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January 1, 2008

Article, PT, Rett Syndrome

By: Meir Lotan, PT and Merav Hadar-Frumer Beit Issie Shapiro School, Ranana, Israel These Excerpts come from a new IRSA publication. It has been written by therapists who treated many girls with Rett Syndrome with endless love and support within water and outside…...

January 1, 2008

Childhood Apraxia of Speech

All material Copyright © of Apraxia-KidsSM, A program of The Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association (CASANA) Reprinted with the express permission of CASANA as originally published on their website. A Response By: Edythe Strand, Ph.D. Dr. Strand is a consultant in the Department of Neurology,…...

January 1, 2008

ABA, Article, Autism

[Source] Healing Thresholds Published Nov 5, 2009, last updated Dec 21, 2009 © 2010 Reprinted with the express permission of Healing Thresholds as originally published on their website. What is it? The Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) approach teaches social, motor, and verbal behaviors…...

January 1, 2008

Article, SLP

[Source] ASHA By: A Collaborative Project with ASHA and Other Organizations The challenge teaching in a nation of over 300 million people, 53 million students, and almost 100,000 elementary and secondary schools is to enhance each child’s unique abilities while working in a…...

January 1, 2008

Article, Hearing Loss, SLP. Cochlear Implants

Kirk, K. , Firszt, J. , Hood, L. & Holt, R. (2006, November 28) The ASHA Leader. Multichannel cochlear implants (CIs) were approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1990 for use in children with profound hearing loss ages…...

January 1, 2008

Article, Autism, SLP

Thiemann-Bourque, K. (2010, April 27). The ASHA Leader. Peer-mediated interventions can help narrow the widening social gap between students with ASD and their typically developing peers that begins in elementary school and can continue as they transition to middle school See the…...

Mythbusters – Myths About Stuttering

January 1, 2008

Article, Stuttering

Myth: People who stutter are not smart. Reality: There is no link whatsoever between stuttering and intelligence. Myth: Nervousness causes stuttering. Reality: Nervousness does not cause stuttering. Nor should we assume that people who stutter are prone to be nervous, fearful, anxious,…...

January 1, 2008

Article, SLP

By: Robertson, Z. (2002, September 10). The ASHA Leader. I came in idealistic and full of confidence after completing four years of undergraduate and two years of graduate work in communication sciences and disorders. I felt ready for anything related to speech and…...

Muscular Dystrophy: Fact Sheet

January 1, 2008

Muscular Dystrophy Fact Sheet

by: The National Center on Physical Activity and Disability Though multiple sclerosis can be a challenging health condition both physically and psychologically, research has shown that a person’s level of physical fitness, psychological disposition and general quality of life can improve with regular…...

Multiple Sclerosis Fact Sheet

January 1, 2008

Article, Multiple Sclerosis, PT

by: The National Center on Physical Activity and Disability Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, inflammatory disease that affects the central nervous system and causes gradual destruction of myelin (demyelination) and transection of neuron axons patches throughout the brain and spinal cord . Myelin,…...