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With $29 Million In Backing, MIT Launches Down Syndrome Center

March 25, 2019

29 March 2019, Down Syndrome, Newsletter, Special Ed

[Source: Boston.com] The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has a received a nearly $29 million gift the university says will be used to enhance research and improve the lives of people with Down syndrome. MIT in an announcement Wednesday said the $28.6 million…...

March 25, 2019

29 March 2019, Autism, Newsletter, OT, School Psych, SLP

[Source: Disability Scoop] Five years after a sweeping overhaul of the diagnostic criteria for autism, research suggests that the changes have led fewer people to be identified with the developmental disorder. The definition of autism was reworked with the adoption of the fifth edition…...

How Team Sports Change a Child’s Brain

March 25, 2019

29 March 2019, Depression, Mental Health, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily] “Our findings are important because they help illuminate the relationships between involvement in sports, volume of a particular brain region and depressive symptoms in kids as young as nine,” said Lisa Gorham, lead author of the study and a…...

March 25, 2019

29 March 2109, New, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Medical X-Press] Patients in a new Northwestern Medicine study were able to comprehend words that were written but not said aloud. They could write the names of things they saw but not verbalize them. Even though these patients could hear and speak perfectly…...

March 21, 2019

22 March 2019, Job, Newsletter, OT

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 Do you enjoy a lot of flexibility, high earning potential, an outpatient setting and a wide variety of diagnoses? We have a part time position for an Occupational Therapist available! * You’ll work as an…...

March 20, 2019

22 March 2019, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 If you are a Speech-Language Pathologist who is looking to work in a variety of pediatric settings and expand your scope of practice, this is a position for you! We are seeking…...

March 19, 2019

22 March 2019, Newsletter, School Psych

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 Want to live in a small town near the water in the Pacific Northwest? We have a need for a fabulous School Psychologist for the 2019-2020 school year near Monroe. This is…...

March 19, 2019

22 March 2019, News, Newsletter, PT

[Source: Your Therapy Source] A recent article in the Psychology of Sports and Exercise reported on a study examing the effects of specifically designed physical activities on children’s foreign language vocabulary learning and attentional performance. The researchers examined physical activity and memory performance in children. The participants included…...

March 19, 2019

22 March 2019, Mindfulness, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Mind Shift] Not knowing the answer to a question when you’re called on in front of the entire class. Forgetting your homework. The kid behind you pulling your hair. School poses a lot of stressful moments, but how children (and teachers) react…...

March 18, 2019

22 March 2019, Newsletter, OT, PT, School Psych, SLP, Tip or Resource

Lots of great therapy ideas spring forth during April. Check out our Spring, Easter and Earth Day Pinterest boards for a huge number of activities to do in the therapy room throughout the month! Visit our Spring Themed Therapy Activities…...