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Assistive Technology: Creating Independence for Students with Cerebral Palsy

January 29, 2010

Article, Assistive Technology, Cerebral Palsy, January 2010, Newsletter, PT

By: Liz Bell, DPT, ATP As a PT working in the school setting, I sometimes feel like I spend as much or more time getting equipment ordered, delivered, adjusted, adapted, and repaired for my students as I do performing actual hands on…...

January 29, 2010

Aspergers Syndrome, Autism, Book, January 2010, SPD, Tip or Resource

[Source: Amazon.com], One of the best ways for children with autism, Asperger’s, and sensory processing disorders to learn is through play. Children improve their motor skills, language skills, and social skills by moving their bodies and interacting with their environment. Yet the…...

January 22, 2010

New Grad Guide

At the ASHA New Orleans Convention, we got great feedback about this little guidebook we put together for new grads. It contains a time-line for job search planning, resume writing tips, interviewing tips, a sample resume, some of our frequently asked…...

January 22, 2010

January 2010, News, Newsletter, Pediatric Stroke

[Source: New York Times, January 18, 2010] My son Jared lay in a bed at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell hospital, limp and pale, his 7-year-old body tethered to a tangle of tubes and monitor wires. A neurologist, Dr. Maurine Packard, stood to his…...

January 22, 2010

January 2010, News, Newsletter, TBI

[Source: Los Angeles Times, January 17, 2010] The terms concussion and mild traumatic brain injury pretty much mean the same thing. But which term a parent hears from the doctor makes a big difference in the seriousness with which the injury is…...

Therasuit in the News

January 18, 2010

22 January 2010, Cerebral Palsy, News, OT, PT, Video

[Source: King5.com] [Source: King5, Seattle, Washington; January 16, 2010], Nicole was born weighing just one pound, 14 ounces. Doctors diagnosed cerebral palsy. “As she’s getting older she’s starting to realize more that there is something different. And she wants to be able…...

Handwriting Myths Exposed

January 15, 2010

Article, Handwriting, January 2010, Newsletter, OT

Handwriting Myths Exposed By: Megan Eldridge, OTR/L Handwriting Development Expert Have you ever said, “Some children are just plain lazy when it comes to their handwriting. They can write nicely if they go slow and really try.” Many parents, teacher and other…...

January 15, 2010

ADHD, January 2010, News, Newsletter, OT

[Source: UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain], Two brain areas fail to connect when children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder attempt a task that measures attention, according to researchers at the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain and M.I.N.D. Institute.…...

January 9, 2010

Article, January 2010, Newsletter, SLP, Stuttering

All material Copyright © 2009 The National Stuttering Association Reprinted with the express permission of the National Stuttering Association as originally published on their website. By: Pam Mertz Pam Mertz is an adult who stutters, who had speech therapy as a kid…...

January 8, 2010

8 January 2010, Autism, News, OT

[Source: Disability Scoop] By SHAUN HEASLEY January 8, 2010Text Size A A Brain scans detecting a sound processing delay common in children with autism could lead to earlier diagnosis of the developmental disorder, researchers said Friday. In a study of children with and…...