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April 25, 2011

29 April 2011, Article, Newsletter, Selective Mutism

By: Joleen Fernald, MS CCC-SLP, Doctoral Student Selective Mutism has been described as a social communication anxiety disorder (The Selective Mutism Group, n.d.). Though its prevalence is considered rare in the DSM-IV (APA, 2004), research by Bergman et al (2002) showed that…...

April 25, 2011

29 April 2011, Article, Newsletter, Physical Fitness, PT

By: Michele Silence, MA, KidFit Balance is a skill necessary for lifelong health. A good sense of balance requires that muscles are able to control posture and keep the body upright. Being on balance is the process of controlling the body’s center…...

April 25, 2011

29 April 2011, Article, Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Language, Literacy, Newsletter, Questions, SLP

By: Sandra McKinnis, M.A., CCCSLP Research conducted over the past 38 years has established that reading is not just the visual memory task it was once thought to be. As early as 1972, Kavanaugh and Mattingly in “Language by Ear and by…...

April 22, 2011

Program: PBS NewsHour Episode: Autism’s Causes: Demand for Educational Resources for Children Outstrips Supply For public school systems, the demand for special educational and treatment resources for children with autism often outpaces what is available. In the fourth report in his Autism…...

April 22, 2011

22 April 2011, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: The New York Times] As people streamed into Graceview Baptist Church in Tomball, Tex., early one Saturday morning in January, two armed guards stood prominently just inside the doorway of the sanctuary. Their eyes scanned the room and returned with some…...

April 21, 2011

22 April 2011, Autism, News, Newsletter

Photo Credit: phillifan99 [Source: Newswise.com] Today (April 20, 2011) , the Interactive Autism Network (IAN), www.ianproject.org, the nation’s largest online autism research project, reveals the preliminary results of the first major survey on wandering and elopement among individuals with autism spectrum disorders…...

April 21, 2011

Program: PBS NewsHour Episode: Autism’s Causes: How Close Are We to Solving the Puzzle? The rise in the number of reported autism cases has caused a surge in research to find the causes. For the latest thinking, Robert MacNeil speaks with four…...

April 21, 2011

22 April 2011, Newsletter, OT, Parental Involvement, SLP, Tip or Resource

Special Thanks to our friend Jourdan, the author of the Future SLPs blog for the heads up on this great resource for therapists to share with parents/guardians. [Source: Future SLPs] Below are some great websites to distribute to parents/teachers if they want…...

April 21, 2011

22 April 2011, Music Therapy, News, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Medical Express.com] Photo Credit: Pirol3333 Those childhood music lessons could pay off decades later – even for those who no longer play an instrument – by keeping the mind sharper as people age, according to a preliminary study published by the…...

April 21, 2011

22 April 2011, Art Therapy, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

Special Thanks to Pamela Ullmann and her Full Spectrum blog for this week’s Therapy Activity of the Week. Some children on the spectrum seek sensory input when I work with them in art therapy. One client that I work with can not…...