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Another Feel Good Story! Boy with Autism is Rubik's Cube Wizard

January 10, 2013

11 January 2013, Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Fox 5 San Diego] by Christian De La Rosa One of the fastest Rubik’s Cube players in the world is an 10-year-old boy with autism who lives in San Diego. Max Park started playing with Rubik’s Cube several years ago as…...

January 10, 2013

11 January 2013, News, Newsletter

[Source: Washington Post] by Mari-Jane Williams This is just great news! Parents magazine, a mainstream publication, has opened its eyes and seen the light that children with special needs are CHILDREN! More of the world needs to begin seeing beyond disability. The…...

January 10, 2013

11 January 2013, News, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Social practices and cultural beliefs of modern life are preventing healthy brain and emotional development in children, according to an interdisciplinary body of research presented recently at a symposium at the University of Notre Dame. “Life outcomes for…...

January 10, 2013

11 January 2013, Early Intervention, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily.com] A new study by researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine has found large differences in the criteria that U.S. states use to determine eligibility for Medicare Part C early intervention services for infants and toddlers who…...

NICU Physical Therapists in the News

January 9, 2013

11 January 2013, Newsletter, NICU, Preemies, PT

[Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch] By Michele Munz Reaching through two holes in the clear walls of the incubator, St. Louis Children’s Hospital physical therapist Kelly Burgio gently pushed down the shoulder of 3-week-old Preston Jolly, born more than 10 weeks early. She…...

January 9, 2013

11 January 2013, Article, Autism, Newsletter

[Source: Forbes.com] Today, we have an excellent example of why we should keep calm and carry on when it comes to mouse studies. At SFARI, a website for an autism research organization, Emily Singer writes that research groups cannot reproduce the reported…...

January 9, 2013

11 January 2013, Newsletter, Pinboard, Tip or Resource

Martin Luther King Day is a wonderful opportunity to get your kiddos talking about important issues. Please check out our recently updated PediaStaff Pinterest Pinboard full of free pediatric and school based therapy activities that help teach the life and philosophy of…...

OT/PT Corner: A Multi-Tasking Activity

January 8, 2013

10 June 2022, Balance, Gross Motor Skills, Newsletter, OT, PT, Visual Motor

by Stacy Menz, DPT, Board Certified Pediatric Clinical Specialist One of our OT’s was so excited last week to show us the new activity she was doing with a few of her kiddos. She had just started it so she hasn’t had…...

January 8, 2013

11 January 2013, Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Apraxia-Kids] Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is in terms of diagnosis and treatment a very challenging and complicated speech disorder in children. Children with CAS find it difficult or impossible to accurately produce speech sounds and/or words despite having a good…...

SLP Corner: Driving Lessons and AAC

January 8, 2013

11 January 2013, AAC, Newsletter, SLP

by Pat Mervine, CCC-SLP This article is reprinted with permission of the author as it appeared on the Speaking of Speech.com blog As my son, Gregg, approached the date when he could apply for his learner’s permit (prerequisite to getting a driver’s…...