Monthly Archive
February 20, 2014
by Felicia Sison Conlan, M.S., CCC-SLP Editor’s Note:  This article originally appeared in the CSHA Newsletter.  It is reprinted here, with the express permission of CSHA and the author. Speech-Language Pathologists agree that public awareness of the profession needs to improve. To…...
[Source:  Childhood 101] GREAT post with excellent ideas on how kids can learn Kinesthetically by doing ! Read the Article HERE  ...
[Source:  Medical News Today]   Boys are at greater risk for delayed language development than girls, according to a new study using data from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study. The researchers also found that reading and writing difficulties in the…...
We are so excited to be at our very first NASP convention, right in our nation’s capital.    Here are a few shots from our first day that represent some of the new friends we’ve made already! If you haven’t already stopped…...
[Source: Science Daily] Researchers at Warwick Medical School have shown that frequently changing schools during childhood can increase the risk of psychotic symptoms in later years. The study, published in American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, found that school mobility during childhood…...
by Joe Hirsch, Educator Worried about the shrinking presence of empathy in our schools? I know how you feel. With classrooms operating more like grade factories, it’s hard to make the case for school-driven empathy. Faced with an endless cycle of memorize,…...
Review by Mary Huston, CCC-SLP   Vowels, vowels, who has the vowels… Also known as HOW can I get a good /r/ out of this kid? I’m fairly sure /r/ is one of the most hated sounds to have to work on, simply…...
[Source: Philly.com] By Kristen A. Graham One of the hottest start-ups in the city sprang up in an unlikely place – a fourth-floor classroom at South Philadelphia High. In between lesson plans and parent conferences, teacher Michele McKeone has attracted some major…...
by Stacy Menz, DPT, DPT, Board Certified Pediatric Clinical Specialist It’s at least halfway through the school year and a great time to think about posture!  More often than not, children tend to pay little attention to their posture while focusing on something else…...
Do You Like Free Lesson Plans?  I Do, I Like Them, Sam I Am! Dr. Seuss’s birthday is March 2nd! Grab this mother-lode of FREE, colorful printable activities and lesson plans for plenty of classroom speech-language and occupational therapy fun from HomeSchoolShare.com!…...