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October 28, 2020

30 October 2020, Fine Motor Skills, Halloween, OT, Tip or Resource

[Source: Our Kid Things] Taking inspiration from our Apple Paper Plate Lacing Craft, which is a big hit this time of year, here’s another lacing craft only this time for Halloween! It’s a Mummy Paper Plate Lacing Craft! Learn More on Our Kid Things...

Free Halloween Flip Book for Adjectives

October 27, 2020

30 October 2020, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Chit Chat and Small Talk] It’s a fun little book with a stack of adjective cards on the left, and Halloween vocabulary on the right that you flip through to make plausible and silly combinations. I like to have the kids…...

October 27, 2020

30 October 2020, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

We love the Chapel Hill Snippets blog. Ruth works tirelessly to bring great and always FREE resources to SLPs every week. Today we bring you a link to her post of free printables, including four of her printable books for…...

October 27, 2020

30 October 2020, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Scanlon Speech Therapy] On my daughter’s first Halloween, she received the book titled Mouse’s First Halloween. Since she was only 3 months old and a little too young to really appreciate this adorable book, I, like any good speech-language pathologist, used it…...

October 27, 2020

30 October 2020, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 Are you looking for a great opportunity in beautiful California? We are seeking a school Speech-Language Pathologist to provide teletherapy and in-person services with a school in the Huntington Beach area. This is a…...

October 27, 2020

30 October 2020, ADHD, Newsletter, OT, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily] Low levels of key, body-regulating chemicals in mothers during the first three months of pregnancy may interfere with the baby’s brain development, a large American study shows. These chemicals, or hormones, are produced in the thyroid gland in the…...

October 26, 2020

30 October 2020, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical X-Press] A new study led by UC Davis MIND Institute researchers found a distinct DNA methylation signature in the cord blood of newborns who were eventually diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This signature mark spanned DNA regions and genes…...

October 26, 2020

30 October 2020, Cerebral Palsy, News, Newsletter, PT

[Source: Medical X-Press] Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common childhood physical disability—2.0-3.5 per 1000 births—and children born with it have impaired development and diminished control of movement and posture. In particular, children with moderate to severe bilateral CP have poor upper…...

October 26, 2020

30 October 2020, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical X-Press] A team of researchers affiliated with a host of institutions in China has found evidence of a gut microbe deficiency in children who develop autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group describes…...

October 26, 2020

30 October 2020, Language, News, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Humans are not the only beings that can identify rules in complex language-like constructions — monkeys and great apes can do so, too, a study at the University of Zurich has shown. Researchers at the Department of Comparative Language…...