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ASHA Resources for Better Hearing and Speech Month 2021

April 26, 2021

30 April 2021, Better Hearing and Speech Month, Newseltter, SLP

[Source: ASHA] Each May, Better Hearing & Speech Month (BHSM) provides an opportunity to raise awareness about communication disorders and the role of ASHA members in providing life-altering treatment. For 2021, our theme is “Building Connections.” Please continue to check this page…...

April 26, 2021

30 April 2021, Newsletter, Social Worker

[Source: Education Week] Districts can put the federal dollars to good use for students experiencing homelessness Congress just passed a massive stimulus package intended to help communities rebound from COVID-19. The American Rescue Plan includes $129 billion for K-12 education. Public schools will…...

Dyslexia and Balance

April 26, 2021

20 April 2021, Dyslexia, News, Newsletter, OT, Posture, PT

[Source: Your Therapy Source] One study tested 94 children with a familial risk of dyslexia comparing them to 85 children without a risk of dyslexia. The results showed that children with a risk of dyslexia had more problems with balance and reading.…...

April 26, 2021

Literacy, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have developed a new framework for different factors influencing how a child’s brain is “wired” to learn to read before kindergarten. This may help pediatric providers identify risks when the brain is…...

April 26, 2021

30 April 2021, Article, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] People’s ability to perceive speech sounds has been deeply studied, specially during someone’s first year of life, but what happens during the first hours after birth? Are babies born with innate abilities to perceive speech sounds, or do neural…...

April 26, 2021

[Source: Science Daily] The ability to control your own behavior, known as executive function, might not exist all in your head. A new theory proposes that it develops with many influences from outside the mind. The theory, detailed in Perspectives on Psychological…...

April 26, 2021

30 April 2021, Behavior, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily] A large study of children has uncovered evidence that behavioral problems in children who snore may be associated with changes in the structure of their brain’s frontal lobe. The findings support early evaluation of children with habitual snoring (snoring…...

April 26, 2021

30 April 2021, Autism, News, Special Education

[Source: Disability Scoop] A panel of federal officials, advocates and other stakeholders is supposed to set the government’s autism priorities, but new research suggests that’s not what’s happening. The long-running Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee is charged with advising the secretary of health…...

April 26, 2021

Bilingualism, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

Here is a very exciting resource to share again. Back in 2011, we featured a chapter of a book by Dorothy Miranda Esckelson and Adulfa Aguirre Morales, called ‘Spanish Phrasing for SLPs.’ The authors had given Judith Kuster of MSU, permission to…...

April 23, 2021

23 April 2021, Job, Newsletter, PT

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 or Apply HERE!! Are you a licensed Physical Therapist looking for a great school job for the SY 2021-2022? We have a great opportunity for a Physical Therapist to work full-time in a school…...