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Pinterest Pin of the Week: Great Way to Discreetly Redirect Student Behavior

August 27, 2012

31 August 2012, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

This terrific idea was our Pinterest Pin of the Week with over 250 repins! [Source: Rock & Teach Blog] – I pinned an awesome “STOP: Please stop what you’re doing and make a better choice” sign weeks ago. When I finally got…...

August 27, 2012

31 August 2012, Autism, News

[Source: Science Daily] Vanderbilt University researchers studying interventions for adolescents and young adults with autism are reporting that there is insufficient evidence to support findings, good or bad, for the therapies currently used. Although the prevalence of autism is on the rise,…...

August 27, 2012

31 August 2012, Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: New York Times Sunday Review] By MOISES VELASQUEZ-MANOFF IN recent years, scientists have made extraordinary advances in understanding the causes of autism, now estimated to afflict 1 in 88 children. But remarkably little of this understanding has percolated into popular awareness,…...

August 23, 2012

24 August 2012, ADHD, News of the Week, Newsletter, Stuttering

[Source: News-Medical.net via Special Ed Post.com] Over half of school-age children who stutter (CWS) have sufficient attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms to warrant referral for clinical evaluation, the results of a US study of parental reports indicates. “From a clinical perspective, the…...

August 22, 2012

24 August 2012, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] A little music training in childhood goes a long way in improving how the brain functions in adulthood when it comes to listening and the complex processing of sound, according to a new Northwestern University study. The impact of…...

August 22, 2012

24 August 2012, Newsletter, Sensory Play, SPD, Tip or Resource

We saw this first on Pinterest. It is a (pricey) product for sale by Abilitations but it is certainly something you can easily and inexpensively recreate as a D-I-Y! Not sure exactly what all is hanging from each “station” but are…...

August 22, 2012

24 August 2012, News, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Medical Xpress] Scientists at UCLA and the Technion, Israel’s Institute of Technology, have unraveled how our brain cells encode the pronunciation of individual vowels in speech. Published in the Aug. 21 edition of Nature Communications, the discovery could lead to…...

August 21, 2012

24 August 2012, News of the Week

[Source: Takepart.com via Yahoo News] For a blind athlete, judo champion Jordan Mouton sure has no problem envisioning her future. Down the road, she’d love nothing more than to teach the sport she excels in, paying forward her hand-to-hand wherewithal to the…...

App Review of the Week: StoryPals

August 21, 2012

24 August 2012, App, Newsletter

by Jessica Chase, M.A., CCC-SLP “Whimsical. Enjoyable. Data-driven.” These are the three words that Eric Sailers used to describe his new application, StoryPals. I could not find a better way to start off a review of the application than to use these…...

August 21, 2012

24 August 2012, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

Once again, No Time for Flash Cards wins the “Pin of the Week” with over 250 repins. There are some outstanding ideas on this post for motor, sensory and more! Crafts include: Cereal Box Apples, Simple Apple Craft For Toddlers, Apple a…...