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ADHD Risk Rises For Each Week a Preemie is Born Early

August 25, 2015

28 August 2015, News of the Week, Newsletter, NICU, Preemies

[Source: Medical X-Press] (HealthDay)—The more premature a child is born, the higher the likelihood of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a recent Finnish study. Babies born particularly underweight or overweight for their gestational age also had an increased risk of ADHD,…...

August 25, 2015

Autism, News

[Source: Science Daily] From iPods to cell phone networks, power generation to GPS systems, electrical and computer engineers are producing the technologies we depend on every day. But one electrical engineer, a second-year doctoral student at the University of Kentucky, is combining…...

August 24, 2015

28 August 2015, Article, OT, PT, SLP

[Source: Your Therapy Source] It is that time of year again – back to school. Here are 10 tips to help you get started on the right “foot” (for the PTs) or “write path” (for the OTs). Get it hahahaha! Ok, I…...

August 24, 2015

28 August 2015, News, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] The U.S. Department of Education is doing away with a policy that allowed states to consider some students with disabilities academically proficient without meeting grade-level standards. The agency said in a final rule published late last week in the Federal…...

August 24, 2015

28 August 2015, Bilingualism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] In an increasingly globalized world, there are many practical benefits to speaking two languages rather than one. Even in the US, which is largely monolingual, more than 20 percent of the population is now thought to speak a second…...

August 20, 2015

21 August 2015, Death, Grief, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: North Shore Pediatric Therapy] Books are powerful and serve a variety of purposes. Reading books can provide individuals with entertainment, knowledge, and skills. For children who are not yet able to read, books may represent special bonding time with a parent,…...

August 19, 2015

ADHD, News, Newsletter

[Source: Your Therapy Source] The Journal of Abnormal Psychology published research to determine if hyperactivity with ADHD is a deficit or a compensatory behavior. The researchers compared the working memory (WM) performance and attention in boys aged 8–12 years with ADHD (n = 29) and…...

August 19, 2015

21 August 2015, News, Newsletter, Vision, Visual Impairment

[Source: Science Daily] By early childhood, the sight regions of a blind person’s brain respond to sound, especially spoken language, a Johns Hopkins University neuroscientist has found. The results, published this week in The Journal of Neuroscience, suggest that a young, developing…...

August 19, 2015

21 August 2015, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

[Source: I Can Teach My Child] It’s back to school and nearly apple-picking time…the perfect time for some apple art with washi tape. My favorite apple art project is a tad bit messier than this more simple and sophisticated project…but children can…...

PT Corner: Function From the Inside Out

August 18, 2015

21 August 2015, Article, Newsletter, PT

[Source: HeartSpace PT] When I first became a pediatric PT we talked about primitive postural reflexes as part of the development of postural control. We certainly didn’t have all the answers and there were many different perspectives, so these were lively conversations…...