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Feel Good Story of the Week: Boy with Autism Earns 132 Merit Badges
October 17, 2011
17 October 2011, Autism, News, Newsletter
[Source:  Deseret News] Editor’s Note:  This is a great story, although it is a shame that the author did not choose to use person first language.    Nate Christensen seems like a typical almost-18-year-old boy. Now in his senior year at Bingham High…...
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Resource of the Week: Ear Massage for Calm and Focus
October 17, 2011
21 October 2011, Mindfulness, Newsletter, Tip or Resource, Yoga
Thank You to Yoga in My School for this week’s resource for therapists. This video teaches basic techniques for ear massage including accupressure points, lobe massage, ear rolling, cupping and more. Ear massage only takes a few minutes and will leave you…...
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Children's Hemiplegia and Stroke Association
October 15, 2011
1 in 4000 babies will have a stroke 1 in 8300 children will have a stroke Stroke in childhood causes multiple disabilities: paralysis, seizures, speech, vision, behavioral, and learning differences Stroke in children costs at least $42 million annually in US CHASA…...
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Moving and Feeling Using Only Brain
October 14, 2011
Thanks to our friends at Your Therapy Source for the heads up on this item! This is some crazy research from Duke University having monkeys use brain control only to move a virtual arm over the correct target based on sensory feedback…...
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The Science of Bilingualism in the News
October 14, 2011
14 October 2011, Bilingual, News, Newsletter
[Source:  The New York Times] By PERRI KLASS, M.D. Hearing Bilingual: How Babies Sort Out Language Once, experts feared that young children exposed to more than one language would suffer “language confusion,” which might delay their speech development. Today, parents often are…...
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An Introduction to PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System)
October 13, 2011
14 October 2011, Article, Autism, Newsletter, OT, SLP
By: Lara C. Pullen, Ph.D. CEO and Founder Healing Thresholds Editor’s Note:  This article was written for parents.  It is an excellent introduction to PECS that you might give to the parents and guardians of the kiddos you treat. What is it?…...
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Therapy Idea of the Week: French Fry Articulation! (yes, its from Pinterest again!)
October 12, 2011
Articulation, Tip or Resource
Image Credit: Speech Room News This one is taking off around Pinterest as fast as kids like their fries!   It was created by Jenna over at Speech Room News as a variation on other “french fry sight word” and “french fry math”…...
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Get to Starbucks for Free 'Monster At the End of this Book' Interactive iPhone App
October 12, 2011
Run into Starbucks before Monday October 17th, and get a code for a free copy of ‘The Monster at the End of this Book’ Interactive storybook App for iPhone.  The app is this week’s ‘Starbucks Pick of the Week,” and is free…...
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Excellent Set of 30 Articulation Cards for Speech Therapy
October 11, 2011
14 October 2011, Articulation, Newsletter, SLP
Special Thanks to Jourdan at the Future SLP blog for letting us know about a GREAT set of 30 free articulation cards to be found on the Testy Yet Trying blog.   Jourdan pinned each and every card to her Future SLPs Pinterest…...
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Pinterest Pin / Therapy Idea of the Week – Tap Lights for Phoneme Segmentation
October 11, 2011
14 October 2011, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource
Now that we’ve been on Pinterest for a couple of months now we are starting to see some “favorite” pins popping up. This one definitely qualifies for the “Why Didn’t I Think of This?” folder. This idea of using incandescent tap lights…...
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