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Worth Repeating: Fighting with Spanglish

August 1, 2012

3 August 2012, Article, Bilingualism, Newsletter

by Jake Downs Recently, my son Alex and I were visiting his grandparents when I noticed something that I had perhaps taken for granted before. You see, I am a first-generation Hispanic-American, and my son, while his Spanish isn’t perfect, does speak…...

August 1, 2012

3 August 2012, Newsletter, OT, SLP, Tip or Resource

Its’s Back to School Time. Our friends at LessonPix have added a bunch of great ‘back to school’ freebies on their website that we wanted to recommend! Writing pages Do/Do Not Visuals Ask For Cards Calendar Cards Numbered Schedules Checklist Schedule…...

App Review: BrainWorks

August 1, 2012

3 August 2012, App, Newsletter

by: Abby Brayton-Chung, MS, OTR/L BrainWorks is a new app developed for the iPad and iPhone by Sensational Brain was created to allow a child to take a sensory break by choosing activities appropriate for their current setting (home, school, community, desk)…...

July 31, 2012

3 August 2012, News, Newsletter, Physical Fitness, PT

Editor’s Note: File this study under ‘O’ for ‘Obvious,’ but we share it with you here as something to show parents and guardians concerned about their children’s activity levels. [Source: Medical News Today] Parents concerned about their children’s slothful ways can do…...

July 30, 2012

[Source: Science Daily] Is attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) due to a delay in brain development or the result of complete deviation from typical development? In the current issue of Biological Psychiatry, Dr. Philip Shaw and colleagues present evidence for delay based on…...

July 30, 2012

3 August 2012, Article, Newsletter, Professional Development

by: Jenn Alcorn, CCC-SLP So what brought me to this post was a conversation I had on Twitter. I’m not sure how it started, or even where I got involved (it’s actually acceptable to butt in on a convo!) but it came…...

July 30, 2012

2 August 2012, News, Newsletter, Social Skills

[Source: Medical News Today] We all know that, for the most part, it’s wrong to kill other people, it’s inappropriate to wear jeans to bed, and we shouldn’t ignore people when they are talking to us. We know these things because we’re…...

July 30, 2012

3 August 2012, Hemiplegia, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC) is a very rare disorder that causes paralysis that freezes one side of the body and then the other in devastating bouts that arise at unpredictable intervals. Seizures, learning disabilities and difficulty walking are…...

July 27, 2012

27 July 2012, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Neuroscientists from Wayne State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are taking a deeper look into how the brain mechanisms for memory retrieval differ between adults and children. While the memory systems are the same in many…...

July 27, 2012

27 July 2012, News, Newsletter, NICU, Preemies

[Source: Science Daily] Premature babies are more likely to survive when they are born in high-level neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) than in hospitals without such facilities, and this benefit is considerably larger than previously reported. The likelihood that an extremely premature…...