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Reading Fluency: What Every SLP and Teacher Should Know

January 1, 2008

Article, Fluency, Literacy, Reading, SLP

Reutzel, D. (2009, April 14). The ASHA Leader. For many years, the emphasis in reading shifted away from proficient oral reading in the early 1900s and toward silent reading for private and personal purposes in the 1930s. Consequently, the goal of developing…...

January 1, 2008

Article, Multiculturalism, SLP

Roseberry-McKibbin, C. (2001, November 06). The ASHA Leader. How do we define “culture”? Much too narrowly. We have traditionally used the term to focus primarily on people’s ethnic and linguistic backgrounds. Such limitation, however, causes us to neglect attention to one of…...

Book: Raising a Sensory Smart Child

January 1, 2008

Autism, Book, SPD

For children with sensory integration issues-those who have difficulty processing everyday sensations and exhibit unusual behaviors such as avoiding or seeking out touch, movement, sounds, and sights-this groundbreaking book is an invaluable resource. Long thought to affect only autistic children, or mistaken…...

Reading an NBCOT® Exam Question

January 1, 2008

Article, NBCOT, OT

All material Copyright © 2009 OT-Advantage.com By: Alison Bodor, M.S. OTR/L The NBCOT® Certification Exam for the OTR® candidate is a combination of multiple choice, scenario, and clinical simulation exam questions. The scenario question is given in the form of a multiple choice question. Therefore, the…...

January 1, 2008

Article, OT, Pretzel Syndrome, PT, Rare Diseases and Disorders, SLP

[Source: ScienceDaily] So often the rare informs the common. Penn researchers investigating a regulatory protein involved in a rare genetic disease have shown that it may be related to epileptic and autistic symptoms in other more common neurological disorders. A team of…...

January 1, 2008

Stuttering, Video

Stuttering can be an isolating experience for children who may shy away from speaking up. But a theater company is changing that for some youngsters...

January 1, 2008

Article, Language, SLP

Luigi Girolametto, Ph.D., Department of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Toronto Published online 05-31-06 in the Canadian Language & Literacy Research Network in their Encyclopedia of Language and Literacy Development Developmental language disorders place children at risk for long-term social, emotional and academic difficulties…...

Proprioceptive Dysfunction

January 1, 2008

Article, Proprioception, SPD

Sensory Processing Disorder.com has some excellent articles. If you can ignore all the ads, there is some excellent information here. Proprioceptive Dysfunction...

January 1, 2008

OT, PT, SPD, Video

Occupational therapists, physical therapists and a speech pathologist at Legacy Emanuel Children’s Hospital in Portland, Orego share their experiences about the benefits of using the Power Pumper....

January 1, 2008

Childhood Apraxia of Speech, SLP, Video

This video was shown at the conclusion of the 2007 National Conference on Childhood Apraxia of Speech in Anaheim, California at the Grand Californian Hotel....