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SLP Corner: Articulation Therapy Carryover Activities

November 25, 2013

29 November 2013, Newsletter, SLP

by Sherry Artemenko, CCC-SLP I have a number of boys, ages 5-8, currently on my caseload, who are working on improving their articulation. They have made great gains in learning to correctly produce their target sounds in words, sentences and conversation within…...

November 25, 2013

29 November 2013, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: LA Times] The eyes may be the mirror of the soul, but for those with autism, the mouth will have to do. Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center isolated neurons in the brain’s amygdala that respond to facial expressions, and tested patients with autism against…...

November 22, 2013

22 November 2013, Newsletter, Picky Eaters, SLP

by Melanie Potock, CCC-SLP As an SLP focused on the treatment of pediatric feeding disorders, there is one common denominator among all the families on my caseload: The stress in their homes at mealtimes is palpable. Now that Thanksgiving and other food-centered holidays are approaching, the…...

November 21, 2013

22 November 2013, News, Newsletter, Nonverbal Learning Disorder

[Source: Science Daily] A Michigan State University researcher has discovered the first anatomical evidence that the brains of children with a nonverbal learning disability — long considered a “pseudo” diagnosis — may develop differently than the brains of other children. The finding,…...

November 20, 2013

22 November 2013, Newsletter, PT, Safe Sleeping

[Source: Science Daily] Investigators at Boston Children’s Hospital report that infants dying suddenly and unexpectedly, in both safe and unsafe sleep environments, have underlying brainstem abnormalities and are not all normal prior to death. The researchers also point to the need to…...

November 20, 2013

22 November 2013, Cochlear Implants, Hearing Loss, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Computer engineers and hearing scientists at The Ohio State University have made a potential breakthrough in solving a 50-year-old problem in hearing technology: how to help the hearing-impaired understand speech in the midst of background noise. In the Journal…...

November 20, 2013

22 November 2013, Autism, Newsletter

[Source: The Autism Helper] I am a go all out kinda girl. I like to do things big – borderline over the top, in the gray area of ridiculousness, and questionably out of control. I want a 12 foot Christmas tree, 6…...

November 19, 2013

22 November 2013, Language, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Language acquisition has traditionally been considered a social, interactive process, however new research from Boston University College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College reveals that toddlers are able to acquire the meanings of words even in “socially impoverished…...

Hippotherapy and Children with Autism

November 19, 2013

22 November 2013, Hippotherapy, News, Newsletter

Editor’s Note: Yes, this is a small study, but results were quite significant! [Source: AJOT via Your Therapy Source]] The American Journal of Occupational Therapy published a pilot study on 6 children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who participated in 45 minute hippotherapy sessions for…...

November 19, 2013

Article, Newsletter, SLP, Stuttering

Editor’s Note: Judith Kuster did an excellent session just this topic at ASHA in Chicago this past week. I found her article for the Leader online to share with you on this important subject. by Judith Maginnis Kuster There are historical references…...