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October 12, 2010

15 October 2010, Newsletter, SPD, Tip or Resource

All material Copyright 2010 Nancy Peske and Sensory Smart Parent.com Article reprinted with the express permission of the authors as it appears on her website. By: Nancy Peske NB: This article was written primarily for parents and caregivers of children with Sensory…...

October 12, 2010

15 October 2010, News of the Week, Newsletter, Physical Fitness, PT

Editor’s note: Please look at the comments section for a very insightful post by one of our readers. Does this Reuter’s reporting suggest to you that the link between screen time and mental well-being is causal or just correlative? [Source: Reuters]…...

October 12, 2010

Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter, 15 October 2010

[Source: Reuters] Babies diagnosed with jaundice may be more likely to later receive a diagnosis of autism, suggests a large new study. However, the Danish researchers caution that many questions remain unanswered, making it too early to say for sure if there…...

October 11, 2010

15 October 2010, Literacy, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: The New York Times] — Picture books are so unpopular these days at the Children’s Book Shop in Brookline, Mass., that employees there are used to placing new copies on the shelves, watching them languish and then returning them to the…...

October 8, 2010

8 October 2010, Cerebral Palsy, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily.com] — A low Apgar score at birth is strongly associated with cerebral palsy in childhood, concludes a study from researchers in Norway published on the British Medical Journal website. The Apgar score is a quick and simple way to…...

October 7, 2010

8 October 2010, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

Thank You to our friends at Your Therapy Source for this week’s Activity! Directions: Cut out the leaf shapes. Using the completed leaf animal as a guide, glue the shapes on a blank piece of paper to create the animal. Optional: Go…...

October 7, 2010

8 October 2010, Article, Newsletter, SLP, Stuttering

All material Copyright © 1991-2010 Stuttering Foundation of America. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Special Interest Division 4, Fluency and Fluency Disorders and Stuttering Foundation of America (1998; Revised 2010). Reprinted with the express permission of the Stuttering Foundation of America as originally published…...

October 5, 2010

8 October 2010, Handwriting, News of the Week, Newsletter

Thank you to our friends at Your Therapy Source for the heads up on this article. [Source: Wall Street Journal] By GWENDOLYN BOUNDS Ask preschooler Zane Pike to write his name or the alphabet, then watch this 4-year-old’s stubborn side kick in.…...

October 5, 2010

8 October 2010, Down Syndrome, News of the Week, Newsletter, Video

[Source: King5.com] — SNOHOMISH, Wash. – By most accounts, Ike Ditzenberger is different. The 17-year-old junior at Snohomish High School has Down Syndrome. He takes special classes during the day, but after school Ike is just like one of the guys. He’s…...

October 5, 2010

8 October 2010, 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…...