Steven C. White (2011, April 5). The ASHA Leader. ASHA Responds to Error in Letter from Health and Human Services ASHA is helping state associations respond to an erroneous characterization by Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. secretary of health and human services, who informed…...
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 is the last time you showed one of your students a YouTube clip in speech therapy? Probably never,…...
[Source: ABC News] Shannon Penrod, 48, of Saugus, Calif., could feel a change coming over her son Jem Miller. By the time he was two, parts of his speech gradually began to disappear. In just a few months, what started as, “Mama…...
Thanks to our great friends at YourTherapySource.com for this week’s Therapy Tip. Create a set of tactile alphabet cards or a child’s name using our alphabet cards. The purpose of this activity is to encourage fine motor skills, bilateral coordination and tactile…...
[Source: US News and World Report/HealthDay] For people with the movement disorder dystonia, starting deep brain stimulation therapy early in the course of the disease provides better results, according to a new study. Click here to find out more! Dystonia is a…...
[Source: ScienceDaily.com] Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, is widely recognized by the medical community, and there are a number of therapies in place. But as many as six percent of all children suffer from the less familiar Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD).…...
By: Heidi Kay for ASHAsphere Copyright 2011. Reprinted with the express permission of ASHA as it appeared on their blog ASHAsphere Editor’s Note: I was asked to write this article for the ASHA blog. We thought it would be a nice resource…...
Often sedentary and hard to motivate, this developmentally disabled population can benefit from reward and routine surrounding fitness goals [Source: The Chicago Tribune] For the typical adult, getting to the gym requires manipulation. You know it’s good for you, that you’ll feel…...
[Source: Science Daily] Brain scans of aggressive and antisocial teenage boys with conduct disorder (CD) have revealed differences in the structure of the developing brain that could link to their behavior problems. The study reveals that the brain differences were present regardless…...
By: Loren Shlaes, OTR/L Certified Teacher of the Alexander Technique Very often, the children I treat in my sensory integration practice have balance and equilibrium problems. They have an uneasy relationship with gravity and can’t hold themselves up effortlessly against it. They…...
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