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SLP Corner: Speech Therapy Activities for Cooking

July 26, 2022

29 July 2022, Article, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Speech Therapy Talk] Working on speech and language skills at home doesn’t have to be time consuming or difficult. Check out our speech therapy activities cooking for some easy tips below. Vocabulary: Toddler to Early Elementary Measure: Measure out ingredients. Talk about…...

July 26, 2022

29 July 2022, News, Newsletter, Special Education

[Source: Disability Scoop] With new guidance, the U.S. Department of Education is putting schools on notice that they need to rethink the way they are disciplining students with disabilities. Too often, children with disabilities are facing discipline because they do not have…...

July 26, 2022

29 July 2022, News, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Our brain links incoming speech sounds to knowledge of grammar, which is abstract in nature. But how does the brain encode abstract sentence structure? In a neuroimaging study published in PLOS Biology, researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Psycholinguistics…...

July 26, 2022

29 July 2022, ADHD, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Multitasking is not just an office skill. It’s key to functioning as a human, and it involves something called cognitive flexibility — the ability to smoothly switch between mental processes. UNC scientists conducted a study to image the neural…...

July 25, 2022

29 July 2022, News, OT, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily] For decades, studies have shown that children able to resist temptation — opting to wait for two marshmallows later rather than take one now — tend to do better on measures of health and success later in life. But…...

July 25, 2022

29 July 2022, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] We often hear the phrase ‘growing pains’ used by the general public to describe muscle or joint pain in young people and the term is also used by health professionals. However researchers have found there is no consistent medical…...

July 25, 2022

29 July 2022, Newsletter, OT

[Source: The OT Toolbox] Life skills-cooking does not mean learning to make gourmet meals. It means meal preparation to survive. No teenager should go off to college without the means to cook Ramen, macaroni and cheese, cereal, and a peanut butter and…...

July 25, 2022

29 July 2022, News, Newsletter

[Source: MindShift/KQED] There’s a lot to like about digital books. They’re lighter in the backpack and often cheaper than paper books. But a new international report suggests that physical books may be important to raising children who become strong readers. An Organization…...

Hot, New Job! Pediatric OT – Rome, GA

July 21, 2022

22 July 2022, Job, Newsletter, OT

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 or Apply HERE!! Imagine paddling the rivers and lakes, hiking or biking the scenic trails, and touring a local farm. If you are an Occupational Therapist and shopping is more your style, search the sales at…...

July 21, 2022

22 July 2022, Job, Newsletter, PT

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 or Apply HERE!! Seeking a licensed Physical Therapist who loves working with a pediatric population and is ready to jump right in to a clinic position with an existing caseload already established! We have…...