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Genetic Link to Autism Found, Known as CHD8 Mutation

July 8, 2014

11 July 2014, Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter, OT, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] In a collaboration involving 13 institutions around the world, researchers have broken new ground in understanding what causes autism. The results are being published in Cell magazine July 3, 2014: “Disruptive CHD8 Mutations Define a Subtype of Autism in Early Development.”…...

July 8, 2014

11 July 2014, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

[Source: Pediatric Occupational Therapy Tips] Are you looking for inexpensive items to include in your therapy “bag of goodies?” Are you a parent that is tired of spending the BIG bucks on therapy equipment and supplies for your child? Well, if you…...

July 7, 2014

11 July 2-14, Handedness, Language, News of the Week, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Through an innovative approach using a large psychometric and brain imaging database, researchers in the Groupe d’Imagerie Neurofonctionnelle (CNRS/CEA/Université de Bordeaux) have demonstrated that the location of language areas in the brain is independent of left- or right-handedness, except…...

July 7, 2014

11 July 2014, Gross Motor Skills, News of the Week, Newsletter, PT

[Source: Pediatrics via Your Therapy Source] Pediatrics published research a systemic review of 2881 articles consisting of observational studies including children aged 0 to ≤18 years with (1) a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) diagnosis or moderate to heavy prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE), or…...

July 7, 2014

11 July 2014, News of the Week, Newsletter, School Psych, SLP

[Source: PBS News Hour] JUDY WOODRUFF: Now that we’re into July, most students and teachers in the U.S. are enjoying their summer vacation from the classroom. But that hasn’t stopped the red-hot debate over the so called Common Core public education standards for…...

July 7, 2014

11 July 2014, Bullying, News

[Source: Huffington Post] ALBANY N.Y. (Reuters) – New York’s highest court said on Tuesday that a law designed to criminalize cyberbullying was so broad that it violated the First Amendment, marking the first time a U.S. court weighed the constitutionality of such…...

July 3, 2014

3 July 2014, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Sing Song Yoga] Ahhhh! Summer is here. After long lovely days at the beach, at the ballpark, on the playground and running around the neighborhood, kids tend to remain wired when heading to bed. Unless of course a calming activity is…...

July 2, 2014

3 July 2014, Language, News of the Week, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Experts believe language uses both a mental dictionary and a mental grammar. The mental ‘dictionary’ stores sounds, words and common phrases, while mental ‘grammar’ involves the real-time composition of longer words and sentences. For example, making a longer word…...

July 2, 2014

3 July 2014, Job, Newsletter, Placement

Congratulations to Cyndi K., OTR/L on her new direct hire position with a school district in Wisconsin through PediaStaff. She will be a full-time employee of the school district and will work for them, rather than through PediaStaff. Did you…...

July 1, 2014

Articlulation, Language, News of the Week, School Psych, SLP

[Source: Medical News Today] A team of researchers headed by the Erfurt-based psychologist Prof. Ralf Rummer and the Cologne-based phoneticist Prof. Martine Grice has carried out some ground-breaking experiments to uncover the links between language and emotions. They were able to demonstrate…...