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Autism Speaks' 2011’s Top Ten Advances Autism Research

December 28, 2011

[Source: Autism Speaks] Every year, Autism Speaks documents progress toward its mission to discover the causes and best treatments for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and identifies the most important autism research achievements of the year. Our “Top Ten” list for 2011 includes…...

December 27, 2011

30 December 2011, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Minds in Bloom Blog by Rachel Lynette] Every New Years I resolve to be perfect. It must not be a very good resolution because I usually fail pretty quickly. Some years it only takes a few minutes. Obviously, making your goals…...

December 27, 2011

Article, Bilingualism, Newsletter, SLP

By: Ellen Kester, Ph.D., CCC-SLP and Alejandro Brice, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Language samples are used in the assessment process to corroborate results from formal testing and aid in the diagnostic process. When evaluating language samples produced by bilingual children the SLP has to…...

December 26, 2011

ScienceDaily (Dec. 5, 2011) — Children born just a few weeks too early are significantly more likely to have behavioural and/or emotional problems in the pre-school years, suggests research published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. It is well known…...

December 26, 2011

26 December 2011, News, Newsletter, TBI

By: Shahal Rozenblatt, Clinical Neuropsychologist The article aims to provide the reader with an understanding of concussion in children, including the physical and physiological events that are involved, the cognitive and psychological consequences, and the assessment process and making safe return-to-play decisions.…...

December 26, 2011

30 December 2011, Article, Autism, Newsletter

By: Bek Wiltbank, Occupational Therapist I love people with Autism. All ages, all types, every one of them. Many questions loom over our society, Why is Autism so prevalent? Where has it come from? Some people ask, How can we cure it?…...

December 20, 2011

PediaStaff would like to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas! There will be no newsletter this week, nor more blog posts that we might give our staff a bit of time with family and friends. We will be back to…...

December 20, 2011

Happy Hanukkah to all our Jewish friends of PediaStaff. Enjoy this fun music video that has become a modern favorite of the kids! Looking for last minute Hanukkah activities? Check out our Hanukkah Pinboard! We were especially excited to find a site…...

How to Teach the 'L' Sound

December 15, 2011

16 December 2011, Article, Articulation, Newsletter, SLP

By: Heidi Hanks Copyright 2010. Reprinted with the express permission of the author as it appeared on her blog Mommy Speech Therapy II have had several requests on how to teach the /l/ sound so I put some thoughts together and wanted…...

December 14, 2011

16 December 2011, Article, Newsletter, OT

By: Loren Shlaes, OTR/L Certified Teacher of the Alexander Technique In her book The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Amy Chua outlined her methods for raising her two daughters, and they were extreme. She never allowed them to watch television or…...