Monthly Archive
April 12, 2022
[Source: Your Therapy Source] Children (and adults) can start integrating different breathing techniques into their day – at circle time, meal time, and transition time. Bunny breathing or bunny breaths is one type of breathing technique to teach children. Take the time…...
by Kim Rowe, MA, CCC-SLP As early interventionists we know all about providing family-centered services. We know that having a child’s family involved and contributing to his treatment plan makes for better outcomes. We know that real changes in the environment, however…...
[Source: Child Mind Institute] Selective Mutism (SM) is an anxiety disorder that affects children in school, where they find themselves unable to speak, though they speak comfortably at home. In this guide we explain what selective mutism looks like in the classroom,…...
April 11, 2022
[Source: NWI.com] Milo can dance, play, talk, walk and blink like most kids in Michigan City Area Schools. But he has one difference: He is a robot. Milo helps students who have autism and communication challenges, as well as special needs pre-K…...
[Source: The Telegraph] LeShantea Jackson carefully poured steaming water over the coffee grounds, her gaze fixed on the swirling pattern. Consulting a laminated list of steps, she next poured the coffee in a cup, added milk and handed it to Robert Jones,…...
[Source: Science Daily] To better understand the causes of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) it is crucial to look at what is happening in the brain during development. The closest we come to observing human brains this early is by using organoids —…...
[Source: Science Daily] Researchers led by Mark Eckert at the Medical University of South Carolina, United States, report that two seemingly opposing theories of language processing are both correct. Publishing in the open-access journal PLOS Biology on April 5, the study shows that greater…...
April 11, 2022
[Source:  Your Therapy Source] Teachers play an important role in the lives of their students, and they also have an impact on society as a whole. As such, it is essential that teachers be prepared to meet the challenges of their profession…...
[Source: Earth.com] A new study published in the Journal of Child Language has found that words used to direct caregivers, known as demonstratives, are likely to be among the first words a child learns and uses most frequently. “Sharing attention is the infrastructure for the rest…...
[Source: Science Daily] The international research collaboration, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and published in the American Journal of Human Genetics, has linked a recognised tumor suppressor gene to a new neurodevelopmental syndrome, ending the diagnostic journey for 32 families…...