Monthly Archive
January 8, 2013
by Pat Mervine, CCC-SLP This article is reprinted with permission of the author as it appeared on the Speaking of Speech.com blog As my son, Gregg, approached the date when he could apply for his learner’s permit (prerequisite to getting a driver’s…...
January 8, 2013
As you may remember, PediaStaff hosted a Learning Lab session at ASHA 2012 entitled “Essential Social Media Tools for SLPs.”    Co-panelists Heidi Kay, Tara Roehl, Kim Lewis and Megan Panatier used this 45 minute setting to nicely summarize the very best ways…...
[Source: Erik X Raj.com] A new year is here and with this specific time of year often comes a time of reflection. In regards to being a practicing speech-language pathologist, what went right for you this past year? What didn’t go quite…...
January 7, 2013
Editor’s Note:  The people at Future Horizons, sent us a great item to look at recently, – In-Sync Activity Cards: 50 Simple, New Activities to Help Children Develop, Learn, and Grow!    Due to time constraints, we were not able to find…...
January 7, 2013
[Source: Medical News Today] Infants who have started crawling wake up more often at night compared to the period before the crawling, reveals a new study by Dr. Dina Cohen of the University of Haifa’s Department of Counseling and Human Development. The…...
January 4, 2013
Editor’s Note:  From time to time, we receive an email that it “takes too many clicks” to read an article we are sharing on our blog/newsletter.   This article is one example of one of those times when we must add a little…...
January 4, 2013
[Source: Atlantic.com] by Amy Mackin The waiting room was loud and chaotic. Toddlers were stacking blocks, then squealing with excitement as they knocked them over and watched them fall. Baby toys were chiming and buzzing. A cartoon was blaring on the television…...
January 4, 2013
[Source: Medical News Today, ABC News] Physicians at Indiana University School of Medicine and the Northwest Radiology Network (Indianapolis, Indiana) report the case of a 17-year-old high school football player with second impact syndrome (SIS). A rare and devastating traumatic brain injury,…...
January 3, 2013
[Source: Science Daily.com] Research out of the George Washington University (GW), published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), reveals another piece of the puzzle in a genetic developmental disorder that causes behavioral diseases such as autism. Anthony-Samuel…...
January 3, 2013
[Source: Medical News Today] Autistic-like behaviors can be partially remedied by normalizing excessive levels of protein synthesis in the brain, a team of researchers has found in a study of laboratory mice. The findings, which appear in the latest issue of Nature,…...