Monthly Archive
[Source:  The Speech and Language Connection] If you had emergency surgery overnight and couldn’t go back to work for several weeks, would another clinician be able to look at your notes and pick up where you left off? Will they read your…...
Editor’s Note:  Have you discovered the blog Word Finding for Kids?  Do yourself a favor and check it out, starting with this article! by Jan Schwanke CCC-SLP If you are old enough to remember the original Test of Word Finding, you will…...
[Source:  Hands on As We Grow] With Halloween only days away, my kids are asking me every day how much longer until Halloween. We’ve been doing lots of fun activities around Halloween themes. I really should have done a Halloween countdown! Next year……...
[Source:  Medical News Today] Down syndrome is the most common chromosomal abnormality in humans, involving a third copy of all or part of chromosome 21. In addition to intellectual disability, individuals with Down syndrome have a high risk of congenital heart defects. However, not…...
[Source:  Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport via Your Therapy Source] Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport published research on the effects of mental practice (MP) and physical practice (PP) on a finger opposition task among 36, nine to ten years old, children.…...
Editor’s Note:  Hooray.  It looks like peer reviewed studies are catching up with all the anecdotal evidence for this one! [Source:  Medical News Today] Supplements of the fatty acids omega 3 and 6 can help children and adolescents who have a certain kind…...
[Source: Science Daily] Taking steps from an early age to improve childhood education skills could raise overall population levels of academic achievement by as much as 5%, and reduce socioeconomic inequality in education by 15%, according to international research led by the…...
[Source:  Your Therapy Source] Recent research investigated the extent to which the motor impairments in adults with cerebral palsy affected their ability to read. Using an eye-tracking system, eye movements were recorded during a reading task (read out loud 1-5 excerpts from…...
October 22, 2014
[Source:  Pink Oatmeal] I love brain breaks.  I  don’t love when I hear others saying that their students earned a brain break. Students shouldn’t earn brain breaks.  Hearing someone say that their class earned a brain break just seems backwards to me.  Brain…...
October 22, 2014
[Source:  The Burgeoning School Psychologist] I am a singer. Not professionally, I just sing all the time. My children will tell you I sing All . The . Time! It’s my thing – I love music. When I’m in my car, I’m…...