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Tummy Troubles: Studying the Relationship Between Autism and Gastrointestinal Disorders

February 7, 2012

10 February 2012, Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Autism Speaks Official Blog] Guest post by neurobiologist Pat Levitt, Ph.D., of the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine, in Los Angeles Many children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have co-occurring medical conditions that affect their quality of life…...

February 3, 2012

So here is a fun one… I found this pin last week and proposed it to the School Psychogists to see how many interesting ideas they could come up with. The Social Psych Discussion Group on Pinterest is still pretty small, so…...

February 3, 2012

3 February 2012, Article, Newsletter, SLP

by: Cindy Presley CCC-SLP and Kristina Young, CF-SLP Reprinted with permission of the authors as it appeared on their blog, The Speech Ladies We wanted to share with you a great sequencing activity for little ones. If you go here you can…...

February 2, 2012

3 February 2012, Newsletter, OT, SLP

[Source: ABC News] Kids may not giggle over the awkwardness on “The Office,” and adults usually aren’t all that tickled by Elmo. But new research shows that the same brain regions are active when both children and grown ups find something funny.…...

February 2, 2012

3 February 2012, Cerebral Palsy, News, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] Long thought to be caused by problems at birth, researchers now say that in most cases cerebral palsy may actually originate in a person’s genes much like other developmental disabilities. The finding, reported online in the journal The Lancet…...

February 2, 2012

3 February 2012, Dyslexia, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical XPress] Finnish scientists have found that a rare dyslexia-linked genetic variant of the ROBO1 gene decreases normal crossing of auditory pathways in the human brain. The weaker the expression of the gene is, the more abnormal is the midline crossing.…...

February 2, 2012

3 February 2012, News, Newsletter, Pediatric Stroke

[Source: HealthDay] Many children who suffer a stroke had some sort of an infection in the days leading up to the stroke, a new study says. However, childhood stroke is rare and parents shouldn’t be unduly alarmed by these findings, the…...

February 1, 2012

3 February 2012, News, Newsletter

Sue joined PediaStaff in June 2007 and is the New Applicant Career Services Team Leader. Her primary responsibility is working with, and managing the flow of new therapy applicants to PediaStaff to facilitate the placement process. She is also the friendly…...

February 1, 2012

3 February 2012, Autism, Book, Newsletter

Edited By: Shannon Des Roches Rosa, Jennifer Byde Myers, Liz Ditz, Emily Willingham, and Carol Greenburg Reviewed By: By Lee A. Wilkinson, PhD, NCSP Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder with no known cause or cure. Unfortunately, families are often exposed to unsubstantiated,…...

January 31, 2012

3 February 2012, News, Newsletter, OT, Psychology

[Source: Time/Healthland] Preschool children whose moms are loving and nurturing have a larger hippocampus, an area of the brain involved in learning, memory and stress response, when they reach school age, a new study finds. “It is to our knowledge the first…...