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Worth Repeating: Children with Apraxia and Reading, Writing, and Spelling Difficulties

February 17, 2014

21 February 2014, Article, Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Newsletter, SLP

By: Joy Stackhouse, Ph.D. It is not the case that all children with a history of speech and language difficulties have associated literacy problems. However, school-age children whose speech difficulties persist beyond 5 years of age are most at risk for associated difficulties…...

February 17, 2014

21 February 2014, ADHD, Cognition, News of the Week

Editor’s Note: Thank you to Sharon Gretz of CASANA for recommending this article [Source: The Atlantic Magazine] Increasing fluid intelligence has proven beneficial for people diagnosed with ADHD, and selling memory improvement is a big business. Are the claims overheated? In 2002,…...

February 17, 2014

21 February 2014, Dyslexia, News, SLP

[Source: Medical News Today] In addition to their trouble with reading, people with dyslexia also have greater difficulty than typical readers do when it comes to managing competing sensory cues, according to a study reported in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. The findings suggest…...

February 14, 2014

14 February 2014, Newsletter, Placement, PT

Congratulations to Carlyn H, LPT on her full-time, Physical Therapy position with PediaStaff’s private therapy client in suburban Atlanta! Our client is a clinic committed to a “complete approach” for children with special needs. Although this is a primarily sensory clinic, included…...

February 13, 2014

14 February 2014, News of the Week, Newsletter, Pediatric Stroke

[Source: Medical XPress] Common infections are associated with a significantly higher chance of stroke in children, but routine vaccinations may help decrease risk, according to preliminary research presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2014. “The protective association of routine…...

February 13, 2014

14 February 2014, News of the Week, Newsletter, SLP

PediaStaff recruiters are ready to meet with thousands of clinicians at the 57th Annual Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association (TSHA) Convention and Exhibition to be held February 27 – March 1 (Booth #437) at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. With more than 4,500…...

Synesthesia Linked to Autism

February 12, 2014

14 February 2014, Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter, OT, School Psych, Synesthesia

[Source: Psych Central] New findings suggest that people with autism have a higher than average chance of also having synesthesia, the condition in which the senses are mixed. Professor Simon Baron-Cohen of Cambridge University and colleagues explain that synesthesia involves input to one sense…...

February 12, 2014

14 February 2014, Newsletter, OT, PT, School Psych, SLP, Tip or Resource

Just because it’s cold out, doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate the Olympics indoors! Check out our recently beefed up Pinterest Pinboard of Therapy Ideas and Activities to Celebrate the Olympics. From indoor versions of winter sports to get the kids moving,…...

February 11, 2014

14 February 2014, Language Development, News, Newsletter, Preemies

[Source: Medical News Today] The linguistic benefits of talking to babies has been well documented, as their brains rapidly develop, allowing them to make millions of new connections. Now, researchers looking at the effects of adult speech on preterm infants have found…...

February 11, 2014

14 February 2014, AAC, Article, Newsletter, SLP

by Tina Moreno, CCC-SLP Like their friends, children who use AAC to communicate have so much to share. They have the same desire to learn to read and write as the peers sitting beside them in their classrooms. However, teachers often find it…...