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'I Spy' Used to Show Spoken Language Helps Direct Children's Eyes

April 18, 2014

18 April 2014, Gesturing, Language, News of the Week, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Children spot objects more quickly when prompted by words than if they are only prompted by images, cognitive scientists have demonstrated. Spoken language taps into children’s cognitive system, enhancing their ability to learn and to navigate cluttered environments. As…...

April 17, 2014

18 April 2014, News of the Week, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Medical News Today] New research from Canada finds that teenagers who have suffered a traumatic brain injury, such as concussion, at some point in their lives are twice as likely to be victims of school bullying or cyberbullying. They are also…...

April 17, 2014

18 April 2014, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Bright Ideas SLP] This week I am working on a Speech & Language Garden… aka flowers on my bulletin board. It’s so easy and provides many data collection opportunities. Here’s how it’s done: You simply cut out circles for the middle…...

April 16, 2014

18 April 2014, Easter, Gross Motor Skills, Language, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

Thanks to the people at Therapics for reaching out to us to share this free activity! It is great way to teach prepositions whilst helping a child with language challenges participate in the Easter fun. It would make a nice carryover…...

April 16, 2014

18 April 2014, Article, Autism, Newsletter

[Source: Today.com] We know they mean well. Or at least we hope they do. All of the family, friends, co-workers and even strangers who approach parents of children on the autism spectrum with words that really should never have left their mouths…...

April 16, 2014

18 April 2014, Article, School Psych, Social Skills

Thank You to Mellisa Essenburg of the SLPeeps Facebook Group for sharing this excellent article! [Source: Cuppacocoa.com] “Say sorry to your brother.” “But he’s the one who–” “Say it!” you insist, an edge of warning in your voice. He huffs, rolls his…...

April 16, 2014

18 April 2014, App, Newsletter, SLP

App and Article below by Eric Raj, CCC-SLP I’m going to let you in on a little secret of mine, I adore the game of charades. It’s a timeless game that has the ability to turn any uneventful get-together into an action-packed…...

Worth Repeating: Autism and Drumming

April 15, 2014

18 April 2014, Autism, Music Therapy, Newsletter

Editor’s Note: One of our LinkedIn followers, Jorge Ochoa, OTR/L called our attention to an article he wrote for the Autism Notebook. Thanks Jorge for letting us know about it! [Source: The Autism Notebook] Many children with autism seem to have an innate…...

April 15, 2014

18 April 2014, Career Tip, Newsletter

Back in the day (I really do hate that expression!), the only way a less experienced therapy clinician could share his or her thoughts and ideas on therapy technique, research or anything else, was to complete a peer reviewed study for a…...

April 14, 2014

18 April 2014, Articulation, Phonological Disorders, SLP

Editor’s Note: This past week, we reprinted an blog post by Samantha Weatherford regarding EI Strategies . An OT reader of ours commented that she was not familiar with the evidence that has been collected as of late regarding the ineffectiveness…...