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Rare Primate's Vocal Lip-Smacks Share Features of Human Speech

April 8, 2013

12 April 2013, Language, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] The vocal lip-smacks that geladas use in friendly encounters have surprising similarities to human speech, according to a study reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on April 8th. The geladas, which live only in the remote mountains…...

April 8, 2013

12 April 2013, Game Review, Newsletter

Editor’s Note: This article continues PediaStaff’s review series on several Blue Orange Games for therapy. by Anne Zachry, PhD., OTR/L Pixy Cubes is a great game for children ages 6 and up that addresses a variety of skills. It includes 16 colorful…...

April 4, 2013

Developmental Neurorehabilitation published research on the long term effects of physical therapy on children with cerebral palsy. A retrospective review was performed on 56 children with cerebral palsy (GMFCS levels I-V) who were treated with physical therapy from 2008-2011. Their motor function…...

April 4, 2013

5 April 2013, Brain Development, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] A paper published this month in the medical journal The Lancet Neurology suggests that a broad spectrum of developmental and psychiatric disorders, ranging from autism and intellectual disability to schizophrenia, should be conceptualized as different manifestations of a common…...

April 3, 2013

5 April 2013, Article, Cerebral Palsy, Newsletter

[Source: Huffington Post] by Ellen Seidman What does it really mean to have cerebral palsy? Until I had a child with CP, I had no clue that it affects every person differently. As with any human, kids and adults with CP are…...

April 3, 2013

5 April 2013, ADHD, News, Newsletter

[Source: New York Times] Nearly one in five high school age boys in the United States and 11 percent of school-age children over all have received a medical diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, according to new data from the federal Centers…...

April 3, 2013

5 April 2013, News of the Week, Newsletter

Image Source: MayoClinic.org [Source: Disability Scoop] In a move that could bring major breakthroughs in the understanding of autism and other neurological disorders, the president unveiled plans for a decades-long project to map the human brain. The effort dubbed the BRAIN Initiative…...

April 2, 2013

5 April 2013, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] There is no casual link between certain vaccine types and autism, says a new study carried out by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and published in The Journal of Pediatrics. Parental concerns that vaccines might…...

April 2, 2013

5 April 2013, Activity of the Week, Newsletter

Wow, check out this terrific collection of spring craft-ivities for your therapy classroom! I am quite impressed with Pre-K and K Sharing! [Source: PreK + K Sharing] Check out all these great Spring crafts and More on Pre-K + K Sharing Need…...

April 2, 2013

5 April 2013, Game, Newsletter

by Anne Zachry, Ph.D., OTR/L and Kristin Lyons MA CF-SLP Recently I sat down with two of my students who have visual perceptual processing problems and played a game of “Shrimp Cocktail” by Blue Orange Games Rules of the Game: This game…...