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Stuttering Foundation Gets Starring Role on The King's Speech DVD

January 1, 2008

[Source: The Stuttering Foundation] The Stuttering Foundation’s captivating public service announcement plays a starring role on every copy of The King’s Speech DVD, which was released in April. The 60-second PSA will let millions of people who view the movie in the years…...

Subtypes of SPD

January 1, 2008

Article, OT, SPD

By: Lucy Jane Miller, PhD, OTR Executive director of the SPD Foundation Sharon Cermak, EdD, OTR/L Professor, Boston University Shelly Lane, PhD, OTR/L Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University Marie Anzalone, ScD, OTR Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University Jane Koomar, PhD, OTR/L President of the SPIRAL Foundation, Watertown, MA Reprinted…...

Stuttering and the Bilingual Child

January 1, 2008

Article, Bilingualism, Stuttering

All material Copyright © 1991-2009 Stuttering Foundation of America Reprinted with the express permission of the Stuttering Foundation of America as originally published on their website. By: Rosalee Shenker, PhD Montreal Fluency Centre According to the recent United States Census, one in seven, or 31.8…...

Straws As Therapy Tools

January 1, 2008

Article, Oral Motor, SLP

By: Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson, M.S., CCC-SLP Published in ADVANCE Magazine April 19, 1999 Copyright © 1999 Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson, M.S., CCC-SLP This Article was reprinted from SRH Therapies with the express permission of the Author Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson. Film writers and novelists know that one quick…...

Spinal Cord Injury Fact Sheet: NCPAD

January 1, 2008

Article, OT, PT, Spinal Cord Injury

by: The National Center on Physical Activity and Disability Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a complete or partial lesion to the spinal cord. The result of SCI is functional loss (sensory motor and autonomic dysfunction); severity depends on the level and completeness of…...

January 1, 2008

Article, Down Syndrome, OT, SLP, Social Skills

Social Development For Individuals With Down Syndrome – An Overview This article can be found on Down Syndrome Online. Down Syndrome Online offers comprehensive information about Down syndrome, including articles, books and scientific papers. Social development includes social interactive skills with children and…...

Spinal Cord Injury and Exercise

January 1, 2008

Exercise, Physical Education, PT, Spinal Cord Injury

by: The National Center on Physical Activity and Disability An individual who has sustained a spinal cord injury usually demonstrates some loss of motor function and/or sensation at and below the level of injury. The type and location of injury often dictates the…...

Spina Bifida Explained

January 1, 2008

Article, OT, PT, Spina Bifida

[Source] Kids Health Andrea is 12 years old and in the 6th grade. She likes to go swimming, play with her dog, and have friends over. She’s been in three dance recitals, and she even received a standing ovation once. She’s traveled to…...

January 1, 2008

Article, Down Syndrome, Language, SLP

by: Sue Buckley and Gillian Bird This article can be found on Down Syndrome Online. Down Syndrome Online offers comprehensive information about Down syndrome, including articles, books and scientific papers. Read the full text of “Speech and Language Development for Teenagers with Down Syndrome…...

January 1, 2008

Article, SLP

Many speech sound disorders occur without a known cause. A child may not learn how to produce sounds correctly or may not learn the rules of speech sounds on his or her own. These children may have a problem with speech development,…...