Monthly Archive
[Source:  Childhood 101] If your children are anything like mine, you are just 5 minutes into a three hour road trip and they’ve already eaten half the car snacks and are already asking, “Are we there yet?!!” If this is the case…...
[Source:  Inner Child Fun] These giant bubble wands are easy to make with just a few items you can find at your local hardware store. Older kids can help tie on the string, and younger kids can help measure out how much string…...
[Source:  Your Therapy Source] Grab a tissue and watch this heart warming video about how a special dog helped a 6 year old boy during his therapy sessions. Support our Contributors and Visit the Your Therapy Source blog and website....
[Source: Teaching Mama] My baby is really into grabbing and pulling things…especially drawstrings on my jackets! Since he loves things that dangle, I decided to create an ribbon activity box for him to play with! Learn About this Terrific Activity on Teaching…...
[Source:  Disability Scoop] More families are taking legal action against Disney, alleging that recent changes to theme park access for people with disabilities are discriminatory. Fourteen new families filed suit this week in Los Angeles Superior Court against Walt Disney Parks and…...
June 16, 2015
[Source: Education Week] Boys and girls with autism spectrum disorder may share difficulties in communicating, but how those problems manifest themselves differs between the sexes—an important element for educators to remember, according to new research examining children with autism and their peer…...
[Source:  The Temple Grandin School via About.com] By  Lisa Jo Rudy, Autism Spectrum Disorders Expert The autism spectrum is very large.  If you think of it as a rainbow (or a bell curve), you’ll note that there’s an awful lot of the spectrum…...
June 15, 2015
  [Source:  Medical News Today] Dopamine is the chemical messenger in the brain most closely associated with pleasure and reward. Recent scientific advances now shed light on precise roles for dopamine in the reward process. A new paper published in the current…...
[Source:  Science Daily.com] Deaf education lecturers at The University of Manchester are using the Swivl robot in school classrooms in a UK first for teacher training. Swivl is a robotic turntable onto which is placed an iPad or other tablet. It is…...
Editor’s Note:  I love this.  I would love to see an SLP use this craft and reward the child a sequin for every correct utterance! [Source:  No Time for Flashcards] My daughter and I made this dragonfly craft together ages ago but…...