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Sounds Right – Mindfulness/Attention/Listening Game Perfect for the Easter/Spring Season

March 26, 2019

29 March 2019, Newsletter, Spring, Tip or Resource

Thanks to Donna Freeman at Yoga In My School.com for this terrific video that presents a mindful listening game which promotes conscious awareness of sounds, improves listening skills and is ideal for the Easter season. Using a variety of commonly found items…...

March 26, 2019

29 March 2019, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 Year-round private therapeutic day school seeks a Speech-Language Pathologist with their C’s to join their team on a full-time basis. * Speech-Language Pathologist must have their Cs–previous pediatric or school-based experience required…...

March 26, 2019

29 March 2019, Article, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: The Maine Association of School Psychologists via NASP] Thanks to the Maine Association of School Psychologists for sharing this great message – we 100% agree. And thank you to everyone who makes a difference by working with children and youth! ...

March 26, 2019

29 March 2019, AAC, Article, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Speech and Language Kids] In this video, speech-language pathologist Carrie Clark will show you how to encourage an unmotivated child to use his AAC device or system. Watch This Video on Speech and Language Kids ...

March 26, 2019

29 March 2019, Article, Newsletter, OT

Editor’s Note: It’s almost Occupational Therapy Month! We first published this article in 2012 but it is a great one that’s worth repeating! by Angela Hissong, DEd, OTR/L,CMCP The celebration of April is Occupational Month has been a constant in my life…...

March 25, 2019

29 March 2019, News, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] Doctors are being told to do more to ensure that children with disabilities have access to needed therapies while steering clear of unproven treatments. In a report out Monday from the American Academy of Pediatrics, physicians are being encouraged…...

March 25, 2019

29 March 2019, Down Syndrome, Newsletter, Special Ed

[Source: Boston.com] The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has a received a nearly $29 million gift the university says will be used to enhance research and improve the lives of people with Down syndrome. MIT in an announcement Wednesday said the $28.6 million…...

March 25, 2019

29 March 2019, Autism, Newsletter, OT, School Psych, SLP

[Source: Disability Scoop] Five years after a sweeping overhaul of the diagnostic criteria for autism, research suggests that the changes have led fewer people to be identified with the developmental disorder. The definition of autism was reworked with the adoption of the fifth edition…...

How Team Sports Change a Child’s Brain

March 25, 2019

29 March 2019, Depression, Mental Health, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily] “Our findings are important because they help illuminate the relationships between involvement in sports, volume of a particular brain region and depressive symptoms in kids as young as nine,” said Lisa Gorham, lead author of the study and a…...

March 25, 2019

29 March 2109, New, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Medical X-Press] Patients in a new Northwestern Medicine study were able to comprehend words that were written but not said aloud. They could write the names of things they saw but not verbalize them. Even though these patients could hear and speak perfectly…...