Monthly Archive
This is a great idea that came in through my Google Alerts.  Nice blog too!  I had never seen this one before. [Image Credit:  Learning 4 Kids] [Source:  Learning 4 Kids]   – Keep the kids entertained with Pompom Hockey.  It is a…...
[Source:  Science Daily.com/Image Credit: University of Georgia] University of Georgia researchers have developed a map of the human brain that shows great promise as a new guide to the inner workings of the body’s most complex and critical organ. With this map,…...
July 2, 2012
[Source:  Therapy Fun Zone] Thanks to Tonya at Therapy Fun Zone for this great activity that promotes fine motor, motor planning, and bimanual skills!  This was kind of a spontaneous activity. I had pool noodles, and I had pipe cleaners that I…...
[Source:  Medical News Today] A new study shows significant differences in brain development in high-risk infants who develop autism starting as early as age 6 months. The findings published in the American Journal of Psychiatry reveal that this abnormal brain development may…...
July 2, 2012
by Laura Jo McKamey, Source ASHA Leader I have been a rural speech-language pathologist for 27 years. For 25 of those 27 years, one of my students has been my own son, A.J., who was born with Down syndrome. Because I am…...
[Source:  Kids in Motion] Does your child struggle with following an appropriate gait pattern when walking up or down stairs? Does your child experience difficulty when reaching for the monkey bars or trapeze bar in the playground? Does your child have difficulty when reaching…...
By Megan Panatier MS, CCC-SLP We are always learning. We are always teaching. Speech language pathologists, SLPs, are apprentices and master teachers for each other from day one. What I love most about the communicative disorders and sciences fields of audiology (audpeeps)…...
June 25, 2012
[Source: New York Times] The first time Jillian Serpa tried to learn to drive, the family car wound up straddling a creek next to her home in Ringwood, N.J. Ms. Serpa, then 16, had gotten flustered trying to sort out a rapid…...
[Source USA Today] When John Blaine realized 11-year-old Matt Woodrum was struggling through his 400-meter race at school in central Ohio, the physical education teacher felt compelled to walk over and check on the boy. “Matt, you’re not going to stop, are…...
June 21, 2012
By: L A Pomeroy Reprinted with the express permission of Holistic Horse as originally published on their website. “See me. Feel me. Touch me. Heal me.” –The Who “People have a need to touch animals in order to connect with them,” observes…...