[Source: Medical News Today] In the largest study of brain development in preschoolers with autism to date, a study by UC Davis MIND Institute researchers has found that 3-year-old boys with regressive autism, but not early onset autism, have larger brains than…...
Thanks Alexey Salamini for sending us this video featuring Speech Buddies in the News on CBS, Smart Planet website ! So glad to see you are getting press! Read the PediaStaff Product Review on Speech Buddies featured in March of 2011...
I fell in love with this one the minute I saw it, and while it might not be the very most repinned Pinterest pin of the week it is certainly quite popular and definitely the cutest! We f0und it from Holly Garner,…...
By: Pamela Ullmann, ATR-BC, LCAT copyright 2010. Pamela Ullmann. This blog post has been reprinted with express permission of the author as it appeared on her Full Spectrum Blog Creative art making can offer unique ways for children to gain a sense…...
Playful behavior is widespread in mammals, and has important developmental consequences. A recent study of young chimpanzees shows that these animals play and develop much the same way as human children. The work, to be published in the Nov. 16 issue of…...
By: Lee A. Wilkinson, PhD, NCSP Over the past decade social stories have shown promise as a positive and proactive classroom strategy for teaching social skills to children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). They continue to be widely discussed, reviewed, and recommended…...
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at PediaStaff Before all of us at PediaStaff return to our homes for a little family R&R, we wanted to send out this message to our all our readers just to say how thankful we are…...
By: Lucy Windevoxhel, M.S., CCC-SLP Reprinted with the express permission of Lucy Windevoxhel, as it appears on her website, A Love for Language Editor’s Note: This article was written for parents but is an excellent resource for therapists to share with the…...