September 21). The ASHA Leader. The SLP’s application of evidence-based practice (EBP) to making assessment and intervention decisions in schools requires the deliberate integration of clinical expertise, substantive theoretical knowledge, child and family preferences, and best…...

January 1, 2008

Childhood Apraxia of Speech, SLP, Video

(From YouTube) Every proud parent hangs on every word their baby says. What if those first few words are hard to come by or understand? It might just be a normal phase, or it could be a sign of a growing problem…...

January 1, 2008

Article, Selective Mutism

By: Schum, R. (2002, September 24). The ASHA Leader. Selective mutism is a uniquely challenging childhood communication disorder that demands a coordinated treatment approach. Speech-language pathologists are in an excellent position to coordinate intervention among family, classroom teachers, and other clinicians See the…...

Bullying: No Escape (Part 1)

January 1, 2008

Bullying, School Psych

[Source] CNN Anderson Cooper hosts a town hall special on bullying titled “Bullying: No Escape” with special guests including Dr. Phil McGraw and American Idol’s Crystal Bowersox. This is the First of Four Segments....

January 1, 2008

Article, Resonance Disorders, SLP

[Source: Boca Raton Speech & Voice Center, Inc.] Resonance is the quality of the voice that results from sound vibrations in the pharynx, oral cavity, and nasal cavity. The relative balance of sound vibration in these anatomical cavities determines whether the quality…...