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Guest Blog/Activity of the Week: Baked Cotton Balls

May 31, 2011

3 June 2011, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

Special Thanks to Your Therapy Source for directing us to this super creative activity and a new guest blogger for us. Jessie Koller is a wonderfully crafty mom who has frequent posts to her blog Play Create Explore that are perfect activities…...

May 31, 2011

Language, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

Here is a really cool tool for those of you who are creative and techy. Thanks to our Twitter friends at Heaman Communication Services for the lead on this resource! This would be a great way to make individualized therapy booklets! [Source:…...

May 31, 2011

3 June 2011, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Scientists have found that even before they can talk, babies use sophisticated reasoning to make sense of the physical world around them, combining abstract principles with knowledge from observation to form surprisingly advanced expectations of how new situations…...

May 31, 2011

3 June 2011, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) may provide an early and objective indicator of autism, according to researchers at Columbia University in New York City, who used the technique to document language impairment in autistic children. Results of their…...

May 26, 2011

CCC-SLP and Alejandro Brice, SLP

By: Ellen Kester, Ph.D., CCC-SLP and Alejandro Brice, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Many parents of children with communication delays and disorders become very concerned when a speech-language pathologist proposes the use of sign language. When probed further about their concerns, many parents have reported…...

A Look at Kinesio® Taping

May 26, 2011

27 May 2011, Article, Newsletter, PT

By: Munira Adenwalla, Pediatric Occupational Therapist / Certified Kinesio® Taping Practitioner David Beckham, Serena Williams and Lance Armstrong all use Kinesio® Tape and so do the kids I treat. Kinesio Tape is an elastic, cotton, water-resistant tape developed by Dr. Kenzo Kase…...

May 25, 2011

27 May 2011, Newsletter, SLP, Video

Special Thanks to our friends at CASPLA for telling us about this funny video. Enjoy! Master’s of Speech and Hearing Sciences ~ Medical SLP students from the University of Washington make some crazy speech-related beats to “Intergalactic.” Directed, edited, and produced by…...

May 24, 2011

27 May 2011, Article, Feeding Disorders, Feeding Issues, Newsletter

By: Melanie Potock, MA, CCC-SLP As a speech language pathologist who specializes in feeding, one of the most important strategies that I teach to parents and caregivers is the power of waiting. Children need time to organize their thoughts and their bodies…...

May 24, 2011

27 May 2011, Language, Literacy, Newsletter, Tip or Resource, Vocabulary

Special Thanks to Literacy Speaks for suggesting this week’s Therapy Resource of the Week – Addictive Summer Reading Lists for Kids of All Ages [Source: Make and Takes.com] Want to get your kids addicted to reading all summer? Sometimes it just takes…...

May 24, 2011

27 May 2011, News, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] Vermont offers the best Medicaid services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities while Mississippi provides the worst, according to an annual ranking released Thursday. The 50-state analysis from United Cerebral Palsy compares services offered across the country, giving…...