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May 18, 2015

22 May 2015, AAC, News, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] Speech may soon be federally recognized as more than just what happens in a face-to-face conversation after thousands of people with disabilities and their advocates said that communications by phone, text and email are also important. About…...

The Power of Clowning Around

May 18, 2015

18 May 2015, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Medical clowns can reduce anxiety and length of hospital stay for children undergoing urologic surgery, according to a new study featured at the 110th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA). Medical research has found humor…...

May 15, 2015

15 May 2015, Newsletter, SLP

[Source Medical News Today] A new study that offers insights into early language development suggests babies prefer listening to other babies rather than adults as they get ready to produce their own speech sounds. Listening to other babies’ voices may help pre-babbling…...

May 13, 2015

15 May 2015, Article, News, Special Ed

[Source: Disability Scoop] With a new rule, federal education officials are telling schools not to skimp on funding for special education. Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, schools are required to spend at least as much on special education as they…...

May 13, 2015

15 May 2015, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Speech Room News] “In the Tall, Tall Grass” by Denise Fleming is one of my favorite spring books for speech therapy in preschool. You might think that with a caseload of all preschool, lesson planning is pretty easy! One level –…...

May 13, 2015

15 May 2015, Article, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: The Speech Dudes] The English language is a glorious bastard child. Like the English themselves, its words and grammar are the result of the promiscuous and incestuous interbreeding that has been going on since the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes decided that…...

May 13, 2015

15 May 2015, Article, Newsletter, OT, PT

[Source: Pink Oatmeal] The golden rule of the park is climb up the stairs and slide down the slide. I guess we are rule breakers around here, within reason. I let my kid climb up the slide, I even encourage it. Of course,…...

May 12, 2015

15 May 2015, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Down syndrome, the most common chromosomal disorder in America, can be complicated by significant deterioration in movement, speech and functioning in some adolescents and young adults. Physicians previously attributed this regression to depression or early-onset Alzheimer’s, and it has…...

May 12, 2015

15 May 2015, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Everyone likes to look at young babies. But who wants to listen? Well…it turns out that other babies do. In fact, a McGill University/UQAM research team has discovered that 6-month-old infants appear to be much more interested in listening…...

May 11, 2015

16 July 2021, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, OT, Pincer Grasp

[Source: Learning 4 Kids.net] Water Play with Eye Droppers is a colorful and fun activity that encourages development of the pincer grasp. The pincer grasp enables a child to pick up small items using the thumb and index finger and is important…...