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A Promise of Outstanding Occupational Therapy Care

December 17, 2014

19 December 2014, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

Editor’s Note: What a wonderful video! What do you promise to do? [Source: St. Louis University OT Department] As the Class of 2015 Master of Occupational Therapy Students at Saint Louis University complete their coursework and get sent off to Level 2…...

December 16, 2014

19 December 2014, Article, Newsletter, SLP, Voice Disorders

All material Copyright © 09 Gal Levy By: Gal Levy, MS CCC-SLP Gal Levy M.Sc. CCC-SLP, has more than 20 years of experience in clinical treatments of voice, fluency, articulation and tongue mobility. Gal is a founder of a Linkedin voice or…...

December 16, 2014

19 December 2014, Article, Newsletter, SPD

All material Copyright © 2010 Smart Knit Kids This article is reprinted with the express permission of Smart Knit Kids By: Kam Howard Editor’s Note: This article is written more for parents than therapists, but we are featuring it this week as…...

December 16, 2014

19 December 2014, Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

by: The Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America (CASANA) The Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America (CASANA) has published this fantastic list of practice ideas for parents to use in the home. We thank CASANA for permission to…...

December 15, 2014

19 December 2014, Articulation, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

Editor’s Note: This week’s pin of the week is from a currently inactive blog. I believe Speech Lady Liz is not currently working in pediatrics. Regardless, this blog still has some fantastic ideas for school based speech and language clinicians. [Source:…...

December 15, 2014

19 December 2014, Motor Skills, OT

[Source: Medical News Today] Timing is key for brain cells controlling a complex motor activity like the singing of a bird, finds a new study published by PLOS Biology. “You can learn much more about what a bird is singing by looking at…...

December 15, 2014

19 December 2014, Cerebral Palsy, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] A child with cerebral palsy can have a surgery in which a muscle is disconnected from the front of the knee and reattached to the back of the leg. The surgery could improve the child’s mobility by correcting the…...

December 14, 2014

19 December, Article, Newsletter, SLP, Stuttering

By: Lawrence Molt, Ph.D., in collaboration with J. Scott Yaruss, Ph.D. All material Copyright © 1991-2013 Stuttering Foundation of America Reprinted with the express permission of the Stuttering Foundation of America as originally published on their website. What is neurogenic stuttering? Neurogenic stuttering…...

December 14, 2014

19 December 2014, Article, Bilingualism, Newsletter, SLP

By: Alejandro Brice, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Roanne Brice, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Ellen Kester, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Initial data analysis in a study being conducted in Florida indicated that the majority of the students being studied were showing English dominance and less than proficient Spanish oral…...

December 12, 2014

Fine Motor Skills, Gross Motor Skills, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Pink Oatmeal] It’s hard to believe that Christmas is almost here. I’ll admit, I’m pretty excited that the Hallmark Channel has started playing their Christmas movies. Even though it’s not even Thanksgiving people have been asking what to get my little man…...