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Resource of the Week: CASANA's SLP Start Guide to Childhood Apraxia of Speech

July 22, 2014

25 July 2014, 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 written a fantastic “start guide” for Speech-Language Pathologists looking to learn more about Childhood Apraxia of Speech. We highly recommend it and…...

July 21, 2014

25 July 2014, News of the Week, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Teachers-in-training have long been taught that fourth grade is when students stop learning to read and start reading to learn. But a new Dartmouth study in the journal Developmental Science tested the theory by analyzing brain waves and found that fourth-graders…...

July 21, 2014

25 July 2014, News of the Week, Newsletter

Editor’s Note: I dare you not to grin from ear to ear! [Source: USA Today] ‘I got it. I got it. I got it! Kayden Kinckle conveys such determination in a viral video posted to YouTube on July 4 of himself learning…...

ADHD and Handwriting

July 17, 2014

18 July 2014, ADHD, Handwriting, News, Newsletter

[Source: Journal of Attention Disorders via Your Therapy Source] Journal of Attention Disorders published research on kinematically characterizing the handwriting of 14 boys with ADHD-combined type and 14 typically developing boys. The boys wrote a series of four cursive letter ‘l’s using a…...

July 16, 2014

18 July 2014, Article, Articulation, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Developmental Phonological Disorders] I am writing to address a specific question that has come up: in order to be effective when treating an “articulation disorder” how many trials should the SLP elicit from the client per treatment session? This is an…...

July 16, 2014

18 July 2014, Article, Autism, Newsletter

Editor’s Note: Thank You to Ann Purcell Best of the School-Based Speech and Language Therapy Group on Facebook for the link to this excerpt. Diagnosis is never an easy answer. What do YOU think of this article. [Source: Salon.com] by Enrico Gnaulati PhD…...

July 16, 2014

18 July 2014, Newsletter, On the Lighter Side, SLP

Oh my goodness! I have been laughing at Weird Al songs since I was a teenager, this is one of his best. Take a few minutes to enjoy this new Grammar Nerd parody of Blurred Lines. He even mentions the concepts of…...

July 16, 2014

18 July 2014, Newsletter, Sensory, Summer, Tip or Resource

[Source: No Time for Flashcards] It’s hot here ( for us that means it’s in the low 80s) and all I want to do when it gets warm is cool off with some fun ice and water activities. I…...

July 16, 2014

18 July 2014, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

Thanks again, @talkintime for this fantastic idea that was extremely well received on Instagram! Increase oral awareness with this fun articulators-craft! Help kiddos learn the different parts of their mouths by teaching them about their tongues, top/bottom teeth, and lips. Include a…...

July 15, 2014

18 July 2014, App, Hearing Impairment, Language, Newsletter, SLP

Editor’s Note: Thank You ‘Paths to Literacy.org’ for alerting me to this excellent list of apps related to hearing, speech work, and sign language. This list may be helpful to anyone working with children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deafblind, including…...