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Children With Autism Benefit from Early, Intensive Therapy

September 29, 2011

30 September 2011, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] A primary characteristic of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is impairments in social-communication skills. Children and adolescents with social-communication problems face difficulty understanding, interacting and relating with others. University of Missouri researchers found that children who receive more intensive therapy…...

September 28, 2011

30 September 2011, Article, Hippotherapy, Newsletter, OT

By: Barbara Smith, OTR/L Copyright 2011, Barbara Smith Hippotherapy is a treatment strategy that utilizes equine movement and indeed the entire equine environment to achieve functional outcomes such as increasing bilateral hand skills, sitting balance or vocalizations. It is used by registered…...

September 27, 2011

30 September 2011, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

Special Thanks to Toni Shulken of Pathways for Learning for this Week’s Therapy Resource of the Week. She has created a nice PDF handout listed skills and their relationship to school performance. Download this excellent handout that you may share with the…...

September 27, 2011

30 September 2011, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

It is easy to make a plastic face out of laundry detergent bottles. Young children learn about facial features as they attach eyes, nose and mouth with Velcro. Large holes at the top help children develop eye-hand coordination as they make hair.…...

September 27, 2011

30 September 2011, Article, Newsletter, Phonological Disorders, SLP, Speech Sound Disorders

By: Yvonne Wren, PhD, CertMRCSLT, Senior Research Speech & Language Therapist, Frenchay Speech & Language Therapy Research Unit, Bristol, UK. Introduction Many approaches to intervention exist for speech sound disorder (SSD). One such approach is phonological awareness intervention. This article describes what…...

September 26, 2011

30 September 2011, News, School Psych

[Source: Medical News Today] A report in the September 21 issue of JAMA suggests that, children and teens who have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) who received some benefit from therapy with medication had a considerably larger reduction in OCD symptoms when treatment was…...

September 26, 2011

30 September 2011, Early Intervention, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] According to new research, raising investment in early childhood development programs is a highly cost-effective strategy, potentially providing considerable returns, promoting long-term growth and significantly reducing inequalities in low and middle-income countries. According to Patrice Engle from California…...

September 26, 2011

30 September 2011, Article, Bilingualism, Newsletter

By: Ellen Kester, Ph.D., CCC-SLP and Alejandro Brice, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Understanding the whole language system of children who understand and speak two languages is a challenge for a number of reasons. First, we cannot get the whole picture by looking at only…...

September 26, 2011

30 September 2011, Article, Early Intervention, Newsletter

By: Jena H. Casbon, MS CCC-SLP and Sarah Castro, MSPT For many speech, occupational and physical therapy providers, conducting treatment sessions in patient’s homes is part of their daily routine. Whether you are an Early Intervention or homecare provider or work in…...

September 23, 2011

23 September 2011, Article, Literacy, RTI

[Source: Reading Rockets] By: Mary Beth Klotz and Andrea Canter Learn what questions to ask about Response to Intervention (RTI), an approach to helping struggling learners that is gaining momentum in schools across the country. This article from the National Association of…...