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Dyslexia Breakthrough as Gene Link Between Left-handedness and Reading Difficulties is Found

November 5, 2010

12 November 2010, Dyslexia, News, Newsletter

Thank You to our friends at CASANA/Apraxia-Kids for the heads-up on this story! [Source: The Daily Mail] A genetic variant has been discovered that appears to link handedness and reading ability. Children with a particular version of the gene, called PCSK6, have…...

November 5, 2010

12 November 2010, ADHD, Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Newsletter, Yoga

Contributed by: Donna Freeman of Yoga In My School. This item has been contributed with the express permission of Yoga in My School, as it appeared on their website Founder of Every Kids Yoga, Craig Hanauer, joins Yogainmyschool.com to highlight how yoga…...

November 4, 2010

5 November 2010, Autism, Early Intervention, News, Newsletter

[Source: DisabilityScoop.com] Doctors can’t formally diagnose autism in children younger than age 2, but that’s not stopping researchers who are working to identify infants who are at risk and begin therapy. The idea is to take early intervention and apply it at…...

November 4, 2010

5 November 2010, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today.com] Researchers at UCLA have discovered how an autism-risk gene rewires the brain, which could pave the way for treatments aimed at rebalancing brain circuits during early development, according to an article published in Science Translational Medicine. Functional imaging…...

November 4, 2010

5 November 2010, Article, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

by Gina Cato, MA. CCC-SLP, the Center for Hearing & Speech The traveling SLP has many challenges when providing therapy outside of her office. How many therapy materials can possibly fit in a therapy bag? At the Center for Hearing & Speech,…...

November 3, 2010

5 November 2010, Article, Hippotherapy, Newsletter

By: Barbara Smith, OTR/L Copyright 2010, Barbara Smith. This blog post was reprinted with the express permission of the author as it appeared on her HorseOT blog My son recently made this tall ring stack for me using pcv pipe and concrete…...

November 2, 2010

5 November 2010, ADHD, Article, Newsletter

By: Loren Shlaes, OTR/L Certified Teacher of the Alexander Technique You can go a long way towards improving a child’s ability to cope by eliminating toxins from his environment, making sure he eats nutritious food, and gets plenty of sleep and exercise.…...

November 2, 2010

5 November 2010, ADD, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

Editor’s Note: This is a great activity that demonstrates the “illusion of attention. ” It wasn’t designed to be used with kids but it is really terrific. I would say for 3rd graders and up. According to the authors of this experiment,…...

November 1, 2010

5 November 2010, Bilingualism, Language, News, Newsletter, SLP

Thank you to our friends at Apraxia-Kids/CASANA for the lead on this great story. Please support our contributors and visit The Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America website [Source: University of Texas] According to the 2000 census, nearly one-third of…...

November 1, 2010

Autism, Bullying, News, Newsletter, 5 November 2010, School Psych

[Source: Disability Scoop] Bullying on the basis of disability and a slew of other factors is not only wrong, federal officials are reminding educators, but in many cases it’s also against the law. In a letter to schools, colleges and universities sent…...