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May 19, 2021

[Source: Disability Scoop] New research suggests that medication could bring about significant improvements in cognitive function and language in adults with fragile X syndrome, the most common cause of inherited intellectual disability. A drug known as BPN14770 led to benefits in oral…...

May 18, 2021

Career, Career Tip, Newsletter

Editor’s Note: This post is part three of a four-part interview guide for pediatric and school based SLPs, OTs, PTs and School Psychologists To read the rest of this guide, visit our Interview Like a Pro – The Pediatric Therapy Clinician’s Guide landing…...

May 17, 2021

21 May 2021, News, Newsletter, Special Education

[Source: Disability Scoop] President Joe Biden’s $1.8 trillion American Families Plan would establish a federal paid leave program and boost child care and special education, but the proposal falls short on modernizing Supplemental Security Income. Biden laid out the sweeping plan to…...

May 17, 2021

21 May 2021, Language, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] The ‘missing link’ that helped our ancestors to begin communicating with each other through language may have been iconic sounds, rather than charades-like gestures — giving rise to the unique human power to coin new words describing the world…...

May 17, 2021

21 May 2021, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] A premature start in life can cause problems even into teenage years. A study by the University of Basel and the University Children’s Hospital Basel (UKBB) indicates that training motor skills in these children helps even when they are…...

May 13, 2021

14 May 2021, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 or Apply HERE!! Are you an SLP seeking a bay area assignment? If so, we have a position for you. We are seeking a Speech-Language Pathologist for a full-time position near Palo Alto. *…...

Hot, New Job! Pediatric SLP – Tulsa, OK

May 13, 2021

14 May 2021, Job, Newsletter

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 or Apply HERE!! Are you a Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist looking for a wonderful place to work? This may be your new job! * Private outpatient clinic * 100% pediatric caseload * Your choice of…...

May 13, 2021

14 May 2021, Job, Newsletter, OT

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 or Apply HERE!! Full-Time and Part-Time positions available for a pediatric Occupational Therapist with a thriving pediatric home health care company in the vicinity of Lubbock, TX. We will also consider a COTA, Certified…...

May 12, 2021

14 May 2021, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Children born preterm (before 37 weeks of pregnancy) remain at high risk of developmental difficulties that can affect their behaviour and ability to learn, finds a study published by The BMJ today. These difficulties were found not only in children born…...

May 12, 2021

Article 14 May 2021, News, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] SAN DIEGO — After George Floyd died in Minneapolis police custody last summer, special education teacher Francia Pinillos felt the urge to talk to her students about race and social justice. “There was a complete disturbance in my soul…...