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January 1, 2008

[Source] CNN Anderson Cooper hosts a town hall special on bullying titled “Bullying: No Escape” with special guests including Dr. Phil McGraw and American Idol’s Crystal Bowersox. This is the Last of Four Segments....

January 1, 2008

Article, Early Intervention, Literacy, School Psych, SLP

Nancy J. Cohen, Ph.D., Hincks-Dellcrest Centre and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto Published online 05-31-06 in the Canadian Language & Literacy Research Network in their Encyclopedia of Language and Literacy Development Language and communicative competence provide critical tools for learning, engaging in…...

Landau-Kleffner Syndrome – What is It

January 1, 2008

Article, Landau-Kleffner, SLP

by: Marcio Sotero de Menezes, MD Introduction and Background Acquired epileptic aphasia (AEA) typically develops in healthy children who acutely or progressively lose receptive and expressive language ability coincident with the appearance of paroxysmal EEG changes. In 1957, Landau and Kleffner initially…...

Bullying: No Escape (Part 3)

January 1, 2008

School Psych, Video: Bullying

Source] CNN Anderson Cooper hosts a town hall special on bullying titled “Bullying: No Escape” with special guests including Dr. Phil McGraw and American Idol’s Crystal Bowersox. This is the 3nd of Four Segments....

January 1, 2008

Book, Cerebral Palsy, OT, PT

All children with cerebral palsy and other conditions that result in gross motor delays need help and reinforcement to learn basic motor skills, usually with assistance from a physical therapist. Because the degree of developmental delay varies greatly from child to child,…...

January 1, 2008

Angelmans Syndrome, Video

A family in Cool, Calif. is overcoming the odds with their son who has the debilitating disease....

Book: The Shyness Breakthrough

January 1, 2008

Book, Shyness, SLP

Carducci (Shyness: A Bold New Approach), a director of the Shyness Research Institute in New Albany, Ind., has been studying shyness for 20 years. Here he focuses on shy children and how parents can help, maintaining that it’s vital to learn how…...

Video: Bullying: No Escape (Part 2)

January 1, 2008

School Psych, Video

[Source] CNN Anderson Cooper hosts a town hall special on bullying titled “Bullying: No Escape” with special guests including Dr. Phil McGraw and American Idol’s Crystal Bowersox. This is the 2nd of Four Segments....

January 1, 2008

Article, Oral Motor, SLP, Speech Delay

By: Sara R. Johnson, M.S., CCC-SLP Talk Tools ™/ITI and Jennifer Gray, M.S., CCC-SLP Aspen Editing & Consulting, LLC Original article at: Rosenfeld-Johnson, S., Gray, J. (2008). The role of the jaw for feeding and speech. Advance, 18 (35). Advance Magazine September 2008. It is reprinted here…...

January 1, 2008

Article, SLP

Justice, L. & Fey, M. (2004, September 21). The ASHA Leader. The SLP’s application of evidence-based practice (EBP) to making assessment and intervention decisions in schools requires the deliberate integration of clinical expertise, substantive theoretical knowledge, child and family preferences, and best…...