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OT Corner: Summer FUN (Shhh…..Don’t Tell Them it’s Actually Therapy)

June 11, 2013

By Cara Koscinki MOT, OTR/L SUMMER! It’s here! Most families look forward to summer’s relaxation and lazy days. However, the lack of routine and structure can be the cause of great stress for families of children with special needs. School routines are…...

June 10, 2013

14 June 2013, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] A new brain imaging study of dyslexia shows that differences in the visual system do not cause the disorder, but instead are likely a consequence. The findings, published today in the journal Neuron, provide important insights into the cause…...

June 10, 2013

14 June 2013, Activity of the Week, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Kids Activities Blog] A map game can help your child learn the important life skill of map reading. This fun activity combines following directions with map skills activities. We at Kids Activities Blog love great kids activities like this that get…...

June 10, 2013

14 June 2013, Article, Newsletter, SLP

by Katie Millican MS., SLP-CFY The transition from Speech-Language Pathology graduate student to an independent, unsupervised SLP is an awkward time. I’m frolicking through my last internship of graduate school, and I can’t help by notice the differences in my clinical and…...

June 10, 2013

14 June 2013, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] As pediatric specialists become increasingly aware that surgical anesthesia may have lasting effects on the developing brains of young children, new research suggests the threat may also apply to adult brains. Researchers from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center report…...

June 6, 2013

7 June 2013, ADHD, Autism, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] In a study of the co-occurrence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in early school-age children (four to eight years old), researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute found that nearly one-third of children with…...

June 6, 2013

7 June 2013, Newsletter, OT, PT

[Source: Science Daily] Baby, keep on rolling. A campaign to put babies to bed on their backs to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome has not impaired infants’ rolling abilities, according to University of Alberta research. Johanna Darrah, a professor…...

June 6, 2013

7 June 2013, Newsletter

Meet Hillary – a bilingual speech-language pathologist who will be contracting for PediaStaff at a school district client in Texas this coming (2013-2014) school year. She will be working in a pre-K facility as well as an elementary school doing bilingual evaluations…...

June 6, 2013

7 June 2013, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Measuring blood flow in the brain may be an easy, noninvasive way to predict stroke or hemorrhage in children receiving cardiac or respiratory support through a machine called ECMO, according to a new study by researchers at Nationwide…...

June 5, 2013

7 June 2013, Article, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, OT, Scissor Skills

by Margaret Rice, Your Therapy Source Learning to cut with scissors is a very complex task. Think of all the control required to actually open and close scissors. You many think just the wrist, hand and fingers does the job but in…...