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Worth Repeating: Intervention for Bilingual Children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech

February 9, 2011

11 February 2011, Article, Bilingualism, Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Apraxia-Kids] We thank Apraxia-Kids for allowing us to link to their very useful articles. By: Kathryn Kohnert, Ph.D., CCC, and Ruth Stoeckel, M.A., CCC-SLP From a practical standpoint, bilinguals can be defined as individuals who use more than one language in…...

February 9, 2011

11 February 2011, ADHD, News, Newsletter

[Source: Health Day/US News and World Report] Two-thirds of American children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder struggle with other mental health and developmental conditions, such as learning disabilities and anxiety, a new study suggests. Examining data on nearly 62,000 children aged 6 to 17…...

February 8, 2011

11 February 2011, Article, Articulation, Newsletter

By: Christine Ristuccia for Mommy Speech Therapy Copyright 2011. Reprinted with the express permission of the author and blog owner, Heidi Hanks as it appeared on her blog Mommy Speech Therapy Editor’s Note: While this Article was written for parents, we thought…...

February 8, 2011

11 February 2011, News, Newsletter, OT

Special Thanks to our friends at Therapy Fun Zone for the heads up on this story that we missed when it first came out a month ago. [Source: Orlando Sentinel] Disney’s Animal Kingdom is working on a tiny mystery. Lilly, a western…...

February 8, 2011

Autism, News, Newsletter, 11 February 2011

[Source: ScienceDaily.com] Being successful in school requires a combination of social, emotional, and academic competencies. A new analysis of more than 200 school-based social and emotional learning programs has found that such programs improve students’ attitudes and behaviors, and in some cases,…...

February 7, 2011

11 February 2011, News, Newsletter

[Source: ScienceDaily.com] For every $1 invested in a Chicago early childhood education program, nearly $11 is projected to return to society over the children’s lifetimes — equivalent to an 18 percent annual return on program investment, according to a study led by…...

February 7, 2011

11 February 2011, News, Newsletter, TBI

[Source: NPR.org] In the Super Bowl this weekend, any player who takes a shot to the head and shows signs of a concussion will be taken out of the game. But it’s a different story for high school athletes, who sometimes play…...

February 3, 2011

4 February 2011, Article, Newsletter, OT, SPD

By: Christina Sparker, MOT, OTR/L and Tiffany Sparks-Keeney, MOT, OTR/L Reprinted with the express permission of SPD, Sensory Processing Disorders Foundation as originally published on their website. This article appeared in the Winter 2011 Issue of the Sensory Processing Foundation Newsletter. You…...

February 3, 2011

4 February 2011, News, Newsletter, Pediatric Stroke

[Source: Health News Digest] (HealthNewsDigest.com) – Washington, DC – The first study to assess the differences between hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke in children finds an urgent need for more rapid identification of stroke symptoms in children, and attributes delays in treatment to…...

February 3, 2011

4 February 2011, Article, Newsletter, OT

By: Loren Shlaes, OTR/L Certified Teacher of the Alexander Technique Grownups, please do some detective work if your child {or student} is struggling in the classroom. You may be expecting him to function under circumstances that you would be unable to tolerate…...