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Worth Repeating: Sensory-Motor Rehabilitation in Rett Syndrome: a Case Report.(Clinical report)

January 1, 2009

Article, Rett Syndrome, Sensory Integration, SPD

by: Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, March 22, 2008, Pizzamiglio, Maria Rosa; Nasti, Marianna; Piccardi, Laura; Zotti, Antonella; Vitturini, Claudio; Spitoni, Grazia; Nanni, Maria Vittoria; Guariglia, Cecilia; Morelli, Daniela Read the Full Text of this Article HERE...

Sitting for Task Participation

January 1, 2009

Adaptive Equipment, Article, Mobility, PT

By: Lori Potts, PT Reprinted by permission from http://www.Rifton.com. At the end of this article, you will find the web link to the ISS Proceedings (Instructional Session 2002) upon which this article content is based. Full acknowledgment for concepts regarding seating for task performance…...

January 1, 2009

Bilingualism, SLP

Restrepo, M. & Towle-Harmon, M. (2008, September 23). The ASHA Leader. Preschool programs can have a direct impact on the academic skills of children learning English as a second language, potentially closing the gap with quality education. See the full Article HERE...

About Baby Signing

January 1, 2009

Article, Baby Signing, SLP

Seal, B. (2010, November 02). The ASHA Leader. Growing interest in signing with typically developing babies has gained unprecedented attention in popular media, particularly on the Internet. YouTube offers 10 categories for baby signing; they range from “baby sign language lessons” to…...

Responsive to Intervention (RTI)

January 1, 2009

Article, RTI

[Source] ASHA The responsive to intervention (RTI) process is a multitiered approach to providing services and interventions to struggling learners at increasing levels of intensity. It involves universal screening, high-quality instruction and interventions matched to student need, frequent progress monitoring, and the use…...

January 1, 2009

Cerebral Palsy

Purpose: Cerebral palsy is a condition that affects body movement and muscle coordination. It is caused by damage to the brain during fetal development; before, during, or shortly after birth; or during infancy. Muscle weakness can be a primary concern for people…...

January 1, 2009

Article, Bilingualism, Multiculturalism, SLP

Cheng, L. (2006, September 26). The ASHA Leader. When working with culturally and linguistically diverse children and families, SLPs must function like Seracini—as inquisitive diagnosticians using a range of tools to decode the meaning of verbal, nonverbal, and socio-cultural messages with the…...

January 1, 2009

Book, SLP, Socials Skills

by Michelle Garcia Winner This book consists of 250 worksheets specifically designed to offer more lessons in teaching social thinking that dovetail both off the lessons discussed in all of Michelle G. Winner’s other books: Inside Out: What Makes the Person With…...

January 1, 2009

AAC, Article, SLP

Kent-Walsh, J. & Rosa-Lugo, L. (2006, February 28). The ASHA Leader. Communication is a dynamic and transactional process, in which conversation partners influence each other through the course of exchange. Yet, as speech-language pathologists, we design interventions directly targeting the communication competence…...

January 1, 2009

Article, SLP, Stuttering

[Source] Kids Health As human beings, we have the special ability to share our thoughts by talking. We start by forming a thought in our brains. In the brain, this thought is changed into a code we’ve learned called language. Once the thought…...