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Worth Repeating: How Can You Tell if Childhood Stuttering is the Real Deal?

October 1, 2013

4 October 2013, Article, Newsletter, SLP, Stuttering

[Source: ASHAsphere] One of the more challenging clinical decisions that confront speech-language pathologists is what to do with a young child who stutters. Do we recommend intervention? Do we wait and see if the child recovers without formal therapy? A recent study…...

October 1, 2013

4 October 2013, Newsletter, PT, Tip or Resource

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Print this free hand out on 5 postural exercises that students and adults can do sitting in a classroom chair. It is from 25 Tip Sheets for School Based Therapists. Get the free hand out at YourTherapySource.com. –…...

October 1, 2013

4 October 2013, Newsletter, OT, SLP, Social Skills

[Source: The Inspired Treehouse blog] Have you ever lost one of your kids at the grocery store or the zoo? Or at the park…or the library…or the science center? Okay, now I’m showing all my cards. Yes, I lose my kids. A…...

September 30, 2013

4 October 2013, News, Newsletter, TBI

[Source: News-Medical.Net] Traumatic brain injury (TBI) during childhood can have long-term effects on cognitive and psychosocial functioning, including poor academic achievement. Pediatric TBI can cause significant deficits in working memory, as demonstrated in a study published in Journal of Neurotrauma, a peer-reviewed…...

September 30, 2013

4 October 2013, Article, Down Syndrome, Newsletter, SLP

by Libby Kumin; Source: Down Syndrome Online Many children with Down syndrome have difficulty with speech intelligibility. The present study used a parent survey to learn more about a specific factor that affects speech intelligibility, i.e. childhood verbal apraxia. One of the…...

September 30, 2013

3 October 2013, Newsletter, OT, Sensory

Editor’s Note: We have been going through our collection fall activities on our Pinterest boards to find our favorites to share on Instagram for our “#FaveFallTx” share. This is such a great one we decided to feature it on the blog…...

September 27, 2013

27 September 2013, News of the Week, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Science Daily] Researchers from Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have found that the skeleton, acting through the bone-derived hormone osteocalcin, exerts a powerful influence on prenatal brain development and cognitive functions such as learning, memory, anxiety, and depression in adult mice.…...

September 27, 2013

27 September 2013, Article, Newsletter, OT, SPD

[Source: Fab Strategies Blog] After 30 years as an occupational therapist treating sensory integration difficulties to improve functional skills in children and adolescents, I still find understanding and explaining sensory integration disorders challenging. Clearly describing and explaining sensory integration disorders promotes sensory…...

September 26, 2013

27 September 2013, Autism, News, Newsletter

This is wonderful! If you ever wanted a single illustration that could show your colleagues how a child with autism might think differently about certain things – and be ‘spot on’ in his own way – this would be it! This photo…...

September 26, 2013

27 September 2013, Language, News, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Young children readily learn words from their parents, grandparents, and child care providers in live conversations, but learning from video has proven more difficult. A new study questioned why and found that it’s the responsiveness of the interactions that’s…...