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Focus on Bilingualism: The Benefits of Sign Language in Early Acquisition

May 26, 2011

By: Ellen Kester, Ph.D., CCC-SLP and Alejandro Brice, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Many parents of children with communication delays and disorders become very concerned when a speech-language pathologist proposes the use of sign language. When probed further about their concerns, many parents have reported…...

A Look at Kinesio® Taping

May 26, 2011

27 May 2011, Article, Newsletter, PT

By: Munira Adenwalla, Pediatric Occupational Therapist / Certified Kinesio® Taping Practitioner David Beckham, Serena Williams and Lance Armstrong all use Kinesio® Tape and so do the kids I treat. Kinesio Tape is an elastic, cotton, water-resistant tape developed by Dr. Kenzo Kase…...

May 25, 2011

27 May 2011, Newsletter, SLP, Video

Special Thanks to our friends at CASPLA for telling us about this funny video. Enjoy! Master’s of Speech and Hearing Sciences ~ Medical SLP students from the University of Washington make some crazy speech-related beats to “Intergalactic.” Directed, edited, and produced by…...

May 24, 2011

27 May 2011, Article, Feeding Disorders, Feeding Issues, Newsletter

By: Melanie Potock, MA, CCC-SLP As a speech language pathologist who specializes in feeding, one of the most important strategies that I teach to parents and caregivers is the power of waiting. Children need time to organize their thoughts and their bodies…...

May 24, 2011

27 May 2011, Language, Literacy, Newsletter, Tip or Resource, Vocabulary

Special Thanks to Literacy Speaks for suggesting this week’s Therapy Resource of the Week – Addictive Summer Reading Lists for Kids of All Ages [Source: Make and Takes.com] Want to get your kids addicted to reading all summer? Sometimes it just takes…...

May 24, 2011

27 May 2011, News, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] Vermont offers the best Medicaid services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities while Mississippi provides the worst, according to an annual ranking released Thursday. The 50-state analysis from United Cerebral Palsy compares services offered across the country, giving…...

May 21, 2011

27 May 2011, Article, Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Newsletter, SLP

By: Lawrence D. Shriberg Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison [email protected] We have proposed that programmatic studies of apraxia of speech as it reportedly occurs in diverse neurodevelopmental and neurological disorders can inform research on the core features and diagnostic markers of idiopathic…...

May 21, 2011

27 May 2011, Article, Newsletter, SLP

By: Erik X. Raj, CCC-SLP Copyright 2011. Reprinted with the express permission of the author as it appeared on his blog Artic Brain When most people hear the word “ninja,” images of Power Rangers, mutant turtles, or extremely fast people wearing full…...

May 20, 2011

20 May 2011, Article, Cochlear Implants, Hearing Loss, Newsletter

by Amy Lapain Editor’s Note: Thanks to our friends at CASPLA for calling this article on Cochlear Implant Online to our attention! A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away… well that is how it seems. As I prepared to…...

May 19, 2011

20 May 2011, Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Autism Speaks] Ricardo Dolmetsch, Ph.D. has a vision for autism research. Using pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology to create rare stem cells from other “common” cells of the human body cells, Dolmetsch and his lab at Stanford study neurodevelopmental disorders such…...