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October
8, 2010
Issue 32, Volume
4
It's All About the
Choices!
Greetings!
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News Items:
- Senate Votes to Turn Down TV Ad Volume!
- Rett Syndrome in the News: Life Threatening Breathing Disorder
of Rett Syndrome Prevented
- First Presidential Appointee with Autism Speaks Out
- WSJ: How Handwriting Trains the Brain
- HBO's 'Monica & David' to Premiere, Explores Marriage with
Down Syndrome
- New Device May Eliminate Surgery for Cleft Palates
- Cigarette Smoke Linked To ADHD, Headaches And Stuttering In
Children
- Low Apgar Score at Birth Linked to Cerebral Palsy
Tips, Activities
and Resources:
Upcoming Events:
- International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference
- Sensory Conference: Practical Use of Sensory Integration and
its Application into Everyday Environments
Articles and Blogs
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Pediatric Therapy Corner: Obtaining Reimbursement for
Stuttering Treatment
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Guest Blog: How Yoga Helps with Sensory Integration
- Guest Blog: SpongeBob Comes to Speech
- Guest Blog: Down Syndrome: Behavioral Problems?
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Worth Repeating: Getting Off to the Right Start: Ten Tips to
Make Sure Your Child's IEP is Ready to Go on Day One.
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| Hot School Based Job of the Week |
School Based Speech Language Pathologist
- Everett, WA
Setting: Public
School
Hourly Rate: From $37/hr and higher based
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Status: Full Time Contract for the
balance of SY 2010/11
Desirable location north of Seattle!
We're seeking an SLP to contract for School Year 2010/11. This is
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Excellent pay rates from $37/hr (new
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Qualifications - Masters in Communication
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...IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CHOICES!
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employee of this company, you will enjoy 24 PTO days per year,
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...IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CHOICES!
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Hearing Health in the News: Senate Votes To Turn Down Volume Of TV
Ads
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[Source:
Huffington Post.com] -- WASHINGTON - Legislation to turn down the
volume on those loud TV commercials that send couch potatoes diving
for their remote controls looks like it'll soon become law.
The Senate unanimously passed a bill late Wednesday to require
television stations and cable companies to keep commercials at the
same volume as the programs they interrupt.
The House has passed similar legislation. Before it can become law,
minor differences between the two versions have to be worked out
when Congress returns to Washington after the Nov. 2
election.
Ever since television caught on in the 1950s, the Federal
Communication Commission has been getting complaints about blaring
commercials. But the FCC concluded in 1984 there was no fair way to
write regulations controlling the "apparent loudness" of
commercials. So it hasn't been regulating them.
Read and Comment Through a Link on
our Blog
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Autism in the News: First Presidential Appointee with Autism
Speaks Out
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[Sources:
NPR and Wired.com]
Ari Ne'eman is not your typical presidential appointee. He's one of
the youngest at 22, and he's the first that is autistic. President
Obama nominated him to the National Council on
Disability. Interestingly the people who fought against his
nomination are the people behind much of the public discussion
about autism.
From wired.com's piece on Ne'eman: In March, the editor of an
anti-vaccine website called The Age of Autism challenged Ne'eman's
ability to serve the needs of more profoundly impaired autistic
people. "Do the highest functioning with the community," wrote Kim
Stagliano, "have a right to dictate the services and research that
should be available for their less fortunate 'peers?' I don't think
so."
Read and Comment on the Rest of
this NPR Story and the Entire Wired.com Interview Through a Link on
our Blog |
Rett Syndrome in the News: Life Threatening Breathing Disorder of
Rett Syndrome Prevented
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[Source:
ScienceDaily.com]
A group of researchers at the University of Bristol have
sequestered the potentially fatal breath holding episodes
associated with the autistic-spectrum disorder Rett syndrome.
Rett syndrome is a developmental disorder of the brain that affects
around 1 in10,000 young girls. One of the worse clinical disorders
is the intermittent episodes of breath holding, putting the patient
at risk of asphyxiation and further brain damage. Other disorders
include repetitive hand movements, digestive and bowel problems,
seizures, learning disability with lack of verbal skills and social
withdrawal, making it a thoroughly debilitating disease.
Read and Comment
Through a Link on our Blog |
Handwriting in the News: From the Wall Street Journal - How
Handwriting Trains the Brain
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Thank
you to our friends at Your Therapy Source for the heads up on this
article.
[Source: Wall Street Journal] -- By GWENDOLYN BOUNDS
Ask preschooler Zane Pike to write his name or the alphabet, then
watch this 4-year-old's stubborn side kick in. He spurns practice
at school and tosses aside workbooks at home. But Angie Pike,
Zane's mom, persists, believing that handwriting is a building
block to learning.
She's right. Using advanced tools such as magnetic resonance
imaging, researchers are finding that writing by hand is more than
just a way to communicate. The practice helps with learning letters
and shapes, can improve idea composition and expression, and may
aid fine motor-skill development.
Read and Comment on the Rest of
this Article Through our Blog
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Worth Watching: HBO's 'Monica & David' to Premiere,
Explores Marriage with Down Syndrome
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[Source:
Newsweek]
Who among us can resist a tale of all-consuming true love? Within
everyone there is a true romantic, a cellular understanding of how
intoxicating, maddening, and life-affirming love can be. The
courtship of Monica and David is that kind of love story. He met
her in class and was instantly smitten. She rejected him at first
because she had a boyfriend, but he persisted. Now they're married,
and completely stuck on each other.
He calls her his Winnie the Pooh, and he's her Prince Charming.
The rub, because all love stories come with one, is that both
Monica and David have Down syndrome. Marriages between people with
Down syndrome were unheard of in the mid-'80s, when the life
expectancy for those with the disorder was 25. That age has risen
to 60, and with it, the desire of those with Down syndrome for
companionship.
Read and Comment on
the Rest of this Article Through our Blog
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| Cleft Palate in the News: New Device May Eliminate Surgery for
Cleft Palates |
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Source:
CTV.ca]
Children who would otherwise endure numerous painful surgeries to
repair a cleft palate may one day be able to rely on a new Canadian
invention that can expand the upper jaw and smooth the lip -- no
operation required.
About one in 700 babies is born with a cleft palate in North
America, and most are treated successfully with a combination of
surgery, dental work and speech therapy, among other
treatments.
But patients often require a painful procedure that involves
breaking and expanding the bones of the upper jaw and sewing them
back together. This procedure can mean weeks of a patient living
with his or her jaw wired shut.
Read
the Rest of this Story Through a Link on our Blog |
| Environmental Factors in the
News: Cigarette Smoke Linked To ADHD,
Headaches And Stuttering In
Children |
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[Source:
Medical News Today]
Research to be presented at an international conference (Asia
Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health) in Sydney today (8 Oct)
shows that children exposed to second-hand smoke have significantly
higher rates of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),
headaches and stuttering than those who are not exposed.
The US study asked about exposure to cigarette smoke at home among
children aged four to 11 and adolescents aged 12 to 15, and also
measured the cotinine levels in their blood (a measure of exposure
to tobacco smoke). After controlling for socioeconomic factors and
prenatal exposure, the study found children exposed to second-hand
smoke had double the rate of ADHD (10.6% compared to 4.6%), almost
double the rate of stuttering (6.3%% compared to 3.5%) and an
increased rate of headaches (14.2% compared to 10.0%). Adolescents
also had significantly higher rates of headaches (26.5% compared to
20.0%).
Read
the Rest of this Story Through a Link on our Blog |
Cerebral Palsy in the News:
Low Apgar Score at Birth Linked to
Cerebral Palsy
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[Source:
Science Daily.com]
A low Apgar score at birth is strongly associated with cerebral
palsy in childhood, concludes a study from researchers in Norway
published on the British Medical Journal website.
The Apgar score is a quick and simple way to assess a baby's
condition at birth. The baby is assessed on five simple criteria
(complexion, pulse rate, reaction when stimulated, muscle tone, and
breathing) on a scale from zero to two. The five values are then
summed up to obtain a score from zero to 10. Scores of 3 and
below are generally regarded as critically low, 4 to 6 fairly low,
and 7 to 10 generally normal.
Read
the Rest of this Story Through a Link on our Blog |
| Feel Good Video of the
Week: Player
with Down Syndrome Scores Varsity
Touchdown |
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[Source:
King5.com] - SNOHOMISH, Wash. - By most accounts, Ike Ditzenberger
is different.
The 17-year-old junior at Snohomish High School has Down Syndrome.
He takes special classes during the day, but after school Ike is
just like one of the guys.
He's a varsity football player. "He gives it 100 percent every
time he's out there," says Head Coach Mark Perry. "On the
sidelines, he likes to crack jokes, and sometimes he'll eat a
cookie or two." The players embrace Ike as one of their own.
Every night at practice, the team runs a special play. They call it
the 'Ike Special'.
Watch
this News Clip and the Actual Play on YouTube on our
Blog |
Therapist Resource of the
Week: Free Trials of SAGE Journals through
October 15th!
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Thank
you to Maggie Vance, PhD, MSc, CertMRCSLT of the University of
Sheffield (http://www.shef.ac.uk/hcs/prospective_pg/lacic)
for this great heads up:
SAGE journals are currently running a free trial to all their
online journals, until the 15th October 2010.
This includes access to the journal Child Language Teaching and
Therapy.
See: http://clt.sagepub.com/
You will need to register and then will also be able to access a
range of other journals of potential interest: First Language,
Autism, Communication Disorders Quarterly, Journal of Learning
Disabilities, etc.
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More Therapist Resources of the
Week: See and Learn
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See
and Learn Language and Reading is a program of activities -- under
development -- designed to help children who have Down syndrome
learn to talk and read. It is based on research into the visual
learning strengths of young children who have Down syndrome, and
may also be useful for other children who may benefit from a
visually-based approach to learning to talk.
See and Learn is developed and published by Down Syndrome
Education International - a world-renowned leader in providing
evidence-based information about the education and development of
children and young people with Down syndrome.
Learn More about See and Learn on
the Down Syndrome Education Website
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Therapist Activity of the
Week: Leaf Animal OT Activity for Fall
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Thank
You to our friends at Your Therapy Source for this week's
Activity!
Directions: Cut out the leaf shapes. Using the completed leaf
animal as a guide, glue the shapes on a blank piece of paper to
create the animal. Optional: Go on a leaf hunt outdoors to find
real leaves to create the leaf animals!
Check out this Activity on our
Blog
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Therapist Resource/CEU
Opportunity: International Stuttering Awareness Day
Online Conference
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The
THIRTEENTH International Stuttering Awareness Day online
conference, "People Who Stutter: INSPIRE!" hosted by Judith Kuster,
Emeritus Professor, Minnesota State University, Mankato opened
October 1, 2010, and can be found on the top of the Stuttering Home
Page:
(http://www.stutteringhomepage.com).
The online conference features several papers written by well-known
professionals and consumers (people who stutter) from around the
world. During the three weeks the conference is "live", from
October 1-22, participants can read papers and interact with the
presenters on easy-to-use threaded discussions attached to each
paper.
Papers remain available online after the conference has ended and
all past conferences are archived and available at http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/isadarchive/onlineconference.html
Read More About this Great
Resource/CEU Opportunity on our Blog
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Upcoming Events: Sensory Conference: Practical Use of
Sensory Integration and its Application into Everyday
Environments
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When? Dec. 3, 2010; Where? Faculty House, Columbia
University, New York City, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. (registration at 7:30
a.m.); CEUs? Earn 6.5
contact hours; Cost: $200.
Also, December 2 in Philadelphia. For More Information: Tel.
773-558-8043
An intermediate,
one-day continuing education workshop for clinicians treating
children with a sensory processing disorder (SPD).
Feature speaker: Britt Collins, M.S., OTR/L, Guest Speaker:
Lindsey Biel, OTR/L, and Jackie Olson, parent of a child with a
SPD, create the ultimate Occupational Therapy/parent combo
team.
This educational event will present the latest research on sensory
integration, the importance of movement in the home and school
environments, how to create a tailored sensory experience for your
child, tips on seeking funding for the child , and documentation
skills needed.
Register at
www.ot-advantage.com
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Pediatric Therapy Corner -
Obtaining Reimbursement for Stuttering Treatment
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By: All material Copyright ©
1991-2010 Stuttering Foundation of America, American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association Special Interest Division 4,
Fluency and Fluency Disorders and Stuttering Foundation of America
(1998; Revised 2010).
Reprinted with the express permission of the Stuttering Foundation
of America as originally published on their website.
NB: This article is written
for the parents of children who Stutter and related problems. We
publish it here because we know that therapists like to give their
client's caregivers as much information as possible.
Approximately three million children and adults in the U.S.
stutter. This guide provides suggestions and resources for
obtaining payment for the treatment of stuttering.
Will my health plan cover
stuttering treatment?
Before contacting your health plan, review your policy for coverage
looking for such terms as "speech therapy," "speech-language
pathology," "physical therapy and other rehabilitation services,"
or "other medically necessary services or therapies." A phone call
to the health plan can confirm your interpretation of coverage.
Document the name of the person with whom you speak as well as
dates and times.
Provide the health plan with information about the neurological
basis of stuttering; the available evidence states that stuttering
is a "disorder associated with left inferior frontal structural
anomalies" (Brain, 2009) and that " adults with persistent
stuttering ... (have) anatomical irregularities in the areas of the
brain that control language and speech" (Neurology, July 24, 2001).
Children who stutter demonstrate atypical brain anatomy as well
(Neuroimage, February, 2008) .
Read the Rest of this Article on
our Blog
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Guest Bloggers This Week:
Sensational HomeSchooling, Speech Therapy Ideas, and the Down
Syndrome Centre
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How Yoga Helps with Sensory Integration
- By: Mira Binzen
When describing the benefits of yoga to children, I often tell them
they are like a DJ and they have a DJ's mixing board full of dials
and knobs. Yoga teaches them how to adjust the volume, change
channels, or add some bass. Children with difficulty processing
sensory input aren't easily able to access all these knobs and
dials.
Students of all ages need a practice that is suited to their unique
constitution, temperament, and interest. All children and adults at
all levels of sensory functioning benefit from the strengthening,
balancing, and toning effect yoga has on the nervous system. Scott
M. Shannon, MD, recommends yoga in his book Please Don't Label My
Child. He writes, "It provides structure and a commitment to
wellness that kids who need grounding can easily latch onto. It's
an empowering activity that suits kids well and that they can
engage in for a lifetime."
Read the Rest of this Guest Post
on our Blog
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SpongeBob Comes to Speech - By: Beck
Wanca, M.S., CCC-SLP
Recently, while talking with a student about his favorite t.v.
show, I noticed how many of the characters' names had his target
speech sounds ("r" based sounds) in them. I also noticed that this
quiet, hesitant student became excited and involved when we were
discussing the show. I knew right then that I had to incorporate
Spongebob Squarepants into our sessions.
Read the Rest of this Guest Post
on our Blog
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Down Syndrome: Behavioral Problems? -
By: Natan Gendelman
Simon, a two year old child with Down syndrome whom I was
working with, sat down on the floor, but then decided to throw
himself backwards. I prevented him from hitting himself, but I did
allow him to lie down on the floor. Once he lay down on his back,
he started to scream and cry. He looked at his parents, waiting for
them to come and pick him up. I asked him what had happened, and
explained that no one was going to help him; he would have to get
up and walk on his own. He can walk; he knows how to get up.
Therefore, there was no reason for him to look for help. At the
beginning, Simon did not listen to me. However, after he saw that
no one would pick him up, he calmed down, listened, and we were
able to continue with our session. As a result, we experienced
these incidents less and less frequently. After following the same
philosophy at home, his parents reported close to none of his
previous behavior, which had involved screaming and yelling while
throwing himself on the floor.
Read the Rest of this Guest Post
on our Blog
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Worth Repeating - Getting
Off To The Right Start: Ten Tips To Make Sure Your Child's IEP Is
Ready To Go On Day One
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[Source] Great
Schools
NB: We thank Apraxia Kids for directing us to this article. It
was written for parents but is an excellent resource for therapists
to share with their kiddos.
Remember that IEP you so carefully crafted back in the spring for
your child's new school year? Don't look now, but summer's almost
over, and it's time to find that IEP, dust if off, and make sure
that his team is ready to go on the first day of school.
Often parents find that the school is in fact not ready to
implement the IEP on that first day, and they are told to "give us
a few weeks to get things set up." That might be fine for some
kids, but for others it might start their school year off on a bad
note that takes even more time to recover from.
Read the Rest of this Article
Through a Link on our Blog
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