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Promise Seen in Drug for Fragile X, Maybe Autism

May 3, 2010

7 May 2010, Autism, Fragile X, News, Newsletter

[Source: The New York Times] – An experimental drug succeeded in a small clinical trial in bringing about what the researchers called substantial improvements in the behaviors associated with retardation and autism in people with fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited…...

Stanley Greenspan Remembered

April 30, 2010

30 April 2010, Autism, News, Newsletter, SPD

[Source: The Washington Post] Stanley I. Greenspan, 68, a child psychiatrist who wrote more than a dozen parenting books and developed the popular “floor time” method for reaching children with autism and other developmental disorders, died April 27 at Suburban Hospital in…...

April 30, 2010

30 April 2010, Language, News, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily.com] – A new study from the University of Rochester finds that there is no single advanced area of the human brain that gives it language capabilities above and beyond those of any other animal species. A new study from…...

April 30, 2010

30 April 2010, Article, Aspergers Syndrome, Autism, Newsletter

y: Britt Collins, M.S., OTR/L Some of you have read about the latest change in the upcoming DSM-V. Recently the American Psychiatric Association (APA) proposed revisions to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. They are recommending that Asperger Syndrome be…...

April 30, 2010

30 April 2010, Article, Assistive Technology, Newsletter, Professional Development

By: Christopher R. Bugaj, CCC-SLP and Sally Norton Darr, CCC-SLP All Material Copyright 2010, ISTE ® (International Society for Technology in Education), The Practical (and Fun) Guide to Assistive Technology in Public Schools, Christopher R. Bugaj and Sally Norton-Darr Reprinted with the…...

April 30, 2010

30 April 2010, Article, Bilingualism, Language, Newsletter, SLP

By: Alejandro Brice, PhD, CCC-SLP, Ellen Kester, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, and Roanne Brice PhD., CCC-SLP Background General education teachers, English for teachers of other languages (ESOL) or English as a second language (ESL) professionals assess English language learners (ELLs) for school placement decisions…...

April 30, 2010

30 April 2010, Article, Newsletter, OT, Psychology, PT, School Psych, SLP, Special Education, TBI

By: Brenda Eagan Brown, M.S.Ed., CBIS Each year, approximately 4,000 of Pennsylvania’s children survive severe traumatic brain injuries significant enough to require hospitalization. Many are left with life-altering difficulties in physical, cognitive, or behavioral functioning. The BrainSTEPS Brain Injury School Re-Entry Program…...

April 28, 2010

30 April 2010, Autism, News, Newsletter, SPD

A Letter to the Community from Dr. Lucy Jane Miller Dear Friends and Colleagues,It is with great sadness that I write to tell you of the passing of Dr. Stanley Greenspan yesterday. As many of you know, Dr. Greenspan has been battling…...

Video: Foreign Accent Syndrome

April 23, 2010

23 April 2010, Foreign Accent Syndrome, News, Newsletter, SLP, Video

[Source: ABC News – November, 2008] CindyLou Romberg sounds like she could be from any number of exotic countries around the world. She sometimes rolls her “R”s like a Russian, chops syllables like a German or turns an unsuspecting “W” into a…...

April 22, 2010

Special thanks to our friends at Your Therapy Source for these great Earth Day Ideas! Earth Day is April 22. Why not incorporate the theme into your therapy sessions. Here are a few suggestions: 1. Earth Day Crafts: Create collages out…...