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Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy Benefit Long-Term From Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy

May 29, 2013

31 May 2013, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) is a surgical procedure used to treat spasticity in some children with spastic cerebral palsy. This procedure appears to be effective, but for how long? Researchers from Montreal, Quebec, Canada,* set out to find…...

May 28, 2013

31 May 2013, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Babies who are born through Cesarean section (c-section) are much more likely to become obese when they grow up compared to babies who are delivered vaginally, reveals a new study carried out in the U.K which included more…...

May 28, 2013

Cerebral Palsy, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Bochum’s medics have succeeded in treating cerebral palsy with autologous cord blood. Following a cardiac arrest with severe brain damage, a 2.5 year old boy had been in a persistent vegetative state – with minimal chances of survival.…...

May 27, 2013

31 May 2013, News, Newsletter

[Source: ABC News] by Dina Abou Salem More parents are putting off a child’s kindergarten entry so he or she will be a little older than the classmates. It’s a phenomenon known as redshirting. “The reasons parents choose to redshirt their child…...

May 24, 2013

24 May 2013, Article, Newsletter

[Source: Friendship Circle] My son is the type who loves checklists, schedules, scripts, anything that will make his life predictable. But life isn’t predictable. Sooner or later, there will be a problem that he has to solve on his own. Everyone must…...

Good Article on Detecting Dyslexia

May 23, 2013

24 May 2013, Dyslexia, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: The Guardian UK] by Sally Bouwman The one thing my postgraduate teacher training course had simply not prepared me for was that more than a third of my first class of seven and eight year-olds might not be reading and writing…...

Treadmill Training Effects on Balance

May 23, 2013

24 May 2013, Balance, Coordination, Gross Motor Skills, News, Newsletter, PT

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Recent research was completed that compared treadmill training versus overground walking effects on balance skills using a randomized controlled trial with blinded evaluator. The participants were children with cerebral palsy ages 3-12, GMFCS levels I through III. The…...

May 23, 2013

24 May 2013, AAC, Article, Newsletter

Image Credit: Bloom: Parenting Kids with Disabilities How many words would the average, middle-class three-year-old child hear spoken to her in the course of a year? “About 6 million,” said Pat Mirenda, an expert on augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) who referenced…...

May 23, 2013

24 May 2013, Newsletter, Placement

Meet Candace – a pediatric physical therapist who has just accepted a direct hire position with one of PediaStaff’s clients in a sunny beach town in California! She will work full time, with ample opportunity to work after school hours should she…...

May 22, 2013

24 May 2013, Book Review, Down Syndrome, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

Review by Disability Resources Online Book by Libby Kumin, PhD., CCC-SLP Published by Woodbine House “As young children with Down Syndrome age, they often come up against speech and language difficulties, especially with peers in school and people outside their family circle.…...