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September 17, 2010

Article, Bilingualism, Newsletter, 24 September 2010

By: Alejandro Brice, Ph.D, CCC-SLP, Roanne Brice, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, and Ellen Kester, Ph.D., CCC-SLP We recently had the positive experience of attending and presenting at an international conference (i.e., the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics) held in Athens, Greece this past…...

September 15, 2010

[Source: CNN.com via DisabilityScoop] as appeared on their website Spina bifida isn’t stopping Aaron Fotheringham who recently became the first person to do a double back flip in a wheelchair. The 18-year-old from Las Vegas, who goes by the nickname Wheelz, started…...

September 15, 2010

17 September, 2010, Article, Newsletter, OT, OT, PT, PT, SLP

By: Margaret Rice PT Owner of Your Therapy Source Inc Copyright, 2010, Your Therapy Source and Margaret Rice. Reprinted with the express permission of the author as appeared on the YourTherapySource blog Some of you have already started the school year and…...

September 14, 2010

17 September 2010, Article, Handwriting, Newsletter, OT

Source: Irish Medical Times Summary: Dr David McNamara and Dr Hugo Van Odyck of Saint John of God Hospital, Stillorgan, examine the causes and consequences of growing up left-handed As specialists in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry, the developmental perspective…...

September 13, 2010

17 September 2010, News, Newsletter, OT, Vision Therapy, Visual Perception

ScienceDaily (Sep. 10, 2010) — In our dynamic 3-D world, we can encounter a familiar face from any angle and still recognize that face with ease, even if the person has, for example, changed his hair style. This is because our brain…...

September 13, 2010

17 September 2010, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, Proprioreception, Tip or Resource

Special Thanks to Your Therapy Source for this week’s Therapy Activity of the Week! Here is a simple activity that you can modify depending upon the skill level of the child. We chose to do a name but you could make this…...

September 13, 2010

Art Therapy, Article, Autism

By: Pamela Ullmann, ATR-BC, LCAT copyright 2010. Pamela Ullmann. This blog post has been reprinted with express permission of the author as it appeared on her Full Spectrum Blog MIn recent years, there has been a great effort to meet a rising…...

September 13, 2010

Date: September 14, 2010 PediaStaff is excited to announce that as of today, links to the daily news stories, videos, research reports, articles, therapy tips/resources and upcoming events that you come to expect from the company, will now be posted in the…...

September 9, 2010

10 September 2010, Newsletter, OT, SLP, Tip or Resource

Enchanted Learning is an “oldie but goodie” that many of you already use. For those of you that are new to online materials however, we would like to present it as our “Therapist Resource of the Week.” It is jam packed with…...

September 9, 2010

Fall, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Speaking of Speech] Good collection of “fall themed” speech activities. At last visit, resources included sequencing cards, lotto for vocabulary development, a “Trip to the Pumpkin Patch” interactive book, and a whole lot more! Visit the Speaking of Fall Themed Activities…...