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BrainSTEPS (Strategies Teaching Educators, Parents, and Students)

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…...

April 22, 2010

23 April 2010, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily.com] A new study by researchers at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences’ Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology raises hope that autism may be more easily diagnosed and that its effects may be more reversible…...

April 20, 2010

23 April 2010, Foreign Accent Syndrome, News

[Source: The Daily Mail Online] As anyone who suffers migraines knows, the pain can leave you speechless. But Sarah Colwill has experienced a much more unusual vocal effect – she now speaks with a Chinese accent. The disturbing impact of a chronic…...

April 20, 2010

23 April 2010, News, SLP, Specific Language Impairment, Speech Delay

[Press Release: University of Gothenburg and EurekAlert] Epileptic activity in the brain can affect language development in children, and EEG registrations should therefore be carried out more frequently on children with severe language impairment to identify more readily those who may need…...

April 19, 2010

23 April 2010, ADHD, Article, Dyslexia, News, Newsletter, OT, SLP

[Source: Canadian Medical Association Journal, December 2000] We thought the day could use some levity. Someone brought this “scholarly journal article” to our attention that was written back in 2000. Really clever! by: Sarah E. Shea, Kevin Gordon, Ann Hawkins, Janet Kawchuk,…...

April 18, 2010

23 April 2010, Cerebral Palsy, News, Newsletter, TBI

Our friends at the NAPA Center were recently featured on KTLA TV. They sent us this link to share with you. Congratulations on the press coverage. You deserve it! [Source: KTLA.com]...

April 16, 2010

16 April 2010, Article, Dyslexia, Music Therapy, Newsletter, SLP

By: Kimberly Sena Moore, MM, NMT-F, MT-BC Board Certified Music Therapist Reprinted with the express permission of Kimberly Sena Moore as originally published on her blog Your Musical Self which appeared on April 13, 2010 on PsychologyToday.com. Can I vent? An article…...