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Clinical Prevalence Of Drooling In Infant Cerebral Palsy

January 1, 2009

Article, SLP

Mariana Carolina Morales Chávez 1, Zacy Carola Nualart Grollmus 2, Francisco Javier Silvestre Donat 3 (1) Specialist in Pediatric and Adolescent Odontology. Master in Hospital Odontology and Special Patients (2) Specialist in Pediatric Odontology. Master in Hospital Odontology and Special Patients (3)…...

January 1, 2009

Article, Oral Motor, SLP

By: Heather Clark, CCC-SLP Both novice and experienced clinicians may experience confusion, frustration, or both when faced with the inconsistent messages circulating throughout the profession regarding the use of oral motor (OM) treatments. On one hand are the myriad of OM materials and…...

January 1, 2009

Article, Deaf Education, Hearing Loss

By: Kimberley Powell What It is and How It Works © Kimberley Powell, Oct 27, 2008 There are different degrees of hearing loss, and many deaf and hearing impaired children have some residual hearing. By combining today’s sophisticated hearing technologies with intensive early…...

January 1, 2009

Article, Hearing Loss, SLP

Nelson, P. B. & Blaeser, S. B. (2010, September 21). The ASHA Leader. Many audiologists and speech-language pathologists work with children, and we know that a child’s ability to hear and listen is very different from that of an adult. When it…...

January 1, 2009

SLP

Wolf Nelson, N. (2007, June 19). The ASHA Leader. Although many questions remain, there is no doubt that the role of today’s school-based SLP requires attention to language and communication abilities across modalities, language levels, and contexts. Working across modalities means addressing…...

Cerebral Palsy and Exercise

January 1, 2008

Article, Cerebral Palsy, Physical Fitness, PT

by: The National Center on Physical Activity and Disability Introduction: All Americans should engage in regular physical activity at a level appropriate to their capacities, needs, and interests. All children and adults should set and reach a goal of accumulating 30 minutes of…...

January 1, 2008

Article, OT, SPD

Copyright © 2009 Salt Lake City SPD & Parenting Examiner Reprinted with the express permission of the author as originally published on her website. By: Amy Spalding Salt Lake City SPD & Parenting Examiner Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), is broken down into three disorders: Sensory…...

January 1, 2008

OT, Sensory Integration, SPD

Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins. Textbook, for occupational therapy students, presents an updated analysis on hypothesized neurological bases of sensory integrative dysfunction. Includes data on the auditory and visual systems as they relate to the disorder, strategies for use in schools, and…...

Selective Mutism in the News – NY Times

January 1, 2008

Anxiety, News, OT, School Psych, Selective Mutism, SLP

[Source: New York Times, April 12, 2005] Christine Stanley will never forget the call. Two weeks after her daughter Emily started kindergarten, the teacher phoned in a panic. Emily would not color, sing or participate in any classroom activities; in fact, she…...

A Tale of Two Languages

January 1, 2008

Article, Bilingualism

Brice, A. & Brice, R. (2007, September 25). The ASHA Leader. Young bilingual children seem able to understand and use two languages independently of each other as early as 18 months of age. See the full Article HERE...