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November 10, 2011

Are you going to the ASHA Convention in San Diego next week? PediaStaff will be there! Come visit us at booth #924. Let us know you read our blog and if you are a friend on Twitter, Pinterest or our other sites. …...

November 10, 2011

All material Copyright © October 2001 United Cerebral Palsy This article is reprinted with their express permission as originally published on their website What is cerebral palsy (CP)? Cerebral palsy, also referred to as CP, is a term used to describe a…...

November 10, 2011

11 November 2011, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

The best part about all the time I have been spending ‘trolling’ for activities to put on our various Pinterest boards, are the gems I find ! Speakaboos is a beautiful online site that brings classic children’s stories to the web for…...

November 9, 2011

11 November 2011, Article, Handwriting, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Huffington Post] In an earlier piece for Huff — and an earlier segment of Body, Mind and Child — I asked whether or not we should continue to teach handwriting in the digital age. I found the feedback surprising, as more…...

November 9, 2011

Article, Newsletter, 11 November 2011, SLP

by Tatyana Elleseff In recent years the percentage of “at-risk” children has been steadily increasing across pediatric speech-language pathology caseloads. These include adopted and foster care children, medically fragile children (e.g., failure to thrive), abused and neglected children, children from low socioeconomic…...

Scientists and Autism, When Geeks Meet

November 8, 2011

11 November 2011, Article, Autism, News, Newsletter

Editor’s Note: This article appeared in a special Issue of the Journal Nature, dedicated to Autism. Check out the Entire Issue HERE In the opening scene of The Social Network, Jesse Eisenberg portrays a cold Mark Zuckerberg getting dumped by his…...

November 8, 2011

11 November 2011, Book, Gross Motor Skills, Newsletter, SPD

Book By: Jenn Clark Brack Reviewed By: Sunita Murty, M.S. OTR/L Published/Produced By: Autism Asperger Publishing Company Jenny Clark Brack’s Learn to Move, Move to Learn series of books and DVD are great resources for any leader or participant of a…...

November 7, 2011

11 November 2011, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

The OTs are pretty excited about the blog ‘Handprint and Footprint Art,‘ by Artsy Momma! We had to make it the Pinterest Pin of the Week! It’s an entire site dedicated to Handprint, Footprint and Fingerprint arts and crafts. We will be…...

November 7, 2011

Thanks to our friends at 2 Gals Speech Therapy Products for the lead on this excellent resource – The Student Interactives section on ReadWriteThink.org ReadWriteThink is a project of the International Reading Association. Its mission is to provide educators, parents, and afterschool…...

November 4, 2011

5 November 2011, Article, Autism, Newsletter

By: Jordan S. Sadler, MS, CCC-SLP http://www.communicationtherapy.net/ Copyright 2011. Parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) sometimes ask, “What is my child’s prognosis?” and that is understandable. As a parent, it is likely that I’d be asking it myself. However, it…...