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What Schools Need to Know About Children with Brain Injury

January 1, 2008

[Source: Brainline.org] Used with permission from BrainLine.org, a WETA website. http://www.brainline.org. Children spend about six hours a day at school. Educating teachers about a child’s need after TBI is crucial. Produced by Victoria Tilney McDonough and Brian King, BrainLine....

January 1, 2008

Article, Language, SLP

Ginette Dionne, Ph.D., Research Unit on Psychosocial Maladjustment in Children, School of Psychology, Laval University, QC, Canada Published online 12-01-09 in the Canadian Language & Literacy Research Network in their Encyclopedia of Language and Literacy Development Language is a complex behavior that develops…...

What is Selective Mutism: From Web MD

January 1, 2008

Article, OT, School Psych, Selective Mutism, SLP

It’s called “selective mutism,” when a child, who may normally be boisterous at home, is scared to death to speak in ‘select’ social settings like school. It’s an often misdiagnosed childhood anxiety disorder that, if left untreated, can lead to bigger behavioral…...

What is a Concussion?

January 1, 2008

Article, OT, PT, School Psych, TBI

[Source] Kids Health The brain is made up of soft tissue and it’s cushioned by blood and spinal fluid. When someone gets a blow to the head or hits something very hard, the brain suddenly shifts inside the skull and can knock against…...

January 1, 2008

Article, SLP, Specific Language Impairment

Dorothy V. M. Bishop, D.Phil., Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford Published online 03-26-07 in the Canadian Language & Literacy Research Network in their Encyclopedia of Language and Literacy Development Talking comes so naturally to most children that one seldom pauses to…...

January 1, 2008

Article, Down Syndrome, Early Intervention, Language

By: Libby Kumin Libby Kumin is a Professor and Department Chair of the Speech-Language Pathology Department at Loyola College in Baltimore. This article by Libby Kumin is just one chapter of a comprehensive text on Down Syndrome: A Promising Future, Together, Edited by Terry…...

What causes Rett Syndrome?

January 1, 2008

Article, Rett Syndrome

All material Copyright© 2008-2010 Rett Syndrome Research Trust Reprinted with the express permission of Rett Syndrome Research Trust (RSRT) as originally published on their Website. Mutations in a gene called MECP2 (methyl-CpG-binding protein 2) were identified as the cause of Rett Syndrome in…...

January 1, 2008

OT, School Psych, Selective Mutism, SLP

Reprinted with the express permission of Selective Mutism Group (SMG) as originally published on their website. By: Lynn Lunceford, Psy.D., Board of Directors, SMG~CAN This article is formatted as a table and is best viewed in PDF format. Click here to read the entire article Featured Organization: Selective…...

January 1, 2008

ADHD, Anxiety, Attention, Meditation, Mindfulness, OT, School Psych, Stress

Thanks to our friends at Yoga in My School for this great meditative, attention developing activity! Please support our contributors and visit Yoga in My School...