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Language Development and Bilingual Children

November 15, 2011

18 November 2011, Article, Bilingualism, Newsletter

By: Lucy Windevoxhel, M.S., CCC-SLP Reprinted with the express permission of Lucy Windevoxhel, as it appears on her website, A Love for Language Editor’s Note: This article was written for parents but is an excellent resource for therapists to share with the…...

November 15, 2011

18 November 2011, Article, Articulation, Newsletter, SLP

By: Erik X. Raj, CCC-SLP Copyright 2011. Reprinted with the express permission of the author as it appeared on his blog Artic Brain Regardless of what grade my students are in, I always make it a point to educate them about the…...

November 15, 2011

18 November 2011, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: ScienceDaily.com] Researchers at UCLA have found a possible explanation for why children with autism act and think differently than their peers. For the first time, they’ve shown that the connections between brain regions that are important for language and social skills…...

November 14, 2011

18 November 2011, ADHD, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source Medical XPress] Cardiff University scientists revealed last year that children with the condition, like those with autism, were more likely than unaffected individuals to carry duplicated or omitted small DNA segments known as copy number variants (CNVs). The findings suggested that…...

November 14, 2011

18 November 2011, Article, Down Syndrome, Gross Motor Skills, Newsletter, OT, PT, Special Education

by: Ben Sacks and Sue Buckley This article can be found on Down Syndrome Online. Down Syndrome Online offers comprehensive information about Down syndrome, including articles, books and scientific papers. In the first year of life, infants begin to gain control over…...

November 14, 2011

18 November 2011, Article, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] When children are facing a life-threatening illness, bringing in palliative medicine specialists can help both the child and family improve the child’s quality of life, for however long he or she lives. Over the past decade, pediatric palliative…...

November 14, 2011

18 November 2011, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

This week’s Therapy Resource of the Week is website known to few outside of the teaching field. Quia – pronounced “key-ah” is short for Quintessential Instructional Archive. Quia provides a wide variety of tools, including: Templates for creating 16 types of online…...

November 13, 2011

18 November 2011, Down Syndrome, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] President Barack Obama is soliciting advice on disability issues from an actress with Down syndrome who has a regular role on Fox’s “Glee.” Lauren Potter, who plays cheerleader Becky Jackson on Fox’s “Glee,” has been appointed to serve on…...

November 13, 2011

[Source: Disability Scoop] Just a fraction of the nation’s children with disabilities and developmental delays may be accessing the early intervention services they need, a new advocacy group report suggests. An analysis released Tuesday by Easter Seals indicates that fewer than 3…...

November 11, 2011

18 November 2011, Down Syndrome, News, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] Efforts to expand Down syndrome research may be gaining traction after a pair of U.S. senators introduced legislation to increase funding and establish centers to study the disorder. Two bills introduced in the Senate Thursday would allocate $6 million…...