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Twin Study Helps Scientists Link Relationship Among ADHD, Reading, Math

December 14, 2010

17 December 2010, ADHD, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily.com] Children with ADHD can sometimes have more difficulties on math and reading tests compared to their peers. A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, used identical and fraternal twins to look…...

December 14, 2010

17 December 2010, Article, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

By: Shareka Bentham, SLT copyright 2010. 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 I’ve always loved scrapbooks. As a child I always enjoyed…...

December 14, 2010

Article, Practice Guidelines, RTI, SLP, Special Education

We thank U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences for making their pages available. In the primary grades students with reading difficulties may need intervention to prevent future reading failure. This guide offers specific recommendations to help educators identify students in…...

December 13, 2010

17 December 2010, Language, News, Newsletter, Stuttering

[Source: New York Times] “My Fair Lady” had “The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.” “Singin’ in the Rain” had “Moses supposes his toeses are roses.” To cinema’s pantheon of tricky diction, we can now add, “I have a sieve…...

One-Cut Books

December 10, 2010

10 December 2010, Newsletter, OT, PT, SLP, Tip or Resource

The best part of the ASHA 2010 Convention in Philadelphia was the session held by Judith Kuster called “Internet Gold.” And was it Ever. Judith shared with us a full sessions-worth of amazing links to great websites and resources for therapists. PediaStaff…...

December 10, 2010

10 December 2010, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

Looking for good Christmas themed worksheets to do with your kiddos this month? Please take a look at the following sites, submitted to us by @speechreka on Twitter. Speech and Language Activities with a Christmas Theme Another Good set of Christmas Worksheets…...

December 10, 2010

10 December 2010, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

The Freesound Project is a collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds. Freesound focuses only on sound, not songs. This is what sets Freesound apart from other libraries. The Freesound Project provides new and interesting ways of accessing these samples, allowing users…...

December 9, 2010

10 December 2010, Article, Aspergers Syndrome, Autism, Newsletter, OT, SLP

Legler, L. (2007, December 26). The ASHA Leader. An award-winning classroom-based program was developed to save costs and provide classroom-based services to students with Asperger’s syndrome in California’s secondary schools See the full Article HERE...

December 9, 2010

10 December 2010, Article, Down Syndrome, Newsletter, PT

By: Patricia C. Winders, PT Senior Physical Therapist, Down Syndrome Specialist Sie Center for Down Syndrome The Children’s Hospital, Aurora, CO The appropriate goal of physical therapy for children with Down syndrome is not to accelerate their rate of gross motor development…...

December 9, 2010

10 December 2010, Article, Gross Motor Skills, Newsletter

All material Copyright © November 2010 The Down Syndrome Centre Reprinted with the express permission of the Down Syndrome Centre as originally published on their website. By: Stacy Menz I have been looking at imaginative ways to encourage play and gross motor…...