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Toy With a Mission – Figurines of Differently Abled Kids

June 25, 2010

25 June 2010, News, Newsletter

Source: Flathead Beacon] — Cyndi Elliott is on a mission. It’s a mission fueled by the love of her brother, David, who, the youngest of 10 children, was born with Down syndrome. A pediatric occupational therapist, Elliott has worked for the past…...

June 25, 2010

25 June 2010, Article, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, OT

By: Eva Witkowsk Early Intervention Specialist and founder of adaptivePlay As the famous author Diane Ackerman once expressed, “Play is our brain’s favorite way of learning”. From a very early age, most of us get to embark on an exploratory mission to…...

June 25, 2010

25 June 2010, Article, Bilingualism, Language, Literacy, Newsletter, SLP

By: Alejandro Brice, PhD, CCC-SLP, Ellen Kester, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, and Roanne Brice PhD., CCC-SLP Issue Current research (Olson, 2008; Alexander, Entwisle, & Olson, 2007)shows that many of these disadvantaged students are able to make the same or greater gains during the school…...

June 25, 2010

25 June 2010, Article, Newsletter, OT, PT, Q&A, Rett Syndrome, SLP

By: Ingrid Harding Founder and President Girl Power 2 Cure, Inc. Rett Syndrome is a neurological/movement disorder which predominantly affects girls (approximately 1 in 10,000). Many attain developmental milestones from birth to age two or three, but then begin to regress. Others…...

Promoting Child Literacy

June 25, 2010

25 June 2010, Article, Literacy, Newsletter, SLP

By: Laquinta Khaldun, SLP There are several alarming statistics regarding child literacy in the U.S.: 25 to 40 percent of American children have their academic abilities compromised because of reading difficulties.Committee on Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children of the National Research…...

June 25, 2010

25 June 2010, Articulation, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Speech Therapy Ideas] HIDE & SEEK: Clinician hides the cards and the client finds them, says them each using good sounds. MYSTERY PICK: Clinician chooses a winning card, places the card back in the deck, shuffles and fans the cards out.…...

June 18, 2010

ABC Action News ran a story this week on Sensory Processing Disorder and that some therapists and pediatricians believe that a flurry of new diagnoses will make SPD the “new ADD”...

June 18, 2010

18 June 2010, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: ABC News] Eric Duquette is the salutatorian of his high school, an honor student, a musician, and he has autism. The 18-year-old Duquette, who couldn’t say a word until age five, gave the commencement speech at his high school graduation ceremony…...

Research News: IVF Linked to Autism

June 16, 2010

18 June 2010, Autism, News, Newsletter

Editor’s Note: Please be sure to read this entire article by clicking on the online link. The connection between IVF and Autism may be enhanced by other factors such as the age of the mother. We should all be mindful that causation…...

June 15, 2010

18 June 2010, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Carmel Valley News and Age of Autism] By Karen Billing Jeremy Sicile-Kira is autistic (sic) and cannot speak, but that does not mean he has nothing to say. After seven years at Torrey Pines High School, he has earned his high…...