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September 11, 2013

13 September 2013, App Review, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Bridging Apps] Toca Kitchen is a cute, creative play app. It helps promote expressive naming as well as conversation. When using this app in therapy, we talk about what the character might like, name all the foods and cooking implements and…...

September 11, 2013

13 September 2013, Animal Assisted Therapy, Autism, Hippotherapy, Language, Newsletter, OT, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Luke, a 7-year-old boy with autism had primarily only expressed requests to his parents (e.g., I want a drink), but this past year he was given a 1-pound iPad, introduced to a 1,000 pound horse and a special program…...

September 10, 2013

13 September 2013, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

Our first “my Therapy Share” Instagram campaign was a big success! We got over 80 photos, some of them posted into collages for a pinboard of 69 (and I am sure more will trickle in) pictures of your pediatric speech, OT, PT…...

September 10, 2013

13 September 2013, Anxiety, Article, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Play & Child Therapy Blog] Some young children show signs of anxiety when separated from their parents for any period of time. Mohacsy (1976) argues that children go through a process of slowly separating from their mother or primary caregiver, and…...

September 8, 2013

13 September 2013, Hearing, News, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] University of Utah bioengineers discovered our understanding of language may depend more heavily on vision than previously thought: under the right conditions, what you see can override what you hear. These findings suggest artificial hearing devices and speech-recognition software…...

September 7, 2013

13 September 2013, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Children with behavioral problems may be at risk of many chronic diseases in adulthood including heart disease, obesity, diabetes, as well as inflammatory illnesses (conditions which are caused by cell damage). Analyzing data on more than 4,000 participants in…...

September 7, 2013

13 September 2013, Handwriting, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Science Daily] Researchers from Leeds and Bradford are working with colleagues from the United States to develop an exciting new robotic device that helps children to practice and improve their manual (hand) coordination. The findings of a pilot study are being…...

September 5, 2013

6 September 2013, Cerebral Palsy, Language, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Children with cerebral palsy could be helped to speak more clearly following research by a University of Strathclyde academic. Dr Anja Kuschmann will analyse the speech patterns of young people affected by the condition, in an effort to understand…...

September 5, 2013

6 September 2013, Article, Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Newsletter, SLP

Editor’s Note: This article was written for us back in 2009 by Sharon Gretz. We hope you enjoy this encore publication By: Sharon Gretz, M.Ed. What are the characteristics of Childhood Apraxia of Speech? Unfortunately there is not complete agreement among researchers. However,…...

September 5, 2013

6 September 2013, Article, Newsletter, OT

Editor’s Note: Susan Mullins, OTR/L is a returning contractor for PediaStaff. This year, she accepted the opportunity of a lifetime to work in Fairbanks, Alaska. Before she left for her adventure, we asked Susan if she would write an article for us…...