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Children With Dyslexia May Benefit From Early Musical Games

June 29, 2011

1 July 2011, Dyslexia, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Children with dyslexia often find it difficult to count the number of syllables in spoken words or to determine whether words rhyme. These subtle difficulties are seen across languages with different writing systems and they indicate that the…...

June 29, 2011

1 July 2011, Aspergers Syndrome, News, Newsletter

[Source: ScienceDaily.com] People with Asperger syndrome have problems with social interaction and attentiveness, and are also sensitive to noise and light. Several of these characteristics were evident to parents during their child’s first two years, reveals Petra Dewrang’s thesis in psychology at…...

June 28, 2011

1 July 2011, News, Newsletter

[Source: HealthDay/US News & World Report] MONDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) — Although there’s been some improvement in the number of pediatricians checking toddlers for developmental delays, more than half still don’t routinely do so, a new study finds. Click here to…...

June 28, 2011

1 July 2011, Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Time Magazine] Some unproven psychological therapies and techniques for autism aren’t simply ineffective. They can split families and cause untold harm to children, as one family in Michigan learned at terrible cost. The Detroit Free Press recently published a six-part investigation…...

June 28, 2011

1 July 2011, Article, Dysgraphia, Newsletter

[Source: Reading Rockets.org] By: Voice of America (2008) Teachers and parents should suspect dysgraphia if a child’s handwriting is unusually difficult to read. Find out more about this neurological problem that can cause physical pain as some children struggle to write. Dysgraphia…...

June 27, 2011

1 July 2011, Book, Newsletter, SPD

Book By: Carol Kranowitz, MA Reviewed By: Sunita Murty, M.S. OTR/L Published By: Sensory Resources “The Goodenoughs Get in Synch” by Carol Kranowitz, MA, is a cute and informative book that walks you through an off day with each family member who…...

June 27, 2011

1 July 2011, Feeding Disorders, News, Newsletter

[Source Staten Island Live] STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — At lunchtime, Juliana D’Esposito eats alone. The 2-year-old Great Kills resident has “grabby hands” and likes to take food from her daycare classmates. Although it saddens her parents, they know the alternative is far…...

June 27, 2011

1 July 2011, News, Newsletter, Social Anxiety

[Source: New York Times] A BEAUTIFUL woman lowers her eyes demurely beneath a hat. In an earlier era, her gaze might have signaled a mysterious allure. But this is a 2003 advertisement for Zoloft, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (S.S.R.I.) approved by…...

June 27, 2011

1 July 2011, Anxiety, News, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Medical News Today] Premature or low birthweight babies are more than three times more likely to suffer from anxiety and mood disorders in adolescence than full-term infants, according to psychologists at the University of Birmingham. Professor Stephen Wood, working with co-investigators…...

June 24, 2011

Article, Literacy, SLP

The Role of the SLP in Improving Reading Fluency Kamhi, A. (2003, April 15). The ASHA Leader. ASHA recently adopted the position that speech-language pathologists can and should play a critical and direct role in the development of literacy for children and…...