On average one child a week is diagnosed with Batten Disease in the US. It destroys brain cells, leading to a progessive loss of vision, memory and motors skills. It is always fatal. There is no cure....
By: Gillon, G. (2002, December 03). The ASHA Leader. Rapidly reading words on a page is a process most of us take for granted. When we were youngsters, we progressed from speaking our native language to reading and writing with relative ease. Yet,…...
Based in New York City, Our Time Theatre Company is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing an artistic home for young people who stutter. Watch this great video about the Our Time Theatre Company and visit their website to learn more or…...
Hammer, D. (2009, September 22). The ASHA Leader. School-based speech-language pathologists face unique challenges in treating students diagnosed with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). Demanding caseloads often require creative intervention strategies to meet the needs of children with this complex motor speech…...
Here is a fun bilateral coordination activity. Hang a string across a room with a paper clip on it. Put another piece of string on a balloon or soft ball. Hang the balloon from the paper clip. Using a bat or a…...
This is the third book in the series “Children’s Speech and Literacy Difficulties” and is based on research and practice with school-age children with persisting speech and associated difficulties. It focuses on the psycholinguistic nature of their difficulties, how to design intervention…...
Shannon M. Theis (2010, November 23). The ASHA Leader. Pediatric voice disorders typically have been blamed on vocally “abusive” behaviors, and many practitioners have tended not to provide intervention because they believed that children would “grow out of it.” However, changes in…...
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