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July 9, 2014

11 July 2014, Newsletter, SLP

Editor’s Note: Thank You to Ann Kulichik on the SLPeeps Facebook Group for sharing this groaner! [Source: Scott Hillburn via Grammarly on Facebook] ...

July 9, 2014

11 July 2014, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Congratulations to Gena H., CCC-SLP on her rehire with one of PediaStaff’s school-based clients in Washington State. Gena will be working there one day per week. It doesn’t seem like a lot, but it is the perfect solution for both our district…...

July 9, 2014

11 July 2014, Newsletter, OT, SLP

How adorable is this?? Thank You to I Heart Crafty Things for this fantastic summery, insect-themed idea that combines fine motor practice with a ‘reward-for-correct-utterance’ activity! I would combine it with a reading of Sam and the Firefly – one…...

July 8, 2014

11 June 2014, Autism, Newsletter, OT, School Psych

[Source: My Aspergers Child] Teens with Asperger’s (AS) and High Functioning Autism (HFA) bring their unique flavor to adolescence, essentially determined by the levels of three principles: avoidance, insight, and interest. Let’s look at each in turn: Level of avoidance— In the social…...

July 8, 2014

11 July 2014, Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter, OT, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] In a collaboration involving 13 institutions around the world, researchers have broken new ground in understanding what causes autism. The results are being published in Cell magazine July 3, 2014: “Disruptive CHD8 Mutations Define a Subtype of Autism in Early Development.”…...

July 8, 2014

11 July 2014, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

[Source: Pediatric Occupational Therapy Tips] Are you looking for inexpensive items to include in your therapy “bag of goodies?” Are you a parent that is tired of spending the BIG bucks on therapy equipment and supplies for your child? Well, if you…...

July 7, 2014

11 July 2-14, Handedness, Language, News of the Week, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Through an innovative approach using a large psychometric and brain imaging database, researchers in the Groupe d’Imagerie Neurofonctionnelle (CNRS/CEA/Université de Bordeaux) have demonstrated that the location of language areas in the brain is independent of left- or right-handedness, except…...

July 7, 2014

11 July 2014, Gross Motor Skills, News of the Week, Newsletter, PT

[Source: Pediatrics via Your Therapy Source] Pediatrics published research a systemic review of 2881 articles consisting of observational studies including children aged 0 to ≤18 years with (1) a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) diagnosis or moderate to heavy prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE), or…...

July 7, 2014

11 July 2014, News of the Week, Newsletter, School Psych, SLP

[Source: PBS News Hour] JUDY WOODRUFF: Now that we’re into July, most students and teachers in the U.S. are enjoying their summer vacation from the classroom. But that hasn’t stopped the red-hot debate over the so called Common Core public education standards for…...

July 7, 2014

11 July 2014, Bullying, News

[Source: Huffington Post] ALBANY N.Y. (Reuters) – New York’s highest court said on Tuesday that a law designed to criminalize cyberbullying was so broad that it violated the First Amendment, marking the first time a U.S. court weighed the constitutionality of such…...