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Children Use the Same Brain Network as Adults for Rough Problems

February 22, 2023

24 February 2023, News, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Science Daily] The multiple demand network helps people focus their attention, juggle several things in memory at the same time, and solve difficult problems like those involving math. And while this network is not fully developed in kids, the study showed…...

February 22, 2023

24 February 2024, News, Newsletter, Special Educaiton

[Source: Restaurant Dive] JDKD Enterprises, a limited partnership that owns and operates multiple McDonald’s restaurants in New Jersey, will pay $100,000 to settle U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission allegations it discriminated against a grill cook with autism spectrum disorder, the agency announced…...

February 22, 2023

24 February 2023, News, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] More theme parks across the nation are implementing staff training and taking additional steps to make visits easier for people with autism and other disabilities. Legoland said this week that all of its locations in North America will become…...

February 22, 2023

24 February 2023, News, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Daily reading improved language development in infants 12 months and younger, according to a recent study by researchers at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. The study, which builds on well-established research of early language development…...

Nightly Sleep is Key to Student Success

February 22, 2023

23 February 2023, News, Newsletter, Nurse, OT

[Source: Science Daily] College is a time of transition for young adults. It may be the first time students have the freedom to determine how to spend their time, but this freedom comes with competing interests from academics, social events and even…...

February 22, 2023

24 February 2023, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Researchers have used artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning technology to find a link between alterations in the shape of children’s faces and the amount of alcohol their mothers drank, both before becoming pregnant and during pregnancy. The study,…...

February 22, 2023

24 February 2023, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Dr. Lisa, School Psych Blog] When I first begin working on a new case, I want to know not only what the student is doing, but why. In this two-part series, we’ll start with the what. Teachers and other educators can…...

Autism Corner: Autism Safety Awareness

February 22, 2023

24 February 2023, Autism, Newsletter

[Source: Mary Barbara.com] Children with autism rarely have the safety awareness skills they need and are at higher risk of accidental death than typically developing children. Today I’m talking with a mother who lost her child in an effort to help raise…...

February 22, 2023

24 February 2023, Article, Behavior, Down Syndrome, Newsletter

All material Copyright The Down Syndrome Centre. Reprinted with the express permission of the The Down Syndrome Centre as originally published on their website. By: Natan Gendelman Simon, a two year old child with Down syndrome whom I was working with, sat…...

February 22, 2023

24 February 2023, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

[Source: Kids Play Smarter] There seems to be some kind of fascination that kids have with spray bottles! What better way to sneak some educational value into an already motivating game than to incorporate learning and fine motor concepts into spray bottle…...