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Pinterest Pin of the Week: WorksheetWorks.com

September 23, 2011

23 September 2011, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

Here is a great website that we found through Pinterest. WorksheetWorks.com is a beta-preview site that can generate a very wide range of worksheets for teachers. Some of the sections that are most applicable to pediatric and school based therapists include worksheet…...

September 22, 2011

23 September 2011, Article, Early Intervention, Language, Newsletter, SLP, Specific Language Impairment

Christine Dollaghan, Ph.D., Department of Communication Science and Disorders, University of Texas at Dallas Published online 03-26-08 in the Canadian Language & Literacy Research Network in their Encyclopedia of Language and Literacy Development The acquisition of language is one of the signature…...

September 22, 2011

23 September 2011, Article, Newsletter

By: Charles P. Fox Copyright 2011. Reprinted with the express permission of the Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism as it appeared on their website March 11, 2011 Photo: School in China after 2008 Earthquake. Credit: Nick Kozak Note from the editors for…...

September 21, 2011

16 September 2011, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

Editor’s Note: While more laryngectomees and neck breathers are adults rather than children, we felt that this short tutorial was nevertheless very worth including here in the event that you do treat a kiddo who has undergone a laryngectomy. ...

September 21, 2011

23 September 2011, Craniosynostoisis, News, Newsletter, PT

[Source: Medical News Today] Image Credit: Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare Engineers and surgeons are working together to improve the treatment of babies born with craniosynostosis, a condition that causes the bone plates in the skull to fuse too soon. Treating this condition…...

Recess Making a Comeback in Schools

September 20, 2011

23 September 2011, Gross Motor Skills, News, Newsletter

Thanks to our friends at Your Therapy Source for sharing this article with us! Photo Credit: clbk [Source: New York Times] As more Chicago public schools cash in on Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s longer-day financial incentives by adding 90 minutes to their school…...

September 19, 2011

23 September 2011, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Researchers at the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and at the Harvard Medical School report that children with autism and gastrointestinal disturbances have altered expression of genes involved in…...

September 16, 2011

16 September 2011, ADHD, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Photo Credit: Daniel Hurst A study of more than 400 children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder has found a link between the children’s routine play settings and the severity of their symptoms, researchers report. Those who regularly play…...

September 15, 2011

16 September 2011, Article, Articulation, Newsletter

By: Heidi Hanks Copyright 2011. Reprinted with the express permission of the author as it appeared on her blog Mommy Speech Therapy For those of you that have read some of my previous posts on how to teach specific sounds you may…...

September 14, 2011

16 September 2011, ADHD, News, Newsletter

Photo Credit: Viola Koçi’s [Source: Medical News Today] Injury kills more 11-year-olds in the United States than all other causes combined, and a new study from University of Alabama at Birmingham reveals ADHD almost doubles the risk of serious injury among this…...