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Atlantoaxial Instability in Down Syndrome: Controversy and Commentary

June 2, 2011

3 June 2011, Article, Down Syndrome, Newsletter, OT, PT, School Psych, SLP

By: Len Leshin, MD, FAAP Copyright 1996, 2000. All rights reserved. Reprinted with the express permission of Len Leshin, MD, FAAP as originally published on his Website In 1984, the AAP issued its first position statement on Atlantoaxial Instability (AAI) in children…...

June 2, 2011

3 June 2011, ASL, Hearing Loss, News, Newsletter

[Education Week] Exposing deaf or hard of hearing children to signed or spoken language early is critical to their ability to learn a language. That’s one of the findings of a new report from the Government Accountability Office. But there are some…...

June 1, 2011

3 June 2011, Article, Muscular Dystrophy, Newsletter, PT

by: The National Center on Physical Activity and Disability Pathology Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a genetically X-linked disorder of skeletal muscle, and is caused by primary problems of the dystrophin (Dys) gene. One in 3500 boys are affected with DMD, making…...

June 1, 2011

3 June 2011, Article, Language, Newsletter, SLP

By: Shareka Bentham, SLT copyright 2010. Shareka Bentham, SLT This blog post has been reprinted with express permission of the author as it appeared on her blog Easy Speech and Language Ideas First of all I’d like to thank you all for…...

June 1, 2011

3 June 2011, Language, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

S Special Thanks to our friends at Bilinguistics for directing us to this great online resource: DLTK’s Custom Bingo Cards. Choose size, theme, picture, words, or numbers and more. Very quick and easy Visit the DLTK Bingo and Callout card Creator!...

May 31, 2011

3 June 2011, News, Newsletter, Stuttering

Editor’s Note: Please share this press release from the Stuttering Foundation of America with the parents/guardians of your kiddos MEMPHIS, Tenn. – For children who stutter, summer break can be anything but a vacation. As many as 5% of all children stutter…...

May 31, 2011

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

Special Thanks to Your Therapy Source for directing us to this super creative activity and a new guest blogger for us. Jessie Koller is a wonderfully crafty mom who has frequent posts to her blog Play Create Explore that are perfect activities…...

May 31, 2011

Language, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

Here is a really cool tool for those of you who are creative and techy. Thanks to our Twitter friends at Heaman Communication Services for the lead on this resource! This would be a great way to make individualized therapy booklets! [Source:…...

May 31, 2011

3 June 2011, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Scientists have found that even before they can talk, babies use sophisticated reasoning to make sense of the physical world around them, combining abstract principles with knowledge from observation to form surprisingly advanced expectations of how new situations…...

May 31, 2011

3 June 2011, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) may provide an early and objective indicator of autism, according to researchers at Columbia University in New York City, who used the technique to document language impairment in autistic children. Results of their…...