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SLP Corner: 3 April Fool's Day Pranks SLPs Can Play on Their Students

March 17, 2014

21 March 2014, Articlle, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

by Erik X. Raj, CCC-SLP Pop quiz: What is the name of the silly and mischievous holiday that is celebrated each year on April 1st? If you guessed April Fool’s Day, give yourself a round of applause because you nailed it. Great job!…...

March 17, 2014

21 March 2014, News of the Week, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Medical Express] (Medical Xpress)—Reading-impaired young children have higher levels of the metabolites glutamate and choline in their brains, and these higher levels continue to be indicative of difficulties in developing typical reading and language skills, a Yale study has found. The…...

March 13, 2014

Newsletter, OT, PT, School Psych, SLP, Tip or Resource

April Fool’s Day can be a great day for learning opportunities. Great conversation can be enabled by discussing things that don’t appear as they seem. It can even parlay into a discussion about the difference between a harmless prank on a…...

March 13, 2014

ADHD, Autism, OT, School Psych

Children and teenagers with an autism spectrum disorder or those who have attention deficit and hyperactivity problems are much more likely to wish to be another gender. So says John Strang of the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC, USA, leader of the…...

March 12, 2014

14 March 2014, App, Newsletter, Review, SLP

[Source: Teachers with Apps] Review by Nanette Cote, MA, CCC-SLP Oh happy day! I am one, lucky speech pathologist because I have been testing out not one, but FOUR apps by the dynamic: Erik X. Raj. Both my school and private clients have been…...

Book Feature: Zones of Regulation

March 12, 2014

14 March 2014, Autism, Book, Newsletter

[Source: Amazon] Book by Leah Kuypers, MA, OT, Autism Specialist The Zones of Regulation is a curriculum geared toward helping students gain skills in consciously regulating their actions, which in turn leads to increased control and problem solving abilities. Using a cognitive…...

March 12, 2014

Newsletter, Placement, SLP

Congratulations to Laura R., on her new SLP position with PediaStaff’s private pediatric therapy client in Connecticut. They offer speech, occupational, and physical therapy to children and adolescents ages birth to 21 in clinic, early intervention, and school settings in central…...

March 11, 2014

Autism, News, Newsletter, OT, School Psych, SLP

[Source: Medical News Today] Improving diagnosis and treatment for individuals with autism has been the focus of a growing body of research. New information from these studies led the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry to revise key parameters for evaluating and treating…...

March 11, 2014

14 March 2014, Article, Autism, Newsletter

Editor’s Note: This beautiful article is going viral. A must read! [Source: New York Time Magazine] In our first year in Washington, our son disappeared. Just shy of his 3rd birthday, an engaged, chatty child, full of typical speech — “I love…...

March 11, 2014

Sorry for the inconvenience: This article has been removed from residence on our site due to concerns over it’s veracity. We thank Barbara Chamberlin of New Mexico State University for bringing this issue to our attention. Here is the original article:…...