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Language Outcomes for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

May 7, 2010

7 May 2010, Article, Autism, Newsletter, SLP

Watson, L. & Flippin, M. (2008, May 27). 7 The ASHA Leader. “When will my child talk?” is a common question that speech-language pathologists hear from parents of young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). This question signals the anxiety of parents…...

May 7, 2010

7 May 2010, Article, Newsletter, SLP, Stuttering

Ask the Expert by Greg Snyder This article was written for parents of stutterers. It would be an excellent choice to share with the parents of the students you treat. All material Copyright © 2008 The National Stuttering Association Reprinted here with…...

May 5, 2010

7 May 2010, Feeding Disorders, News, Newsletter

[Source: Sydney Morning Herald] More and more children are having serious trouble doing what should come naturally – eating. Linda Morris reports. As Joshua Davies squirms, agitated and crying in his mother’s arms, Amy-Lee Davies looks about the clinical room at the…...

May 4, 2010

7 May 2010, Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: US News and World Report] By Jenifer Goodwin – HealthDay Reporter SUNDAY, May 2 (HealthDay News) — About one in five children with autism uses alternative treatments to help with the neurodevelopmental disorder, most often a special diet, a new study…...

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…...