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OT/PT Corner: Big Boot Scoot 'N Shuffle – Gross Motor Activity for Fall

November 12, 2013

15 November 2013, Article, Gross Motor Skills, Newsletter, Proprioreception, Tip or Resource

[Source: the Inspired Treehouse] LITTLE FEET + BIG BOOTS + FALLEN LEAVES = SO MUCH FUN! (not to mention the benefits of strengthening, heavy work, proprioception, motor planning and balance! WOOOOO HOOOO! 🙂 WHAT TO DO: Find some boots that are bigger…...

November 12, 2013

15 November 2013, Articulation, Newsletter, SLP

So very, very simple. So easy to use any day this month! Use this turkey as a fun activity to work on speech sound targets! Write your targets for each student in the feathers and have them color as they practice! Great…...

November 12, 2013

15 November 2013, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

Here is a link to a great post that is in the process of getting a whole lot of repinson Pinterest! Check out 25 Thanksgiving Activities for Three-Year Olds on the Kids Activities Blog ...

November 11, 2013

15 November 2013, Cochlear Implants, Hearing Loss, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Cochlear implants allow adults who have become profoundly deaf to recover the ability to understand speech. However, recovery differs between individuals. Activating the visual regions of the brain has proved essential to the satisfactory recovery of hearing, according to…...

November 11, 2013

15 November 2013, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] In an article appearing in Medical Hypotheses on September 20, a New York-based physician-researcher from the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine has called for the testing of umbilical cord blood for levels of a growth protein that could help predict an…...

November 11, 2013

15 November 2013, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily.com] In the largest study on the topic to date, research shows that speaking a second language may delay the onset of three types of dementias. The research is published in the November 6, 2013, online issue of Neurology®, the medical…...

November 11, 2013

15 November 2013, Newsletter

By Debbie Fledderjohann, President of Top Echelon Contracting Imagine this: You receive an offer for a school-based contract assignment that is too good to pass up. Not only is the pay rate higher than the other offers you have received, but you…...

November 8, 2013

15 November 2013, Down Syndrome, Newsletter

[Source: The Today Show via the Huffington Post] It took him a little over eight hours to complete the New York City Marathon, but Jimmy Jenson is nothing short of a champion. When Jenson, 48, crossed the finish line in Manhattan on…...

November 7, 2013

15 November 2013, Article, News, Newsletter

[Source: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School] On the cover of a popular consumer magazine, the latest celebrity mom holds her adorable newborn. The centerfold is emblazoned with images of the baby’s nursery with a crib filled with soft, frilly bedding, pillows…...

November 7, 2013

8 November 2013, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Infant brains are surprisingly sensitive to other people’s movements, according to new research published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, by Joni Saby and colleagues at Temple University and the University of Washington. When adults see other humans making…...