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Pediatric Therapy Corner: Developing a Child’s Artistic Skills in Art Therapy

September 26, 2013

Art Therapy, Article, Newsletter, OT, SLP

By: Pamela Ullmann, ATR-BC, LCAT Art Therapy as opposed to Art Education generally emphasizes process over the finished art product. We as art therapists are not instructors in artistic skills, but rather facilitators of artistic media to help clients express themselves and…...

September 25, 2013

27 September 2013, News of the Week, SLP

by Audrey Taylor Klingersmith Hi SLPeeps and SLP2Bs! A group of us are conducting some preliminary research via survey about how SLPs and SLP students are using Twitter professionally and academically. If you use Twitter at all (even infrequently), we’d love to…...

September 25, 2013

27 September 203, Article, Newsletter, SLP, Stuttering

[Source: The Stuttering Foundation] by Voon Pang When I read headlines that say “One in Ten Children Stutter, But It’s No Big Deal” or “Study: Preschoolers’ Stuttering Not Harmful,” I tend to think of the implications they have for the time constrained…...

September 24, 2013

27 September 2013, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

by Kristin Cummings and The SLP Book Club I am so glad that Schuyler’s Monster was chosen for July’s book for the SLP Book Club! This is a book that I have already passed on to friends and parents to read. Schuyler’s…...

September 24, 2013

"Tip or Resource", 27 September 2013, Newsletter, OT, SLP, Social Skills

Debra L. Kerner M.S. CCC/SLP This app is designed for parents, speech-language pathologists and others who work with social skill groups for ages 3-10. While the authors originally designed the app for those ages, I feel this app could easily be used…...

A New Drug Target for Batten Disease

September 24, 2013

27 September 2013, Batten Disease, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] An antioxidant drug that alleviates cell death and extends lifespan in a mouse model of Batten disease – a devastating childhood neurodegenerative disorder – is reported online this week in Nature Neuroscience. These results indicate that drugs with…...

September 24, 2013

27 September 2013, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Undersize school chairs, low desks and overweight backpacks are contributing to chronic back pain in adolescents, according to a study from researchers in Portugal to be published in the International Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics. Ana Assunção and…...

September 24, 2013

27 September 2013, News, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily] Small children also suffer from post-traumatic stress disorders after a serious accident. With the aid of a new test, children with an increased risk can already be identified in the space of a few days. The test devised by…...

September 23, 2013

27 September 2013, Newsletter, Oral Motor, SLP

[Source: Kids Activities Blog] My daughter and I were reading about frogs and she thought the idea of their sticky tongue was really funny. She ran and found a blow out party favor and showed me how the frog’s tongue pops out…...

September 23, 2013

27 September 2013, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] A new study provides evidence that one important part of memory undergoes substantial development even after the age of 7. Researchers found that episodic memory — the ability to remember not only what happened, but where and when —…...