by Hanna Bogen I’d like to dovetail on my previous post about executive functioning and its impact on the development of social-cognitive skills and pragmatic language. In its role as the brain’s “secretary,” executive functioning helps to regulate an individual’s ability to…...
Thursday, September 19th, 2013 is the 11th annual ‘International Talk Like a Pirate Day.’ Are you ready?? Image Credit: International Talk Like a Pirate Day Facebook Page Here are some sites with great ideas to celebrate! The Official Talk Like a Pirate…...
The other day, I blogged that about the buzz on Twitter about ASHA 2012. Lots of the #SLPeeps are excited to be headed to Atlanta to meet all the other ‘peeps,’ at the Tweet-up Friday, November 16, at 5PM in the Leader…...
Special thanks to Loren Shlaes, OTR/L of PediatricOT for calling our attention to this article [Source: The New York Times] by Anahad O’Connor In today’s gadget-obsessed world, sleep experts often say that for a better night’s rest, Americans should click the “off”…...
Thanks to Your Therapy Source for this Week’s Therapy Idea! Another tip of the day for therapists… provide classrooms with folders that have activities to do when students are bored. If the students have completed their assignments or they have some free…...
Reprinted with explicit permission of All4MyChild as it appeared on their blog Title: Me First Author: Helen Lester. Illustrated by Lynn Munsinger Description: Pinkerton the pig always has to be first. No matter what! He learns a lesson that “being first isn’t always…...
By: Pamela Ullmann, ATR-BC, LCAT copyright 2012. Pamela Ullmann. This blog post has been reprinted with express permission of the author as it appeared on her Colors of Play blog Within many different cultures and throughout the course of human history, we…...
[Source: Science Daily] A team of Australian researchers, led by University of Melbourne has developed a genetic test that is able to predict the risk of developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Lead researcher Professor Stan Skafidas, Director of the Centre for Neural…...
[Source: Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics] Individuals with Angelman Syndrome, regardless of genetic subtype should receive and will benefit from speech and language therapy (“SLT”). SLT will encompass much more than merely facilitating an individual to produce sounds. Functional communication for an…...
Our folks at PediaStaff are not the only ones jazzed up about ASHA 2012. The #SLPeeps are rearing to go. Are you on Twitter or social media? Are you attending the ASHA Convention in Atlanta in November? If so, please sign up…...
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