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Early Intervention Could Boost Education Levels

October 23, 2014

24 October 2014, Early Intervention, EI, News, Newsletter, OT, PT, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Taking steps from an early age to improve childhood education skills could raise overall population levels of academic achievement by as much as 5%, and reduce socioeconomic inequality in education by 15%, according to international research led by the…...

October 23, 2014

24 October 2014, Cerebral Palsy, News of the Week, Newsletter, OT, PT, Vision Therapy

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Recent research investigated the extent to which the motor impairments in adults with cerebral palsy affected their ability to read. Using an eye-tracking system, eye movements were recorded during a reading task (read out loud 1-5 excerpts from…...

October 22, 2014

24 October 2014, ADHD, Article, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Pink Oatmeal] I love brain breaks. I don’t love when I hear others saying that their students earned a brain break. Students shouldn’t earn brain breaks. Hearing someone say that their class earned a brain break just seems backwards to me. Brain…...

October 22, 2014

[Source: The Burgeoning School Psychologist] I am a singer. Not professionally, I just sing all the time. My children will tell you I sing All . The . Time! It’s my thing – I love music. When I’m in my car, I’m…...

October 22, 2014

24 October 2014, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

[Source: I Heart Crafty Things] It’s been a while since we’ve made contact paper sticky wall art. Since I’ve had Halloween on the brain, I came up with this idea to use different materials to create a Frankenstein. My daughter had so…...

October 22, 2014

24 October 2014, Article, Autism, Newsletter, OT, School Psych, SLP, Special Ed, Technology

Thank you to our OT friend Loren Shlaes for the heads up on this sweet story! [The New York Times] Just how bad a mother am I? I wondered, as I watched my 13-year-old son deep in conversation with Siri. Gus has autism,…...

October 21, 2014

24 October 2014, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] About 20% of younger siblings of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) will develop the condition by age 3. A new study by Yale School of Medicine researchers has found that 57% of these younger siblings who later develop…...

October 19, 2014

24 October 2014, News of the Week, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily] A new study brings good news to all the brothers out there: Having a sibling is just as good for you as it is for your sister. That’s surprising to family scholars because boys typically report that they benefit…...

October 19, 2014

by Jessica Chase Solari, CCC-SLP When I was first introduced to memes, I thought they were all for comedy and that they were image-based on the internet. However, I later found out that the term “meme” is actually more complex and broad…...

Social Skills Corner: Let's Pretend…

October 19, 2014

24 October 2014, Article, OT, SLP, Social Skills

by Jill Perry, MHA, MS, OTR/L Talking toys, ready-made projects, iPads, and electronic games are all super fun and enticing. However, they don’t help our kids develop communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity. These are the skills that will ensure life long learning…...