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June 5, 2013

7 June 2013, Articulation, Newsletter, SLP

by Heidi Hanks – M.S.CCC-SLP We’ve talked a lot about helping kids with articulation disorders here on Mommy Speech Therapy. I’ve shared my Articulation Screener to help you identify the sounds kids are saying in error as well as an Articulation Goal…...

June 5, 2013

7 June 2013, Newsletter, PT

By Kathryn R. Biel, PT, DPT I am a physical therapist. It often surprises people when I tell them that I work in a school district (a large, urban one, to be exact). I usually get the follow-up question of, “doing what?”…...

June 4, 2013

7 June 2-13, Fine Motor Skills, Hand Strengthening, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

Editor’s Note: Just adorable and so great for hand strengthening, fine motor, scissor skills, visual motor and of course a big smile from Dad! Instead of stickers, speech- language objectives could be added to this work for following directions, expressing feelings” and…...

June 4, 2013

7 June 2013, Article, Autism, Newsletter

[Source: Bloom] Stephie Coveart is an original. The 21-year-old has autism but is a social butterfly. She can’t read, write, do math or tell time. But the joy that bounces from her drawings of cats and dogs—each coloured in bright, bold markers, floating on…...

June 4, 2013

7 June 2013, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Researchers hope that more accurate diagnosis and assessment can lead to improved inmate behavior and reduce offenses A new ADHD tool is being investigated in the UK prison population for the first time. Researchers from the Institute of…...

June 3, 2013

7 June 2013, Article, Newsletter

[Source: The Washington Post] By Valerie Strauss University of Virginia Professor Daniel Willingham is well known in ed circles for applying cognitive science to K-16 education. One topic to which he has written and returned is the notion of different “learning styles”…...

June 3, 2013

7 Jun 2013, Fragile X, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] After seeing dramatic improvements while participating in a drug trial, one family is unsure what the future holds for their boy with fragile X syndrome now that the trial has been canceled. Logan Kisamore, 9, went from speaking just…...

June 3, 2013

"Tip or Resource", 7 June 2013, Newsletter, OT, Picky Eaters, SLP

[Source: New York Times] by Pamela Paul Children often have a baffling relationship with food. One child is terrified of cheese; another will eat nothing but. One 4-year-old’s beloved slice of watermelon tastes like soap to his 7-year-old sister. Two new picture…...

June 3, 2013

7 June 2013, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Image Credit: PLOS One The pattern of brain responses to words in 2-year-old children with autism spectrum disorder predicted the youngsters’ linguistic, cognitive and adaptive skills at ages 4 and 6, according to a new study. The findings,…...

May 31, 2013

On the Lighter Side, SLP

Thanks George Takei for posting this today so we would see it to share! New to PediaStaff? Please check out the rest of our blog and learn about the great pediatric school based SLP, OT, PT and School Psych opportunities we have…...