by Pat Mervine, MS – CCC- SLP For the second summer in a row, my husband and I traveled to Brazil to visit our son, Gregg, and daughter-in-law, Adi. This year was extra special, as we also met our new grandson, just…...
Last week I took a late lunch to exercise. While I was on the stationary bike, a Cheerios commercial comes on. A boy is taking a handful of Cheerios and making designs on the kitchen table. The sister wanders over, notices…...
[Source: Medical News Today] Getting kids to share their toys is a never-ending battle, and compelling them to do so never seems to help. New research suggests that allowing children to make a choice to sacrifice their own toys in order to…...
This video has been going around the internet for a few years now, but it is a great message for any teacher – especially a teacher who works with disadvantaged or special needs children – to start his or her new school…...
[Source: Medical News Today] A healthy ear is much better at detecting and transmitting sound than even the most advanced hearing aid. But now researchers reporting in the Biophysical Journal, a Cell Press publication, have uncovered new insights into how the ear…...
Congratulations to Jeannine D., on her new position as a school-based SLP for the 2013/2014 school year with a PediaStaff client in Ohio. She will be working in a part-time for a charter school serving children from K-8th grade. Have a great…...
[Source: ABC Therapeutics] I have been sitting on some historical source material for quite some time. I have been studying the material extensively, trying to decide the best way to share the information, and at times just putting it all aside out…...
[Source: Medical News Today] The majority of preschool children who stutter will grow out of it, but a wait-and-see approach can harm those who ultimately don’t recover and set them back academically and socially, say Purdue University speech experts. “The recovery rate…...
Within days, a teen with Down syndrome has accrued more than 10,000 likes on Facebook and now she’s getting the star treatment from her favorite clothing chain. Retailer Wet Seal is bringing Karrie Brown, who has Down syndrome, to California for a…...
by Andrea Anderson, MS CCC-SLP We’ve all had moments where the word we were thinking of was “on the tip of our tongue”. Students with seizure disorders, Traumatic Brain Injury, and other neurological impairments often have difficulty with word finding. Here…...
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