by: Shery Artemenko At my latest visit to our public library, I started my hunt at the “New Books” section as usual. I came upon a new series of books that are designed by Child’s World to assist children in phonics development.…...
[Source: Science Daily] A study has found that eating together as a family may encourage children to be more open to trying new types of food. This finding will be presented at the Developmental Psychology Section Annual Conference to be held at…...
[Source: Disability Scoop] Apple appears to be taking steps to make its popular tablet and smartphone devices more user-friendly for people with disabilities who are unable to use touch screens. In a filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office made public…...
[Source: Medical News Today/Journal of Current Biology] Photo Credit: Lawren Lu Although parents may have a hard time believing it, even infants can be trained to improve their concentration skills. What’s more, training babies in this way leads to improvements on other,…...
[Source: Medical News Today, Annals of Neurology] According to an investigation conducted by scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), between 1995 and 2008, ischemic stroke hospitalization rates rose up to 37% in adolescents and young adults aged between…...
[Source: Science Daily.com] Examining brain damage that occurs when fetuses in the womb are deprived of oxygen, researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered that damage does not occur randomly but is linked to the specific action of a naturally occurring…...
Editor’s Note: This article is written for the parents of children who have SID and related problems. We publish it here because we know that therapists like to give their client’s caregivers as much information as possible. Photo Credit: Chad Fish By:…...
[Source: The Scotsman] Scottish researchers are using ultrasound technology to help treat children with speech problems. Queen Margaret University (QMU) in Edinburgh and Edinburgh University have developed an innovative technique to allow youngsters who have problems forming words to see on a…...
If you haven’t seen Judith Kuster’s page of 100’s of speech therapy resources, you need to check it out. The following is a link to her page bookmarked to where she has listed wonderful resources for Working on Prosody, many of which…...
By: Megan Eldridge, OTR/L; Handwriting Development Expert People often bring children to me to get help for “handwriting” but they really need much more. When a child struggles with handwriting, it is usually a symptom of an underlying problem. The first task…...
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