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House Approves Bill to Limit Physical Restraint and Seclusion

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…...

March 1, 2010

5 March 2010, Autism, News, Newsletter, OT, Sensory Motor Skills - Sensory Integration, SLP, Video

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March 1, 2010

Autism, March 2010, News of the Week, Newsletter, Video

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March 1, 2010

Animal Assisted Therapy, Cerebral Palsy, March 2010, News, Newsletter

[Source: The Washington Post] Michelle Brown was apprehensive when her parents talked to her about getting a canine assistant to help her in school. But Sylvia, a golden retriever-yellow Lab mix, has changed her life, 13-year-old Michelle said. “She has changed my…...

February 26, 2010

February 2010, Fine Motor Skills, Handwriting, News of the Week, Newsletter, OT

[Source – the New York Times] NOAH LASCANO, 8, had a problem: His teachers couldn’t read his handwriting. His homework became a frustrating exercise in writing once, and then, at the teacher’s request, writing again, just for legibility. His brother, James, 5,…...

February 26, 2010

February 2010, News, Newsletter, Rett Syndrome

[Source: MIT News] A molecule that promotes brain development could serve as a possible treatment for Rett syndrome, the most common form of autism in girls, according to researchers at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory and the Whitehead Institute for…...