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Parent Intervention Best for Helping Toddlers with Autism

November 5, 2014

7 November 2014, News of the Week, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] For the first time, toddlers with autism have demonstrated significant improvement after intensive intervention by parents rather than clinicians, according to a new Florida State University study published online in the journal Pediatrics. “We’ve come up with a treatment model…...

November 5, 2014

7 November 2014, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Erk X. Raj] I received an amazing email last week from a friend of mine. In the message, she wrote about how she loved my recent blog post about using YouTube within speech-language therapy sessions, but wondered if I had any suggestions…...

November 4, 2014

7 November 2014, Dyslexia, News of the Week, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: The Guardian] by David Cox Could a child’s dyslexia be the result of the mother’s diet? The idea that our health may be determined in part by decisions made before we were born is an uncomfortable and controversial one. Yet vast amounts of…...

November 4, 2014

7 November 2014, ADHD, News, Newsletter

by Christina Samuels A little over half of high school students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are receiving some kind of services from their schools, such as additional time on tests or extended time to complete homework assignments, a recent study finds. But those…...

November 4, 2014

7 Novembe 2014, Article, Newsletter, Special Ed

by Judy Willis M.D., M.Ed., radteach.com As education continues to evolve, adding in new trends, technologies, standards, and 21st century thinking habits, there is one constant that doesn’t change. The human brain. But neuroscience isn’t exactly accessible to most educators, rarely published, and when it is,…...

November 4, 2014

25 January 2019, Article, Autism, Newsletter

[Source: Friendship Circle] Fall is in full swing and that means a change in season for many of us. It also means changing of the clock and seeing it get dark earlier. It’s a time of transition, something that can be difficult for young…...

November 3, 2014

7 November 2014, Article, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Virtual Speech Center] Many of us speech and language pathologists were faced at some point in our career with a few shy children, who took a bit longer to warm up to us, making speech or language therapy a bit more…...

November 3, 2014

5 November 2021, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Chapel Hill Snippets] Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, and if I can teach children to say thank you for their many blessings, I feel I’ve done my job well. Here is a small collection of what I’ve shared over the past…...

November 3, 2014

7 November 2014, Gait, News of the Week, PT

[Source: Pediatric Physical Therapy via Your Therapy Source] Pediatric Physical Therapy published research on the effects of different torsional flexibilities of shoes on gait and stability in 25 children who were walking five months or less. The children were evaluated barefoot and in…...

October 31, 2014

31 October 2014, Job, Newsletter, OT, PT, SLP

PediaStaff has immediate openings for a full-time SLP, a full-time OT and a part-time PT to work in a thriving outpatient clinic in the vicinity of Huntsville, TX. The gap is quickly closing between the bedroom communities of northern Houston and Huntsville! Shopping,…...