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Pediatric Therapy Corner: Working in an Interdisciplinary World

April 24, 2013

26 April 2013, Article, Collaboration, Newsletter

By: Krystal Vermeire, OTR/L About a year ago I wrote an article for PediaStaff sharing my views on parent involvement in the occupational therapy world. Today I would like to get you thinking about taking it a step further. Actively involving parents…...

April 23, 2013

26 April 2013, App Review, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Carrie’s Speech Corner] Last week, I used two new apps by Virtual Speech Center in some of my therapy sessions: Syntax Workout (see my review of that app HERE) and Describe With Art. According to the Virtual Speech Center’s website, Describe with Art…...

April 23, 2013

26 April 2013, Newsletter, PT

As always, Margaret Rice at Your Therapy Source has some GREAT activities to share with us. Here are 5 activities using painter’s tape that encourage balance skills, jumping skills, motor planning, body awareness and aerobic fitness. You can watch the video for…...

April 23, 2013

26 April 2013, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Brains develop in the context of experience. Social experiences may be particularly relevant for developing neural circuits related to the experience of feeling or emotion. Factors such as negative life events and the quality of relationships may be…...

April 23, 2013

26 April 2013, News of the Week, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Science Daily] Parents know that crying babies usually calm down when they are picked up and carried, but why is that? In a study published today, researchers from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute show that human babies and mouse pups alike…...

April 23, 2013

Article, Bilingualism, Newsletter, SLP

By: Lucy Windevoxhel, M.S., CCC-SLP When I began my first job as a speech-language pathologist one of my monolingual, monocultural colleagues asked me why Hispanics gave their children milk in a bottle well into their preschool years. I was certainly offended by…...

April 23, 2013

26 April 2013, Newsletter, SLP

Here is a beautifully done bingo game from our friend, Ruth Morgan of Chapel Hill Snippets! Please enjoy “Springtime Preposition Bingo” You can download it in Boardmaker and in PDF format from Chapel Hill Snippets! ...

April 22, 2013

26 April 2013, Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily.com] People with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often have trouble communicating and interacting with others because they process language, facial expressions and social cues differently. Previously, researchers found that propranolol, a drug commonly used to treat high blood pressure,…...

April 22, 2013

[Source: Science Daily] A new study presented today at the 48th Annual American Neurotology Society spring meeting is challenging a long held belief among speech therapists and audiologists that bad behavior in young children with hearing implants is an indicator of device…...

April 18, 2013

19 April 2013, Newsletter, Social Skills

by Tasia Markoff, lifehiswayblog.wordpress.com Reprinted with permission of the Author as it appeared on the Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism Last week Nick’s science teacher mentioned in an email that he was concerned that Nick is isolating himself socially. The other kids…...