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Another Seasonal Idea of the Week: Speech and Language Garden

March 30, 2021

2 April 2021, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Bright Ideas SLP] This week I am working on a Speech & Language Garden… aka flowers on my bulletin board. It’s so easy and provides many data collection opportunities. Here’s how it’s done: You simply cut out circles for the middle…...

March 30, 2021

2 April 2021, Article, Language, Newsletter, SLP, Stuttering, Vocabulary

By: Kelly Ring-Whiklo, M.Sc., S-LP ( C ) Reprinted with the express permission of the author as it originally appeared on her blog We had beautiful weather over the Easter weekend. It inspired me to get outside and start preparing my garden…...

March 30, 2021

2 April 2021, Gross Motor Skills, Newsletter, OT, PT

[Source: Hands on As We Grow via No Time for Flashcards] It’s been raining like crazy all weekend. When it gets like that even here in the Pacific North West where kids are accustomed to it they get antsy. Antsy kids get…...

Rainy Day Fun! Cotton Ball Races

March 30, 2021

15 April 2022, Hand Strengthening, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

[Source: Meaningful Mama] Cotton ball races are fun. There are rainy days around her in the great Pacific NW where we just don’t go outside. I’m kind of a fair weather mom like that. However, if we are going to be stuck…...

March 30, 2021

2 April 2021, Article, Newsletter, OT

[Source: The EleanorOT Blog] By Eleanor Cawley M.S. OTR/L When is it time to discharge?: This is always one of the biggest questions when it comes down to CSE Meetings and whether or not to recommend services for students next year. Of…...

Pediatric Therapy Idea of Week

March 30, 2021

2 April 2021, Newsletter, OT, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Your Therapy Source] How cute are these? Let’s hear it for our friends at Your Therapy Source who came up with these two adorable printable clothespin games – Find the Bird and Bird Memory. Perfect for spring! I also see SLPs…...

March 30, 2021

2 April 2021, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: The New Yorker] Few things are harder to study than human language. The brains of living humans can only be studied indirectly, and language, unlike vision, has no analogue in the animal world. Vision scientists can study sight in monkeys using…...

March 29, 2021

2 April 2021, Early Intervention, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] A study finds babies prefer baby talk, whether they’re learning one language or two. Scientists knew infants learning one language preferred the sing-song tones of parents’ baby talk, and now scientists have found babies learning two languages are developmentally…...

March 29, 2021

2 April 2021, News, Newsletter, Special Ed

[Source: Disability Scoop] The U.S. Department of Education is being asked to tell schools to direct significant funding from the recent COVID-19 relief law toward students with disabilities who have missed out on services they were entitled to during the pandemic. A…...

March 29, 2021

2 April 2021, News, Newsletter, OT, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] How different are men and women’s brains? The question has been explored for decades, but a new study led by Rosalind Franklin University neuroscientist Lise Eliot is the first to coalesce this wide-ranging research into a single mega-synthesis. And…...