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Disabled Students Must be Given Sports, Says Education Dept.

January 30, 2013

1 February 2013, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: NBC News] By Tracy Connor The feds are ordering schools across the country to make “reasonable” changes to sports programs so that disabled students can play — or else create separate teams for them. The new guidance from the Education Department…...

January 30, 2013

1 February 2013, Newsletter, SLP

The Tweet & Greets that the #SLPeeps recorded at ASHA 2012 are finally up! Special thanks to Ahmed in our office who painstakingly uploaded each and every one of them during the past month. Sorry for the delay. We had some technical…...

January 29, 2013

Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter

Image Credit: The Marshall Protocol Knowledge Base [Source: Medical News Today] Maternal inflammation during early pregnancy may be related to an increased risk of autism in children, according to new findings supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part…...

January 29, 2013

1 February 2013, News, Newsletter

Thanks Again Loren Shlaes of Pediatric OT Blog for this thought provoking article. Ah to dream of this here in the States. [Source: The Washington Post] By Chico Harlan In Japan, school lunch means a regular meal, not one that harms your…...

January 28, 2013

[Source: Science Daily] Incontinence is typically a condition associated with adults; however, many children also struggle with incontinence — bladder, bowel or both. In order to help these children, doctors at Nationwide Children’s Hospital have turned to a device, typically used in…...

January 28, 2013

1 February 2013, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Daily] Several studies have found evidence that children who undergo repeated surgical operations with general anesthesia before the age of 4 may be at an increased risk for learning disabilities. In the March issue of Anesthesiology, Massachusetts General Hospital…...

January 28, 2013

1 February 2013, Music Therapy, Newsletter, OT

By: Anne Zachry, PhD, OTR/L As an OT, I’m always looking for different ideas and techniques to add to my therapy “toolbox,” and I recently discovered an amazing music therapy website that provides a ton of wonderful tips, suggestions, and videos! Ryan…...

January 24, 2013

25 January 2013, ABA, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] Despite a requirement that insurers start covering behavioral health treatment for individuals and small groups, a new analysis suggests less than half of states plan to include autism therapy. Many autism advocates were hopeful when the Affordable Care Act…...

January 24, 2013

25 January 2013, News, Newsletter

[Source: Speech Pathology Group: Children’s Services International] Over the years, Speech Pathology Group: Children’s Services International (SPG: CSI) and the government of Bosnia-Herzegovina have combined their efforts to establish and implement a ground-breaking program – The Bosnia Autism Project. Our mission has…...

January 24, 2013

25 January 2013, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] New research at the University of Chicago and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows that children begin to show signs of higher-level thinking skills as young as age 4 ½. Researchers have previously attributed higher-order thinking…...