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Special Olympics Underway In Los Angeles

July 27, 2015

31 July 2015, News, Newsletter, Special Ed

[Source: Disability Scoop] LOS ANGELES — Tens of thousands turned out Saturday for the opening ceremony of the 2015 Special Olympics World Games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The event got underway about 6:30 p.m. with stilt walkers and tumblers leading…...

July 27, 2015

[Source Science Daily] New findings by researchers at the Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS) at the University of Washington demonstrate for the first time that an early social behavior called gaze shifting is linked to infants’ ability to learn new…...

July 23, 2015

24 July 2015, Article, Literacy, News, Newsletter

Editor’s Note: Thank You to my friend Loren Shlaes for forwarding this fascinating article by Cory Turner, NPR If this isn’t an honest-to-goodness crystal ball, it’s close. Neurobiologist Nina Kraus believes she and her team at Northwestern University have found a way…...

July 22, 2015

24 July 2015, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] The cognitive system encodes the first and last syllables of words better than middle syllables. Researchers at SISSA, in collaboration with Udine Hospital (Azienda Ospedaliera di Udine), have demonstrated for the first time that this cognitive mechanism is present…...

July 22, 2015

24 July 2015, Newsletter, OT, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Chapel Hill Snippets] A long time ago, I blogged about a boat craft I did with the kids using Pictello. This was a great activity, and Pictello has only gotten better through the years. I used this activity again this summer…...

July 21, 2015

News, Newsletter, OT, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily] An alarming 22 percent of U.S. children live in poverty, which can have long-lasting negative consequences on brain development, emotional health and academic achievement. A new study, published July 20 in JAMA Pediatrics, provides even more compelling evidence that…...

July 21, 2015

[Source: Medical XPress] Infants can use their expectations about the world to rapidly shape their developing brains, researchers have found. A series of experiments with infants ages 5 to 7 months has shown that portions of babies’ brains responsible for visual processing…...

July 21, 2015

24 July 2015, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Bilinguistics] The internet abounds with tips and tricks for speech therapy following directions ideas. Fun-fun activities can be downloaded from sites like Pinterest to focus on how to improve the way a student follows directions. From a speech pathology perspective we also need…...

July 21, 2015

24 July 2015, Cerebral Palsy, News, Newsletter

[Source: the journal Physical Therapy via Your Therapy Source] Physical Therapy published research on 80 children with cerebral palsy (ages 2-6 years old, GMFCS Levels II-III) to examine what skills help to determine independent walking to help guide physical therapy decision-making. One…...

July 20, 2015

Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

[Source: Childhood 101] Following the popularity of our printable animal themed Lego mosaics, I started working on a second set – this time CIRCUS themed! These mosaics are fun for primary/elementary school aged children, as they really are more challenging then you…...