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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…...

October 4, 2010

8 October 2010, News, Newsletter, Rett Syndrome

[Source: ScienceDaily.com] A group of researchers at the University of Bristol have sequestered the potentially fatal breath holding episodes associated with the autistic-spectrum disorder Rett syndrome. Rett syndrome is a developmental disorder of the brain that affects around 1 in10,000 young girls.…...

October 4, 2010

News, Newsletter, SLP, Stuttering

The THIRTEENTH International Stuttering Awareness Day online conference, “People Who Stutter: INSPIRE!” hosted by Judith Kuster, Emeritus Professor, Minnesota State University, Mankato opens October 1, 2010, and can be found on the top of the Stuttering Home Page (http://www.stutteringhomepage.com). The online conference…...

October 1, 2010

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

[Source: PhysOrg.com] A new study, led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, found mild traits, not strong enough to provoke a diagnosis of autism, seem to be present in the siblings of affected children at significantly higher…...

September 30, 2010

1 October 2010, News, Special Education

[Source: USA Today] By Sarah Reinecke and Jeff Martin, USA TODAY CHESTER, S.D. — Homecoming brought joy to Betsy Daniel this fall, when classmates chose her as homecoming queen. A similar scene played out this month in New Mexico, where students erupted…...

September 30, 2010

1 October 2010, News, OT, School Psych

Playing white noise in class can help inattentive children learn. Researchers writing in BioMed Central’s open access journal Behavioral and Brain Functions tested the effect of the meaningless random noise on a group of 51 schoolchildren, finding that although it hindered the…...

September 30, 2010

2010, Book, Newsletter, SPD

By: Britt Collins M.S. OTR/L and Jackie Linder Olson This blog post has been reprinted with express permission of the author as it appeared on her Blog Sensitive Sam written by Marla Roth-Fisch is an engaging look at how Sam feels and…...