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Petting Therapy Dogs Enhances Thinking Skills of Stressed College Students

May 12, 2021

14 May 2021, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Programs exclusively focused on petting therapy dogs improved stressed-out students’ thinking and planning skills more effectively than programs that included traditional stress-management information, according to new Washington State University research. The study was published today in the journal AERA Open,…...

May 12, 2021

"Tip or Resource", COVID, Newsletter

Welcome to Issue number 57 of our special e-letter, “Teaching & Therapy Resources for Homebound Families” (Did you miss our previous issues?| Read them HERE) Each week, this e-mailer features new resources, articles about this bizarre time we are living in, and…...

May 12, 2021

14 May 2021, Article, Handwriting, Newsletter, OT

by Katherine J. Collmer, M.Ed., OTR/L One summer, I came across a remarkable fourth-grade student who desperately wanted to increase her speed with cursive. We’ll call her Mary. When I assessed her handwriting skills, I discovered that her letter formations were superb,…...

May 12, 2021

14 May 2021, Autism, News, Newsletter, PT

[Source: Science Daily] For more than a year, researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso’s Stanley E. Fulton Gait Research & Movement Analysis Lab in the College of Health Sciences have been using real-time 3D animation to investigate motor impairments…...

May 12, 2021

14 May 2021, Anxiety, Newsletter

[Source: Medical X-Press] Social anxiety disorder can cause considerable suffering in children and adolescents and, for many with the disorder, access to effective treatment is limited. Researchers at Center for Psychiatry Research at Karolinska Institutet and Region Stockholm in Sweden have now…...

May 12, 2021

Gestures, Language, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Gestures — such as pointing or waving — go hand in hand with a child’s first words, and twins lag behind single children in producing and using those gestures, two studies from Georgia State University psychology researchers show. Twins…...

May 12, 2021

14 May 2021, Article, Down Syndrome, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Amy Bockerstette has made history. The 22-year-old from Arizona became the first person with Down syndrome to compete in a college championship event Monday after she teed off at 11:50 a.m. at Ormond Beach’s Plantation…...

May 12, 2021

14 May 2021, Article, Autism, Newsletter

Editor’s Note: This article was written for parents of kids on the spectrum but it would be a great resource to share with the caregivers of your clients. [Source: My ASD Child] Question: I need to put drive in my 15 yr…...

May 11, 2021

19 October 2018, Article, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Smart Speech Therapy] In my previous posts, I’ve shared my thoughts about picture books being an excellent source of materials for assessment and treatment purposes. They can serve as narrative elicitation aids for children of various ages and intellectual abilities, ranging from pre-K through fourth grade. They…...

May 11, 2021

14 May 2021, Book Review, Language, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Play on Words.com] “What If You Had Animal Teeth?” by Sandra Markle has the right combination of goofy comparisons, outrageous illustrations and fascinating animal facts to appeal to kids. Open the book and you are greeted with a child’s open mouth…...