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Study with Infants Suggests Color Categorization is Biological

May 9, 2017

12 May 2017, News, Newsletter, OT, Visual Perception

[Source: Medical X-Press] A team of researchers with members from the University of Sussex and the University of California has found evidence that suggests color categorization in humans is biological rather than learned. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National…...

May 8, 2017

12 May 2017, Article, Newsletter, School Nurse

Editor’s Note: Wednesday, May 10th is National School Nurses Day. Please share this excellent article that we found on the National Association of School Nurses website. [Source: AFT.org via NASN] By Erin D. Maughan The number of students with chronic and…...

May 8, 2017

12 May 2017, Newsletter, OT, PT

[Source: USA Today] Share in the excitement: watch this 7-year-old show off her new prosthetic at school Watch this Video on USA Today ...

May 8, 2017

Autism, Newsletter, OT, School Psych, SLP, Special Education

[Source: Disability Scoop] Less than a year ago, Erica Daniels, a Horsham, Pa. mother of two, did what once upon a time she would have considered unthinkable. She gave her son Leo, who has autism and is now 12, a dose of…...

May 8, 2017

12 May 2017, Newsletter, OT, Pediatric Stroke, PT, SLP

[Source: Children’s Hemiplegia and Stroke Association (CHASA)] May is Pediatric Stroke Awareness Month! There is strength in numbers and you can join the movement to increase Pediatric Stroke Awareness. This page will give you tools to help you raise awareness. A Few Facts…...

May 8, 2017

Newsletter, Parents, SLP, Speech Delay

[Source: Scary Mommy] When you have a speech delayed child, many people blow it off as being no big deal. No, it’s not the end of the world and yes, kids develop at different rates — but to you and your child,…...

May 4, 2017

9 June 2017, News, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Researchers will present the abstract, “Is handheld screen time use associated with language delay in infants?” on Saturday, May 6 at the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco. The study included 894 children between ages 6 months and…...

May 4, 2017

5 May 2017, Autism, News, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Children with autism experience more tantrums than children without, according to the researchers, and speech therapists, preschool teachers, parents and others often blame these frequent outbursts on speech and language problems. Some children with autism spectrum disorder are not…...

May 4, 2017

5 May 2017, Literacy, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] The abstract, “Early Reading Matters: Long-term Impacts of Shared Bookreading with Infants and Toddlers on Language and Literacy Outcomes,” will be presented on Monday, May 8, at the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco. “These findings are exciting…...

May 4, 2017

5 May 2017, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or We are searching for a Speech-Language Pathologist for a school district located west of Richland, WA. This is a full-time contract assignment for the 2017-2018 school year. We have two needs: one for elementary aged students…...