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SLP Activity of the Week: Articulation Christmas Tree

December 11, 2019

13 December 2019, Articulation, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

Editor’s Note: This week’s pin of the week is from a currently inactive blog. I believe Speech Lady Liz is not currently working in pediatrics. Regardless, this blog still has some fantastic ideas for school based speech and language clinicians. [Source:…...

December 11, 2019

14 December 2012, Newsletter, SPD

[Source: The SPD Blogger Network] Happy Hanukkah! It’s my kids’ favorite holiday, and we’re getting ourselves ready for eight nights full of celebration. This year, Hanukkah starts at sundown on December 8th, so we’ve just barely had time to change gears…...

December 11, 2019

13 December 2019, Article, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

Tradition! It’s part of what makes the holidays so special. For many of us, getting in the spirit entails taking out the lights and displays and festively decorating our homes while playing Christmas carols and sipping eggnog. Or, it involves, frantically dragging…...

December 11, 2019

13 December 2019, Bullying, News of the Week

Editor’s Note: Political correctness gone too far or real food for thought? You decide. It is important to note that this article refers to the original 1964 cartoon story. In my opinion, the song is a wonderful story of everyone coming around…...

December 11, 2019

13 December 2019, OT, PT, SLP, Tip or Resource

Christmas-time is a wonderful time of year, but it is also a time for other celebrations as well., Rather than lumping all of the holidays into a mush of “Holiday” celebrations that lose the essence of each individual traditions, how about celebrating…...

December 11, 2019

13 December 2019, Christmas, Newsletter, OT, SLP, Tip or Resource

I fell in love with this one the minute I saw it, and while it might not be the very most repinned Pinterest pin of the week it is certainly quite popular and definitely the cutest! We f0und it from Holly Garner,…...

How Does Language Emerge?

December 10, 2019

13 December 2019, News, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] How did the almost 6,000 languages of the world come into being? Researchers have tried to simulate the process of developing a new communication system in an experiment — with surprising results: even preschool children can spontaneously develop communication…...

December 10, 2019

13 December 2019, News, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Medical X-Press] New results from the largest long-term study of brain development and children’s health raise provocative questions about obesity and brain function. Does excess body weight somehow reduce brain regions that regulate planning and impulse control? Is obesity a result of that brain difference?…...

December 10, 2019

13 December 2019, Handwriting, Newsletter, OT, Pencil Grip

[Source: Your Therapy Source] A recent study was published on pencil grasp, legibility and muscle activation. The researchers evaluated differences in the handwriting characteristics of thirty-four 18-22-year-old subjects when using the four primary handwriting grip styles: dynamic quadrupod, dynamic tripod, lateral quadrupod,…...

December 10, 2019

13 December 2019, Autism, News, Newsletter, Tourettes Syndrome

[Source: Medical X-Press] Lancaster University researchers have discovered, for the first time, how a genetic alteration that increases the risk of developing Autism and Tourette’s impacts on the brain. Their research also suggests that ketamine, or related drugs, may be a useful treatment…...