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Worth Repeating: Child Word Finding: Student Voices Enlighten Us

January 12, 2011

14 January 2011, Article, Language, Newsletter, SLP, Specific Language Impairment, Word Finding

German, D. (2009, February 10). The ASHA Leader. The prevalence of child word-finding difficulty is high among learners with specific language impairment (25%; Dockrell, Messer, George, & Wilson, 1998) and learning disabilities (49%; German, 1998). Clinical reports also document WF difficulties among…...

Website of the Week: Autism Games

January 11, 2011

7 January 2011, Autism, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

Special Thanks to our new friend Jourdan Saunders of the blog Future SLPs for this week’s Therapy Resource, Autism Games We look forward to featuring her recommendations as a regular contributor. Here are Jourdan’s comments and blog post about this site: “Play…...

January 7, 2011

7 January 2011, Article, Feeding Disorders, Newsletter, SLP

Potock, M. (2010, November 02). The ASHA Leader. For most of my career as a speech-language pathologist, I have focused on feeding treatment. Whether I’m treating a picky eater or a child transitioning from tube feedings to oral feedings, it’s ultimately about…...

January 7, 2011

7 January 2011, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: The New York Times] SARAH WILSON was speaking proudly the other day when she declared: “My house is a little messy.” Ms. Wilson lives in Stroudsburg, Pa., a small town in the Poconos. Many days, her home is strewn with dress-up…...

Guest Blog: Great Day in the Morning

January 7, 2011

7 January 2011, Article, Newsletter, OT, Parental Involvement

By: Loren Shlaes, OTR/L Certified Teacher of the Alexander Technique Photo Credit: Keith Lewis I used to work with a little boy who was a total delight when we were alone in the clinic but had a great deal of difficulty comporting…...

January 6, 2011

7 January 2011, Article, Cerebral Palsy, Newsletter, OT, PT

by: J. Ruck, G. Chabot, F. Rauch In this 6-month trial, twenty children with cerebral palsy (age 6.2 to 12.3 years; 6 girls) were randomized to either continue their school physiotherapy program unchanged or to receive 9 minutes of side-alternating whole-body vibration…...

January 6, 2011

7 January 2011, Article, Book, Newsletter, SPD

By: Sunity Murty, M.S., OTR/L Order this Book from Amazon.com Editor’s Note: Back in November, 2010 PediaStaff reprinted a link to a Washington Post review of this book. Recently, PediaStaff was offered our own review copy by the author and now present…...

January 5, 2011

7 January 2011, ADHD, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily.com] Brain scans of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have shown for the first time why people affected by the condition sometimes have such difficulty in concentrating. The study, funded by the Wellcome Trust, may explain why parents often say…...

January 4, 2011

7 January 2011, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: NPR] For decades, parents of children with autism have been searching for a drug or diet to treat the disorder. Their latest hope is the hormone oxytocin. It’s often called the trust hormone or the cuddle hormone. And just to be…...

January 3, 2011

7 January 2011, Multiple Sclerosis, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: The National Multiple Sclerosis Society] While schools are familiar with various pediatric illnesses and disabilities, pediatric multiple sclerosis (MS) presents some particular challenges due to the fluctuating nature of the disease, the changing needs of the child, and the disease’s relative…...