Editor’s Note: Political correctness gone too far or real food for thought? You decide. It is important to note that this article refers to the original 1964 cartoon story. In my opinion, the song is a wonderful story of everyone coming around…...
[Source: Medical News Today] “Face recognition is an important social skill, but not all of us are equally good at it,” says Beijing Normal University cognitive psychologist Jia Liu. But what accounts for the difference? A new study by Liu and colleagues…...
Editor’s Note: This article would be a good one to print out and share with parents of kids with ADHD. Anecdotal evidence has been circulating for a long time that kids with ADHD should eat a lot of protein, but these findings…...
[Source: Time Magazine] Perhaps the most important thing you need to know about Melanie Perkins McLaughlin is that she’s not pro-life or pro-choice or pro anything — other than pro-information. When a distraught pregnant woman phones a Massachusetts hotline for Down syndrome,…...
[Source: EWeek.com] Image Credit: Autitouch Microsoft has found a spot for its Surface multitouch tabletop computer in health care, as occupational therapists have developed applications for pediatric patients with autism and cerebral palsy. Surface is also used in other industries such as…...
Thanks to our friends at Your Therapy Source for the heads-up on this story. Its a great video to show to start a discussion at school districts debating between handwriting, cursive and keyboarding. ...
Editor’s Note: PediaStaff asked Jenna at Speech Room News to come up with a speech-language activity for the Jewish Holiday of Hanukkah, and here it is! Thanks, Jenna this is great! It’s that time of year! Hope you’re looking forward to the…...
[Source: Jet Blue Blog (Blue Tales] More than 400 people turned out for Jet Blue’s second Wings for Autism event at their Boston station this past Saturday. For many families, this was the first time they stepped inside an airport, let alone…...
By: Tamara Truax and JoAnn Tuttle For decades the traditional once-weekly 30 minute group therapy model has been the most common way of treating sound errors in a school-based setting. However, if you ask therapists working on articulation what they think of…...
[Source: ASHA] This document includes information that can be used to advocate for reduced or streamlined paperwork for school-based speech-language pathologists. The document provides: an explanation of the federal requirements for paperwork under IDEA; suggestions for how to advocate for changes in…...
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