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Diets Lacking Omega-3s Lead to Anxiety, Hyperactivity in Teens:

August 1, 2013

2 August 2013, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily.com] Diets lacking omega-3 fatty acids — found in foods like wild fish, some eggs, and grass-fed livestock — can have worsened effects over consecutive generations, especially affecting teens, according to a University of Pittsburgh study. Published in Biological Psychiatry,…...

July 31, 2013

2 August 2013, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Researchers have discovered that the longer a mother breastfeeds, the more intelligent their child will become later in life. A study, published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics has provided evidence that breastfeeding in infancy leads to better cognitive…...

July 31, 2013

2 August 2013, Handwriting, Newsletter, OT, Pincer Grasp, Tip or Resource

[Source: Stay at Home Educator.com] Oil and water droplet painting is the result of mixing cooking oil and colored water to create a beautiful, slightly marbleized effect. You can find such paper at a craft or stationary store, or you can invite…...

July 30, 2013

2 August 2013, Newsletter

Special thanks to Catherine Pergamo Whiting of the Pediatric Occupational Therapists Group on Facebook for posting this link. It totally made my day. I hope it makes yours! [Source: Upworthy] After Matej Peljhan heard 12-year-old Luka express his dreams of seeing himself…...

July 30, 2013

2 August 2013, App, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

by Sean Sweeney, Speech Techie I am giving a session on Digital Storytelling in speech and language intervention at ASHA Schools conference in Long Beach, CA, and thought I would feature one of my favorite tools in this genre. Videolicious is a…...

July 29, 2013

2 August 2013, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Care2.com] Disabled people like being fashionable too, and that includes people with Down syndrome. However, it can be tough for them to find trendy clothes that fit well, because the nature of their chromosomal disorder can cause distinctive physical anomalies that…...

July 29, 2013

Dyscalculia, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Dyscalculia is a severe and persistent disability in learning arithmetic that is often highly selective, in that it can affect children with normal intellectual ability. Karin Landerl and her team at the University of Graz, Austria, investigated the…...

Mercury And Autism Not Linked, Again

July 29, 2013

2 August 2013, Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: the University of Rochester Medical Center] The potential impact of exposure to low levels of mercury on the developing brain – specifically by women consuming fish during pregnancy – has long been the source of concern and some have argued that…...

July 29, 2013

2 August 2013, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] In the first study of its kind, SF State researchers have shown that younger children who use gestures outperform their peers in a problem-solving task. The task itself is relatively simple — sorting cards printed with colored shapes first…...

July 25, 2013

26 July 2013, News, Newsletter

c [Source: Medical News Today] Recent studies have found that anesthesia drugs have neurotoxicity on the developing neurons, causing learning and memory disorders and behavioral abnormalities. Ketamine is commonly used in pediatric anesthesia. A clinical retrospective study found that children below 3…...