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World Cerebral Palsy Day — Is Sunday, October 6th

October 2, 2019

4 October 2019, Cerebral Palsy, News, Newsletter

[Source: World CP Day.org] World CP Day, on Sunday 6 October 2019, is a perfect time to celebrate and learn more about cerebral palsy – the most common physical disability in childhood. Acceptance of diversity and empathy for people living with a…...

October 2, 2019

4 October 2019, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

October is National Popcorn Poppin’ Month! Here is a great speech-language activity to try with your kiddos!! [Source Speech Time Fun] How can you make your instruction more popping? By using this inferential vocabulary activity, of course! The popcorn in this…...

October 1, 2019

4 October 2019, Job, Newsletter, SLP

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October 1, 2019

', 4 October 2019, Job, Newsletter, PT

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 Are you an energetic PT with experience working in pediatrics? Join this private pediatric practice located in Southern Riverside County, California. We are seeking a Pediatric Physical Therapist to join a group…...

October 1, 2019

4 October 2019, News, Newsletter, SLP, Social Skills

[Source: Science Daily] Narcís Parés, a member of the Cognitive Media Technologies research group of the Department of Information and Communication Technologies (DTIC) at UPF, is working on a research line known as “full-body interaction.” At his laboratory, he designs different applications…...

October 1, 2019

4 October 2019, Hearing Loss, News, Newsletter

[Source; Medical X-Press] Deafness in early childhood is known to lead to lasting changes in how sounds are processed in the brain, but new research published today in eLife shows that even mild-to-moderate levels of hearing loss in young children can lead to similar…...

October 1, 2019

4 October 2019, News, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Scientists have come a step closer to understanding how we’re able to understand spoken language so rapidly, and it involves a huge and complex set of computations in the brain. In a study published today in the Proceedings of the…...

October 1, 2019

Article, Autism, News, Newsletter, Special Education

[Source: Disability Scoop] After officials in the last holdout state enacted a new rule, all 50 states and Washington, D.C. have mandates that require some level of insurance coverage for the treatment of autism. The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance now…...

September 30, 2019

4 October 2019, Down Syndrome, News, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] With millions of new dollars for research on Down syndrome, federal officials have effectively doubled their investment in understanding the chromosomal disorder in the last year alone. The National Institutes of Health said it has committed to some $35…...

AAP Issues Updated ADHD Guidelines

September 30, 2019

4 October 2019, ADHD, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical X-Press] Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is in the news a lot, and now newer research has prompted a leading pediatricians’ group to update its guidelines for diagnosing and treating the disorder for the first time since 2011. Dr. Mark Wolraich, lead…...