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Can a Newborn’s Brain Discriminate Speech Sounds?

April 26, 2021

30 April 2021, Article, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] People’s ability to perceive speech sounds has been deeply studied, specially during someone’s first year of life, but what happens during the first hours after birth? Are babies born with innate abilities to perceive speech sounds, or do neural…...

April 26, 2021

[Source: Science Daily] The ability to control your own behavior, known as executive function, might not exist all in your head. A new theory proposes that it develops with many influences from outside the mind. The theory, detailed in Perspectives on Psychological…...

April 26, 2021

30 April 2021, Behavior, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily] A large study of children has uncovered evidence that behavioral problems in children who snore may be associated with changes in the structure of their brain’s frontal lobe. The findings support early evaluation of children with habitual snoring (snoring…...

April 26, 2021

30 April 2021, Autism, News, Special Education

[Source: Disability Scoop] A panel of federal officials, advocates and other stakeholders is supposed to set the government’s autism priorities, but new research suggests that’s not what’s happening. The long-running Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee is charged with advising the secretary of health…...

April 26, 2021

Bilingualism, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

Here is a very exciting resource to share again. Back in 2011, we featured a chapter of a book by Dorothy Miranda Esckelson and Adulfa Aguirre Morales, called ‘Spanish Phrasing for SLPs.’ The authors had given Judith Kuster of MSU, permission to…...

April 23, 2021

23 April 2021, Job, Newsletter, PT

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 or Apply HERE!! Are you a licensed Physical Therapist looking for a great school job for the SY 2021-2022? We have a great opportunity for a Physical Therapist to work full-time in a school…...

April 23, 2021

23 April 2021, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 or Apply HERE!! Seeking a Speech-Language Pathologist interested in a contract job opportunity for 6 months (or more) in Palmer, AK, about 40 miles outside of Anchorage. * You’ll work with an all pediatric…...

Hot, New Job! Pediatric OT – Conroe, TX

April 23, 2021

23 April 2021, Job, Newsletter, OT

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 or Apply HERE!! Established outpatient pediatric clinic in Conroe, TX seeks a full time or part time Occupational Therapist to join their team. This is an immediate need! * Clinic is part of a…...

April 22, 2021

"Tip or Resource", COVID, Newsletter

Welcome to Issue number 54 of our special e-letter, “Teaching & Therapy Resources for Homebound Families” (Did you miss our previous issues?| Read them HERE) Each week, this e-mailer features new resources, articles about this bizarre time we are living in, and…...

April 21, 2021

14 June 2019, Newsletter, OT, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Chapel Hill Snippets] A long time ago, I blogged about a boat craft I did with the kids using Pictello. This was a great activity, and Pictello has only gotten better through the years. I used this activity again this summer…...