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Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Where Do We Go From Here?

January 1, 2008

Article, OT, PT, School Psych, SLP, TBI

Roberta DePompei (November 02, 2010). The ASHA Leader. “She is a beautiful 4-year-old. She was in the hospital for several months and has a severe brain injury. She can’t speak and has difficulty maintaining balance for sitting. She is more like a…...

January 1, 2008

Article, SLP

By: Kummer, A. (2003, October 21). The ASHA Leader. One of the best aspects of the field of speech-language pathology is that there is the opportunity to work in a great variety of job settings with very different clinical populations. A new graduate…...

January 1, 2008

PT, Tip or Resource, Video

Four year old boy working on hip external rotation, weight shifting, abdominal strengthening lower extremity dissocation and eye foot coordination. This is also a great activity to prepare for donning/ doffing socks and shoes for occupational therapy. Video provided by Your Therapy Source...

January 1, 2008

Anxiety, Article, School Psych, Stress

By: Gary G. Brannigan, Ph.D. and Howard Margolis, Ed.D. coauthors of Reading Disabilities: Beating The Odds. Reprinted with the express permission of the authors as originally published on their blog, NB: This article is written for the parents of children who have Anxiety and…...

January 1, 2008

OT, PT, Tip or Resource

Four year old boy working on abdominal muscle strengthening, weight bearing through the right lower extremity and lower extremity muscle strengthening. Video provided by Your Therapy Source...

January 1, 2008

OT, PT, Tip or Resource, Video

This activity idea encourages sensory motor skill development. You should adapt the activity based on the children’s physical abilities. Here are some suggested way to use an indoor ladder path. Visit Your Therapy Source for more sensory motor activity ideas...

January 1, 2008

Article, Autism, Early Intervention, SLP

Williams, D. & Minshew, N. (2010, April 27). The ASHA Leader. Autism spectrum disoders (ASD) clearly affect social functioning, but also have an impact on the development and use of language that extends beyond pragmatics. Because ASD is a neurodevelopmental disorder, clinicians…...

January 1, 2008

OT, PT, Tip or Resource, Video

Four year old boy working on heel contact. Velcro is strapped to feet with velcro coins on cards. Go to Your Therapy Sourcefor more sensory motor activity ideas....

How Does Your Child Hear and Talk?

January 1, 2008

Article, SLP

[Source] ASHA NB: This article is written for the parents. We publish it here because we know that therapists like to give their client’s caregivers as much information as possible. The development of communication skills begins in infancy, before the emergence of the…...

January 1, 2008

OT, PT, Tip or Resource, Video

Four year old boy working on upper extremity and trunk strengthening while playing a game. There are several words written on the upright cards. When a word is called out, the boy finds the correct written word and uses the rolling pin…...