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Inclusion Increasingly The Norm For Students With Disabilities

February 26, 2019

2 March 2019, Newsletter, Special Ed

[Source: Disability Scoop] More students with disabilities are being educated alongside their typically-developing peers, according to new federal data. Nearly 95 percent of kids with disabilities spent at least part of their day in a regular education classroom in 2016. Over half…...

SLP Corner: Finding the Research

February 26, 2019

2 March 2019, Newsletter, SLP, SLP. Article

[Source: Speech Adventures] by Mary Huston, MS, CCC-SLP “You are either part of the problem – or part of the solution…If you’re not an active part of the solution you are, by default, a part of the problem.” M.E.Huston. Yep. I’m quoting…...

February 25, 2019

2 March 2019, Article, News, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: NPR.org] It’s not just what you say that matters. It’s how you say it. Take the phrase, “Here’s Johnny.” When Ed McMahon used it to introduce Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show, the words were an enthusiastic greeting. But in The Shining, Jack Nicholson used…...

February 25, 2019

2 March 2019, ADHD, Article, News, Newsletter

[Source: The Huffington Post] The first mother to arrive at my office last Tuesday brought me a copy of a New York Times article regarding ADHD. She said she was both hurt and angry, as the newspaper heavily suggested that most ADHD results…...

February 25, 2019

2 March 2019, Article, Down Syndrome, Newsletter

Editor’s Note: World Down Syndrome Day is March 21st. My daughter Sophie is almost fourteen. She has Down syndrome. She’s in eighth grade and has been mainstreamed since her earliest preschool days. A few weeks ago, she invited me to speak at…...

February 25, 2019

2 March 2019, Article, Handwriting, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Handwriting with Katherine] by Katherine J. Collmer, M.Ed, OTR/L Children who experience difficulty with the mastery of handwriting skills are often struggling with crossing their body midline. During the performance of handwriting tasks, the arm, hand, and eyes travel from the…...

February 23, 2019

25 February 2019, ABA, Autism, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] Despite a federal mandate nearly five years ago, several state Medicaid programs are still failing to cover treatment like applied behavior analysis for children with autism, advocates say. In 2014, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services issued a bulletin telling…...

February 22, 2019

22 February 2019, News, OT, Visual Impairment

[Source: Medical X-Press] Ask anyone about the benefits of technology and it probably won’t take them long to rhyme off a list of examples: it helps broaden your knowledge, connect with friends, both new and old, and allows you to see things…...

February 22, 2019

25 February 2019, News, Newsletter, School Nursing

[Source: Science Daily] The powerful connection between nutrition and education has been revealed by new research from ESMT Berlin. Primary school children who attended a public free lunch program over an extended period were shown to have significantly better learning outcomes. Professors…...

February 22, 2019

25 February 2019, Autism, News, Newsletter, OT, PT

[Source: Science Daily] Researchers from Cardiff University have established a link between a genetic mutation and developmental movement impairments in autism. The study, which found that the mutation of the CYFIP1 gene leads to changes in the development of brain cells, leading…...