Blog - PediaStaff

Detecting The Early Signs Of Autism In Infant Brains

July 2, 2012

6 July 2012, Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter

[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

6 July 2012, Article, Newsletter, SLP

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…...

June 29, 2012

29 June 2012, Newsletter, OT, Visual Perception

[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…...

June 27, 2012

29 June 2012, Newsletter, Professional Development, SLP

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

30 March 2012, ADHD, Newsletter

[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…...

June 21, 2012

22 June 2012, Cerebral Palsy, Newsletter, PT

[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

22 June 2012, Article, Hippotherapy, OT

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…...

June 20, 2012

22 June 2012, News of the Week, TBI

[Source: Chicago CBS] The headlines about concussions are everywhere these days; soldiers suffering traumatic brain injuries linked to concussions, or the speculation that football star Junior Seau might have committed suicide after suffering from them. But, when it comes to protecting young…...

June 20, 2012

22 June 2012, Newsletter, Physical Education

[Source: Science Daily.com] More physical education in schools leads to better motor skills and it can also sharpen students’ learning ability. This is shown by Assistant Professor Ingegerd Ericsson at Malmö University in a unique study where she followed more than two…...

June 19, 2012

[Source: Science Daily] Increasing the spacing between characters and words in a text improves the speed and quality of dyslexic children’s reading, without prior training. They read 20% faster on average and make half as many errors. This is the conclusion reached…...