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A Little Music Training Goes a Long Way: Practicing Music for Only Few Years in Childhood Helps Improve Adult Brain

August 22, 2012

24 August 2012, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] A little music training in childhood goes a long way in improving how the brain functions in adulthood when it comes to listening and the complex processing of sound, according to a new Northwestern University study. The impact of…...

August 22, 2012

24 August 2012, Newsletter, Sensory Play, SPD, Tip or Resource

We saw this first on Pinterest. It is a (pricey) product for sale by Abilitations but it is certainly something you can easily and inexpensively recreate as a D-I-Y! Not sure exactly what all is hanging from each “station” but are…...

August 22, 2012

24 August 2012, News, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Medical Xpress] Scientists at UCLA and the Technion, Israel’s Institute of Technology, have unraveled how our brain cells encode the pronunciation of individual vowels in speech. Published in the Aug. 21 edition of Nature Communications, the discovery could lead to…...

August 21, 2012

24 August 2012, News of the Week

[Source: Takepart.com via Yahoo News] For a blind athlete, judo champion Jordan Mouton sure has no problem envisioning her future. Down the road, she’d love nothing more than to teach the sport she excels in, paying forward her hand-to-hand wherewithal to the…...

App Review of the Week: StoryPals

August 21, 2012

24 August 2012, App, Newsletter

by Jessica Chase, M.A., CCC-SLP “Whimsical. Enjoyable. Data-driven.” These are the three words that Eric Sailers used to describe his new application, StoryPals. I could not find a better way to start off a review of the application than to use these…...

August 21, 2012

24 August 2012, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

Once again, No Time for Flash Cards wins the “Pin of the Week” with over 250 repins. There are some outstanding ideas on this post for motor, sensory and more! Crafts include: Cereal Box Apples, Simple Apple Craft For Toddlers, Apple a…...

August 21, 2012

24 August 2012, Article, Handwriting, Newsletter, OT, Prewriting

by Anne Zachry OTR/L Do you have a student or child working on prewriting strokes? I recently started seeing a student for therapy who was already using these stencils, and they are so clever, I had to share them with you! Basically,…...

August 21, 2012

24 August 2012, Language, Newsletter, SLP

by: Tej Sohan, M.A., CCC-SLP TSSLD My summer vacation took a bit of a turn. I had every intention of relaxing and using my free time to get organized for the upcoming school year and perhaps even plan my wedding (July 26,…...

August 20, 2012

24 August 2012, Newsletter, OT, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily] Children as young as 3 apparently can tell the difference between whining and when someone has good reason to be upset, and they will respond with sympathy usually only when it is truly deserved, according to new research published…...

August 17, 2012

News, Newsletter, OT, Physical Education, PT

Editor’s Note: Here is another big surprising study (not) you can print off for your families to read. [Source: Science Daily] Children who spend more than three-quarters of their time engaging in sedentary behaviour, such as watching TV and sitting at computers,…...