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Breastfeeding Possible Deterrent to Autism

November 11, 2013

15 November 2013, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] In an article appearing in Medical Hypotheses on September 20, a New York-based physician-researcher from the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine has called for the testing of umbilical cord blood for levels of a growth protein that could help predict an…...

November 11, 2013

15 November 2013, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily.com] In the largest study on the topic to date, research shows that speaking a second language may delay the onset of three types of dementias. The research is published in the November 6, 2013, online issue of Neurology®, the medical…...

November 11, 2013

15 November 2013, Newsletter

By Debbie Fledderjohann, President of Top Echelon Contracting Imagine this: You receive an offer for a school-based contract assignment that is too good to pass up. Not only is the pay rate higher than the other offers you have received, but you…...

November 8, 2013

15 November 2013, Down Syndrome, Newsletter

[Source: The Today Show via the Huffington Post] It took him a little over eight hours to complete the New York City Marathon, but Jimmy Jenson is nothing short of a champion. When Jenson, 48, crossed the finish line in Manhattan on…...

November 7, 2013

15 November 2013, Article, News, Newsletter

[Source: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School] On the cover of a popular consumer magazine, the latest celebrity mom holds her adorable newborn. The centerfold is emblazoned with images of the baby’s nursery with a crib filled with soft, frilly bedding, pillows…...

November 7, 2013

8 November 2013, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Infant brains are surprisingly sensitive to other people’s movements, according to new research published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, by Joni Saby and colleagues at Temple University and the University of Washington. When adults see other humans making…...

November 7, 2013

Gross Motor Skills, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise via Your Therapy Source] Looking for research to justify school based physical or occupational therapy services during the early school years? Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise published research on 174 Finnish children grades 1-3…...

November 7, 2013

8 November 2013, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

Here’s an activity that was a big hit when I posted it to Instagram earlier this week! After all, you can’t go wrong with Ruth’s materials on Chapel Hill Snippets! Download this great free game HERE ...

November 6, 2013

8 November 2013, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Eye contact during early infancy may be a key to early identification of autism, according to a study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health. Published this week in the…...

November 6, 2013

Article, Newsletter, OT, PT, School Psych, SLP

[Source: Education Week] Education Week published this week a special report on the Common Core State Standards, and how their implementation in all but four states are affecting special student populations—students with disabilities, gifted students, and English-language learners. I encourage you to read (and comment…...