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More Evidence That Musical Training Protects the Brain

February 2, 2015

[Source: Science Daily] Scientists have found some of the strongest evidence yet that musical training in younger years can prevent the decay in speech listening skills in later life. According to a new Canadian study led by the Rotman Research Institute (RRI)…...

February 2, 2015

6 February 2015, Newsletter, OT, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Infants can make sense of complex social situations, taking into account who knows what about whom, according to research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. “Our findings show that 13-month-olds can make sense of…...

January 29, 2015

ADHD, Newsletter, Social Skills

[Source: North Shore Pediatrics] Many children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) exhibit significant concerns with regard to their social and emotional functioning. Research has indicated that there is a high correlation between children who have ADHD and their social skills. What is important to…...

Gender Differences and Handwriting

January 28, 2015

30 January 2015, Handwriting, Newsletter

[Source: British Journal of Occupational Therapy via Your Therapy Source] Previous research has indicated differences in handwriting based on gender such as girls have often been shown to write faster and more legibly both in elementary school and in higher grades. Although some…...

January 27, 2015

by Annie Doyle, CCC-SLP My first foray into the blogging world was in July 2014. Yes, I am a blogger newbie. What is most important about this is not how long I’ve blogging, but why I began blogging! My desire to share…...

January 27, 2015

30 January 2015, Aspergers Syndrome, Autism, Newsletter

[Source: My Aspergers Child] “Can you help me to understand what they mean when they say that children with Aspergers or high functioning autism appear to experience a ‘lack of reciprocity’ in social interactions?” This refers to a child who does not…...

January 27, 2015

30 January 2105, Dyslexia, Literacy, Newsletter, Reading, SLP

[Source: Lexercise] The first few years of schooling can be a time of uncertainty for parents of struggling readers. Parents wonder: is my child truly on-track? Will he catch up? What is causing the trouble? Is the teacher right that my child just…...

Co-Teaching Handwriting

January 27, 2015

30 January 2015, Handrwiting, Newsletter

[Source: AJOT via Your Therapy Source] The American Journal of Occupational Therapy published research on a handwriting and writing program co-taught by teachers and occupational therapists for first-grade students. The study consisted of 4 classrooms (n = 80) receiving the Write Start co-teaching program,…...

January 27, 2015

30 January 2015, Fragile X, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Researchers have furthered their knowledge of fragile X syndrome – the most common known cause of inherited intellectual disability – thanks to a patient with a mutation in a specific gene exhibiting some of the disorder’s symptoms. The…...

January 26, 2015

[Source: Growing a Jeweled Rose] Rosie & Jewel have been wanting kinetic sand since they first saw it in the store. We often see it on display and set out to try, and while it is lots of fun it is also…...