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Response-to-Intervention: SLPs as Linchpins in Secondary Schools

March 12, 2010

12 March 2010, Article, Newsletter, RTI, SLP

Ehren, B. (2009, May 05). The ASHA Leader. Many speech-language pathologists in schools are engaging in conversations in their school districts about response-to-intervention (RTI)—a multi-tiered approach to providing services and interventions to struggling learners at increasing levels of intensity—and some are playing…...

March 11, 2010

12 March 2010, Cochlear Implants, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Reuters Health] – Music class may help improve certain types of sound perception in deaf children who have cochlear implants, a new study hints. Cochlear implants are small electronic devices that can give a sense of sound to people who are…...

Vision Therapy in the New York Times

March 10, 2010

12 March 2010, ADHD, Autism, News, Newsletter, Vision Therapy

[Source: New York Times] If you’re the parent of a child who’s having trouble learning or behaving in school, you quickly find yourself confronted with a series of difficult choices. You can do nothing — and watch your child flounder while teachers…...

March 10, 2010

12 March 2010, News, Newsletter, OT, Physical Fitness, PT, SLP, Special Education

Inclusion companions work to make sure young athletes with special needs included [Source: Chicago Tribune] Like many basketball players, 8-year-old Ariana Ferruzza would much rather score than play defense. So when she lingered under the basket one recent Saturday as the action…...

SPD and DSM-V in USA Today

March 9, 2010

12 March 2010, News of the Week, Newsletter, SPD

[Source: USA Today] From the day she brought her son Jack home from the hospital, Kim Leserman knew something wasn’t quite right. Leserman and her family live a quarter-mile from the Pacific Ocean in Manhattan Beach, Calif., but Jack wouldn’t touch sand.…...

March 5, 2010

5 March 2010, Advocacy News, Autism, News, Newsletter

The House approved a bill Wednesday to limit the physical restraint and seclusion of students in schools, a response to an investigation last year that found numerous reports of students abused or killed through such disciplinary measures. The bill, approved 262 to…...

March 5, 2010

5 March 2010, Article, Book, Childhood Apraxia of Speech, March 2010, Newsletter, SLP

All material Copyright © Shelley Vellerman Reprinted with the express permission of the author as originally published on her webpage. By: Shelley Vellerman, PhD, CCC-SLP NB: This article was originally written for parents. We reprint it here because we know…...

March 5, 2010

5 March 2010, Article, Autism, Newsletter, OT

Copyright © 2010 Autism Support Network Reprinted with the express permission of the author as originally published on his website. By: Brian Field – Autism Support Network NB: This article was originally written for parents. We include it here because it is…...

March 4, 2010

Angelman Syndrome, March 2010, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily.com] Angelman Syndrome is a rare but serious genetic disorder that causes a constellation of developmental problems in affected children, including mental retardation, lack of speech, and in some cases, autism. Over a decade ago, researchers found that AS was…...

March 3, 2010

[Source: ScienceDaily] — Physical fitness is associated with academic performance in young people, according to a report presented at the American Heart Association’s 2010 Conference on Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism. “As children’s health continues to be a concern — especially when…...