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How Sign Language Users Learn Intonation

September 28, 2015

2 October 2015, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical X-Press] A spoken language is more than just words and sounds. Speakers use changes in pitch and rhythm, known as prosody, to provide emphasis, show emotion, and otherwise add meaning to what they say. But a language does not need…...

September 24, 2015

25 September 2015, Newsletter, School Psych

Editor’s Note: Perhaps our country could learn something outside our nations borders about mental health care in schools! [Source: Medical News Today] A national school-based mental health program that is now reaching almost one quarter of all elementary school students in Chile…...

September 24, 2015

25 September 2015, News of the Week, Newsletter, OT, School Psych

[Source: Medical News Today] To learn about the world around them, young children depend on information provided by others. But that’s not always the best strategy: kids will sometimes take everything grown-ups say at face value, even if they’re unreliable. New research…...

SLP Corner: Working on Inference Skills

September 24, 2015

25 September 2015, Inferencing, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Speechbloguk] Today I’m going to talk about inferencing. This is one of those words that we use a lot as speech therapists and teachers use a fair bit as well, but I don’t think it means a lot to other people! …...

Two Hot BCBA Jobs in Dallas, Texas

September 23, 2015

25 September 2015, ABA, BCBA, Career, Job, Newsletter

Come and work with an outpatient clinic that has been a provider of pediatric therapy services for many years and has a longstanding history in the community of providing unique programs and services for individuals with a wide variety of disabilities, including…...

Handwriting and Learning to Read

September 23, 2015

25 September 2015, News, Newsletter

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Did you know some research indicates that brain activation when identifying letters is influenced by previous handwriting of letters? Researchers at Indiana University have published several research articles on visual perceptual skills in children. One article that was published in Trends in…...

September 23, 2015

25 September 2015, Newsletter, SPD, Tip or Resource

[Source: No Time for Flashcards] I love play dough but until last year hated making it. I had a play dough cook off and this was my favorite recipe that was submitted by Jana from This and That I added pumpkin pie…...

September 23, 2015

25 September 2015, Article, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Your Therapy Source] By Michelle L. Lange OTR, ABDA, ATP www.atilange.com. Originally published in Advance for Occupational Therapy Practitioners This regular Assistive Technology series has now included 26 articles, spanning topics such as seating, mobility, speech generating devices, computers and electronic…...

September 22, 2015

25 September 2015, Fall, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Teaching Mama] I love September…it is quite possibly my favorite time of the year! Since apples themes are everywhere right now, I thought I’d share with you a sight words apple tree game I created for my Preschooler and Kindergartner. They are both…...

September 22, 2015

25 September 2015, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] For adults, memories tend to fade with time. But a new study has shown that there are circumstances under which the opposite is true for small children: they can remember a piece of information better days later than…...