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Handwriting in the News: The Many Health Perks of Good Handwriting

June 20, 2011

24 June 2011, Article, Handwriting, Newsletter, OT

[Source: The Los Angleles Times] Children are texting, tapping and typing on keyboards more than ever, leaving less time to master that old-fashioned skill known as handwriting. So will the three “T’s” replace a building block of education? It’s not likely. The…...

June 20, 2011

24 June 2011, Article, Newsletter, Stuttering

By: E. Charles Healey, Lisa Scott Trautman, and James Panico [Source: MNSU.edu] Editor’s Note: Thank you to Judith Kuster of MSU for calling our attention to this article that we might share the link with you here. A basic component of most…...

June 16, 2011

17 June 2011, News, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Medical XPress.com] Researchers from Indiana University and Princeton, in a paper published in Cognition, describe two experiments they conducted that appear to show reading retention improves when fonts that are considered harder to read are used. In the study, as described…...

Guest Blog: Eliciting Sounds-SH and CH

June 15, 2011

17 June 2011, Article, Articulation, Newsletter, SLP

By: Leah Musgrave and Dean Trout This blog post is reprinted here with express permission of the authors as it appeared on their 2 Gals Talk About Speech Therapy Blog Good Morning Everyone! Today we will look at a few techniques and…...

June 15, 2011

17 June 2011, News, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] Most moms want their newborns to be tested for fragile X syndrome, but a significant number of parents remain reluctant to find out if their children have the disability, new research suggests. In a study of more 2,000 mothers…...

June 14, 2011

17 June 2011, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

Special Thanks to Therapy Fun Zone for this Activity of the Week. Please support our contributors and visit Therapy Fun Zone I saw this on a preschool activity site, and saw a lot of therapy potential in it. You can have a…...

June 14, 2011

17 June 2011, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical XPress.com] Competitive young athletes are under increasing pressure to play only one sport year round, but such specialization could increase the risk of injuries, a Loyola University Health System study has found. Preliminary findings of the ongoing study included 154…...

June 13, 2011

17 June 2011, Article, Cerebral Palsy, Newsletter, TBI

[Source: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital] One of three children with cerebral palsy (CP) experiences hemiparesis: impairment affecting one side of the body (Himmelmann 2005 [D], Hagberg 2000 [O]). Hemiparesis is also common among children who experience traumatic brain injuries, childhood strokes, and other…...

June 13, 2011

17 June 2011, Assistive Technology, Book, Newsletter

Reviewed for PediaStaff By: Sean J. Sweeney Book by: by Christopher R Bugaj and Sally Norton-Darr Chris Bugaj and his colleague Sally Norton-Darr have penned an informative (and indeed, fun to read) guide to the role of Assistive Technology (AT) and its…...

June 13, 2011

17 June 2011, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Los Angeles Times] Three new studies conclude that autism disorders are genetically very complex, not caused by one or two gene defects. The potential changes in DNA may produce what are essentially different forms of autism. Autism is not caused by…...