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Worth Repeating: When Should You Tell a Child They Have Asperger's?

April 20, 2011

22 April 2011, Article, Aspergers Syndrome, Newsletter

Editor’s Note: This article was written for parents. We feature it here so that you might choose to share it with the parents of your kiddos [Source: John Robison’s Blog on the Huffington Post] Parents often ask me when they should talk…...

April 20, 2011

22 April 2011, Language, News of the Week, Newsletter

Thank You to our friends at Healing Thresholds for the heads up on this fascinating article. [Source: New York Times] A researcher analyzing the sounds in languages spoken around the world has detected an ancient signal that points to southern Africa as…...

Easter Themed Speech Therapy Ideas

April 19, 2011

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

Special Thanks to Becky Wanka of Speech Therapy Ideas for these great Speech ideas for Easter: Easter Bunny Activity with Free Printable: What you need (for each student): bunny scene printable 10 cotton balls glue crayons (optional) What to do:…...

An Operetta for Picky Eaters

April 18, 2011

22 April 2011, Feeding Issues, Newsletter, OT, SLP, Tip or Resource

Special Thanks to Melanie Potok of My Munch Bug for the link to this fun YouTube Video Celebrating Food. ...

April 18, 2011

22 April 2011, Article, Newsletter, OT, PT

By: Stephenie Labandz, PT Editor’s Note: This blog post was written primarily for parents, but it may be useful to you when explaining the difference between school and clinic based services to the parents’ of your kiddos. A child with motor or…...

April 15, 2011

15 April 2011, Article, Language, Literacy, Newsletter, SLP

By: Shareka Bentham, SLT copyright 2011. Shareka Bentham, SLT This blog post has been reprinted with express permission of the author as it appeared on her blog Easy Speech and Language Ideas The More that you read, the more things you will…...

April 14, 2011

15 April 2011, Articulation, Childhood Apraxia of Speech, News, Newsletter, Speech Sound Disorders

Editor’s Note: The article below mentions a product evaluation of the ‘Speech Buddies’ tools by SLP clinician David Hammer. PediaStaff was instrumental in the bringing David and the folks at Speech Buddies together to conduct an independent review of the product. As…...

April 14, 2011

15 April 2011, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source NPR.org] In many ways, Mark Heim is a typical senior at Colorado State University. He has the kind of smart humor you’d expect from someone who excels in computer science, engineering and math; his T-shirt reads, “Department of Redundancy Department.” But…...

April 13, 2011

15 April 2011, Fragile X, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily.com] Individuals with fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited form of intellectual disability, often develop epilepsy, but so far the underlying causes are unknown. Researchers have now discovered a potential mechanism that may contribute to the link between epilepsy…...

April 12, 2011

Book, Professional Development, SLP

By: Scott Prath, M.A., CCC-SLP, Bilinguistics Reprinted with the express permission of the author as it appeared on the Bilinguistics Blog I read the book A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink while searching for new ways to approach issues at…...