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The Challenge of Teaching Students With Visual Disabilities From Afar

May 19, 2021

21, May 2021, News, Newsletter, Special Education

[Source: Education Week] To remotely teach her 5-year-old blind student how to navigate a new school this summer, Jennifer Freeman, an orientation and mobility in Escondido County, Calif., had to get creative. She made a large tactical map of the school, using…...

May 19, 2021

21 May 2021, Article, Newsletter, SLP, Speech Therapy

[Source: Crazy Speech World] May means that many people are starting to wrap up their school year, and you’re probably running on fumes. I wanted to share a few activities and end of year gifts that will hopefully make it a little…...

Sensory Corner: Sensory Smart Self-Care

May 19, 2021

21 May 2021, Newsletter, OT, Sensory Processing

[Source: Sensory Smarts.com] by Lindsey Biel, MA, OTR/L When it comes to self-care tasks, as with everything sensory, you’ll need to analyze the underlying sensory challenges, determine what can and needs to be changed, and increase the ability to handle a wide…...

Emoji Story Writing Freebie

May 19, 2021

21 May 2021, Handwriting, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Looking for a novel way to practice handwriting? Check out this Emoji Story Writing worksheet. You can download it for free at the bottom of the post. his Emoji Writing Prompt encourages creative writing along with handwriting and…...

May 19, 2021

21 May 2021, ABA, Behavior, News, Newsletter, OT, PT

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Impulse control is an essential skill for children to develop. It involves the ability to inhibit one’s actions and wait until a more appropriate time. For example, waiting until they are calm to prevent acting impulsively. Educators, therapists,…...

May 19, 2021

21 May 2021, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Researchers at the Center for Applies Genomics (CAG) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have revealed how variants of a gene responsible for packing and condensing genetic material present a novel cause for certain neurodevelopmental disorders. The findings were…...

Drug Shows Promise For Fragile X

May 19, 2021

[Source: Disability Scoop] New research suggests that medication could bring about significant improvements in cognitive function and language in adults with fragile X syndrome, the most common cause of inherited intellectual disability. A drug known as BPN14770 led to benefits in oral…...

May 18, 2021

Career, Career Tip, Newsletter

Editor’s Note: This post is part three of a four-part interview guide for pediatric and school based SLPs, OTs, PTs and School Psychologists To read the rest of this guide, visit our Interview Like a Pro – The Pediatric Therapy Clinician’s Guide landing…...

May 17, 2021

21 May 2021, News, Newsletter, Special Education

[Source: Disability Scoop] President Joe Biden’s $1.8 trillion American Families Plan would establish a federal paid leave program and boost child care and special education, but the proposal falls short on modernizing Supplemental Security Income. Biden laid out the sweeping plan to…...

May 17, 2021

21 May 2021, Language, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] The ‘missing link’ that helped our ancestors to begin communicating with each other through language may have been iconic sounds, rather than charades-like gestures — giving rise to the unique human power to coin new words describing the world…...