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Language Shapes How the Brain Perceives Time

May 18, 2017

19 May 2017, News, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Professor Panos Athanasopoulos, a linguist from Lancaster University and Professor Emanuel Bylund, a linguist from Stellenbosch University and Stockholm University, have discovered that people who speak two languages fluently think about time differently depending on the language context in…...

May 18, 2017

19 May 2017, News, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Rapid learning of new words is crucial for language acquisition, and frequent exposure to spoken words enables vocabulary development. In her doctoral dissertation, Lilli Kimppa studied neural response dynamics to new words over brief exposure. She measured the neural…...

May 17, 2017

9 June 2017, Newsletter

[Source: MindShift] Some of the nation’s top researchers who’ve spent their careers studying early childhood education recently got together in Washington with one goal in mind: to cut through the fog of studies and the endless debates over the benefits of pre-school.…...

May 17, 2017

19 May 2017, Article, Newsletter, OT, Visual Perception

By: Melanie Lambert OTR/L A.M. Skeffington, an American optometrist known to some as “the father of behavioral optometry”, believed that vision cannot be separated from the total individual nor from any of the sensory systems because it is integrated into all human…...

May 17, 2017

19 May 2017, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Flip Snack] Here is a really cool tool for those of you who are creative and techy. Thanks to our Twitter friends at Heaman Communication Services for the lead on this resource! This would be a great way to make individualized…...

May 17, 2017

Autism, OT, SLP, Special Ed, Tip or Resource

[Source: The Yale Seminar on Autism] The Yale Seminar on Autism and Related Disorders is the United States’ first undergraduate course of its kind. The goal of this series is to make all of the lecture content and supporting materials available online…...

May 17, 2017

19 May 2017, Newsletter, OT, PT, School Psych, Tip or Resource

Here is a great resource I was introduced to through Twitter. Unfortunately, I was not good enough to remember who tweeted it. My apologies! The Children’s Trust is a national charity working with children who have multiple disabilities and complex health needs. …...

PT Corner: Hand and Foot Play

May 16, 2017

Article, Emergency Newsletter, Gross Motor Skills, Newsletter, PT

[Source: Starfish Therapies] Hand and foot play is an important part of a child’s development. So is bringing the feet to their mouth (unfortunately I didn’t get a good picture of that!). So what are some of the reasons it is so…...

May 16, 2017

Article, Emergency Newsletter, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Upbility] Expressive language signifies the ability to use words, sentences, gestures and writing to convey notions and messages to other people. Expressive language skills include the ability to name objects in our surroundings, describe actions and events, formulate sentences, use grammar…...

May 16, 2017

19 May 2017, Job, Newsletter, OT

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or Maternity leave position available for the fall in a school setting in the Glenview area! * full time * maternity leave * K-5 * 3 schools * August 17, 2017 – December 22, 2017 Qualifications: Must hold…...