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Pediatric Therapy Corner: Voice for the Voiceless – Experience in Zambia

October 3, 2012

5 October 2012, Article, Cleft Palate, Newsletter

By: Sandra Carroll & Chrysty Sturdivant Co-Founders of Neonatal Therapy Solutions Last summer, we traveled to Zambia, Africa for a medical mission. Of course, it was life changing, and the specific ways our lives were changed continues to be revealed. We wanted…...

October 2, 2012

5 October 2012, Autism, Language, News, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Approximately 19 percent of children with a sibling diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) will develop Autism due to shared genetic and environmental vulnerabilities, according to previous studies. For that reason, University of Miami (UM) psychologists are developing ways…...

October 1, 2012

5 October 2012, News, Newsletter

Thanks to Loren Shlaes of the Pediatric OT Blog for suggesting we featured this article! [Source: The New York Times Well Blog] Can you improve your body’s ability to remember by making it move? That rather odd-seeming question stimulated researchers at the…...

October 1, 2012

5 October 2012, Article, Newsletter

[Source: The ASHA Leader] Dillon was a bright, normally developing child with no apparent illnesses or language delay, but at about age 31/2, his nursery school teachers began to notice changes in his behavior. Hearing loss was suspected because he did not…...

October 1, 2012

5 October 2012, Hearing Loss, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Leptin – commonly dubbed the “fat hormone” – does more than tell the brain when to eat. A new study by researchers at The University of Akron and Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) shows that leptin may play…...

October 1, 2012

5 October 2012, Hearing Loss, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Researchers at the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have found a new genetic mutation responsible for deafness and hearing loss associated with Usher syndrome type 1. These findings, published in the Sept. 30 advance online…...

September 28, 2012

28 September 2012, Dyslexia, News, Newsletter

[Source: ABC News] As many as 15 percent of the world’s population exhibits some of the symptoms of dyslexia, according to the International Dyslexia Association, and not surprisingly, a great number of them are famous. Steven Spielberg is the latest celebrity to…...

September 28, 2012

28 September 2012, Language, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] For more than 50 years, language scientists have assumed that sentence structure is fundamentally hierarchical, made up of small parts in turn made of smaller parts, like Russian nesting dolls. A new Cornell study suggests language use is simpler…...

September 28, 2012

28 September 2012, Memory, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Science Daily] A target article in the Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition concludes that evidence does not support the claims of Cogmed Working Memory Training. Additional experts weigh in with commentary papers in response. Helping children achieve their…...

September 28, 2012

28 September 2012, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, OT, Scissor Skills

[Source: Pediatric Occupational Therapy Tips] by Anne Zachry, OTR/L It can be a challenge to teach a a child to cut on the lines, especially if the child has motor skill or perceptual problems. Here is another approach that I frequently use…...