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Girls' Brains Reorganize Earlier, May Explain Their Faster Maturity

December 10, 2013

[Source: Medical News Today] As we grow older, our brains reorganize themselves, pruning and streamlining nerve fiber linkages to reduce overall network connectivity while selectively preserving long-distance connections that are crucial to information integration. Now, a team led by Newcastle University in…...

December 10, 2013

13 December 2013, Article, Newsletter, SLP

by Erk X. Raj MS CCC-SLP In an attempt to get a bit more organized, I decided it was time for me to rearrange, reorganize, and essentially clean out my speech therapy filing cabinet. As I was going through the gigantic, paper…...

December 10, 2013

News of the Week, Newsletter, PT

[Source: CBS via Upworthy.com] Two years ago, Paul McCarthy began searching for an inexpensive yet functional prosthetic hand for his son Leon, who was born without fingers on one of his hands. McCarthy came across a video online with detailed instruction on…...

December 10, 2013

13 December 2013, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] The anatomy of the brain affects cognitive control, an essential skill for learning and academic success. This is the result of studies performed by the Laboratoire de Psychologie du Développement et de l’Education de l’Enfant (CNRS/Université Paris Descartes/Université de…...

December 9, 2013

13 December 2013, Newsletter, OT, SLP, Social Skills

Our good friends at The Social Express (www.thesocialexpress.com), have just announced the latest version of their award-winning, highly reviewed program. We were excited to meet Marc Zimmerman, CEO and Founder of The Social Express, at this year’s ASHA Conference. Marc demonstrated the…...

December 9, 2013

13 December 2013, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Boston Magazine] The old saying “Sally sold seashells by the seashore” has nothing on a tongue twister created by researchers at MIT. The verbal puzzle, “pad kid poured curd pulled cod,” tripped up test subjects who tried to spit out so…...

December 9, 2013

13 December 2013, Article, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: The Code Switch Blog on NPR.org] The most common stereotype of black vernacular is the pronunciation of the word “ask” as “ax.” “Ax” has gotten a bad rap for years. Pronounce “ask” as “ax,” and immediately many will assume that you’re…...

December 5, 2013

6 December 2013, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

Editor’s Note: As you know, we are really getting “into” Instagram for its ability to “paint a thousand words” with just a single image. This morning I was browsing the PediaStaff Instagram feed and saw this gem. I messaged Amy…...

December 5, 2013

Anxiety, News, Newsletter, Psychology

[Source: Science Daily] Depression is a serious mental illness that has many negative consequences for sufferers. But depression among pregnant women may also have an impact on their developing babies.Children of depressed parents are at an increased risk of developing depression themselves,…...

December 4, 2013

Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] Most federally-funded autism research is “potentially duplicative,” according to a new government report that finds coordination and oversight lacking. No less than 12 federal agencies allocated $1.4 billion for autism research, awareness projects, trainings and other related activities between…...