Worth Repeating: Evidence-Based Care Guidelines for Pediatric Constraint...
[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])....
View ArticleKids Who Specialize in One Sport May Have Higher Injury Risk
[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...
View ArticleTherapy Activity: Building with Toothpicks and Gumdrops
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...
View ArticleParents Divided on Screening for Conditions without Cure
[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...
View Article6 Fun Beach Ball Games for Pre-Schoolers
Editor’s Note: Thank you to our friends at Your Therapy Source for the heads up on this great list of beach ball games! [Source: The BodySmart Blog] Research shows that adding play props such a balls...
View ArticleGuest Blog: Eliciting Sounds-SH and CH
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...
View ArticlePediatric Therapy Corner: How to Tell Your Child He Has SPD
By: Hartley Steiner Reprinted with the express permission of the author as it originally appeared on the SPD Blogger Network, May 4, 2011 Editor’s Note: This article was written for parents of children...
View ArticleStudy Suggests that ‘Hard to Read’ Fonts May Increase Reading Retention
[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...
View ArticleGuest Blog: What Makes a Good Language Toy?
Editor’s Note: This article was written for parents, however we reprint it here so that you might share it with the parents/guardians of your kiddos. By: Sherry Y. Artemenko M.A., CCC-SLP Copyright...
View ArticleWorth Repeating: When a Child’s Play Themes Are Violent
[Source: Scholastic Magazine, November 2006] by: Stanley Greenspan, MD I’m concerned about some of the play themes of a 5-year-old in my program. They’re often about disasters or monsters. Other times...
View ArticleAutism Linked to Hundreds of Genetic Mutations
[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...
View ArticleFeel Good Story of the Week: Dance School Gives Hope
[Source: Your Nabe.com] The pieces of a ballet uniform are meant to instantly signify and enhance the dancer’s grace and mobility: ballet slippers, a unitard and — of course — a tutu. But what if the...
View ArticleBook Review: The Practical (and fun) Guide to Assistive Technology in Public...
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)...
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