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PROMOTING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY THROUGH SCHOOLS: POLICY BRIEF

Physical activity is good for hearts, bodies and minds. Regular physical activity can improve physical fitness; improve heart, vascular and metabolic health, and bone health; and reduce adiposity...

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Pronoun Acquisition

As children develop language, they naturally make pronoun errors. These errors are often age-appropriate (and adorable). Some children will not fully master all pronouns until the age of 4. Pronoun...

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Receptive Language Vs. Expressive Language

Put simply, receptive language generally refers to listening while expressive language refers to talking. But there's more to it, as we share in this blog!

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The Rehab Therapist’s Guide to Co-Treatment Under Medicare - Recommended Co-Treatment Guidelines Based On CMS’s Regulations.

There is one important point to keep in mind, courtesy of joint guidelines for co-treatment created by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), the American Occupational Therapy Ass...

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The Natural Language Acquisition Guide: Echolalia is All About Gestalt Language Development

'Echolalic’/gestalt comments, phrases, and others like them are vitally important because they make up the first, crucial stage of language development, real language development, for children and ...

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Self-Determination Theory As a Theoretical Framework For a Responsive Approach to Child Feeding

Cormack et al. propose using self-determination theory (SDT) to support the advancement of feeding skills. SDT says that people want to improve their skills, but their ability to improve depends on...

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Recommendations For Physical Activity In Asthma: A Work Group Report of the AAAAI Sports, Exercise, and Fitness Committee

Many individuals suffer with Asthma. It can have many adverse effects that work directly against exercise. This article gives recommendations on how to complete exercise while suffering from asthma.

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Exercise—Promoting Healthy Lifestyles In Children and Adolescents

This article shows the positive effects of physical activity on children through the lifespan. This article dives into the differing system benefits of exercise.

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Evidence-Based Intervention In Physical Activity: Lessons From Around the World

EBP relating to physical activity intervention. Helpful for adults and adolescents.

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Evidence Based Physical Activity For School-Age Youth

Evidence based practice guidelines that review the effects of physical activity on youth. This study shows the positive effects of physical activity.

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Efficacy of Auditory-Verbal Therapy In Children With Hearing Impairment: A Systematic Review From 1993 to 2015

This systematic review investigates the effects of auditory-verbal therapy (AVT) on receptive and expressive language development, auditory and speech perception, and "mainstreaming" in children, 2...

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Scope of Occupational Therapy Services For Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder Across the Life Course

Occupational Therapy practitioners work collaboratively with individuals on the autism spectrum, their families, OTHER PROFESSIONALS, organizations, and community members in multiple contexts to ad...

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Should Adolescents Go Back to the Basics?: A Review of Teaching Word Reading Skills to Middle and High School Students

This review investigates the effects of word reading interventions (e.g., phonic analysis, sight word reading, oral reading fluency) on reading achievement outcomes in middle and high school studen...

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Speech Intelligibility: How Clear is Your Child’s Speech?

Have you ever found it difficult to understand your child’s speech?A Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) can help you understand if your child’s speech intelligibility is at an appropriate level for ...

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Speech Sound Disorders: Articulation and Phonology

The scope of this page is speech sound disorders with no known cause—historically called articulation and phonological disorders—in preschool and school-age children (ages 3–21).

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Speech Sound Errors. The Most Common Speech Errors a Child is Likely to Make.

Speech Sound Errors: Speech production difficulties are the most common form of communication impairment school-based speech pathologists are likely to encounter when working in schools.

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Systematic Review of the Health Benefits of Physical Activity and Fitness In School-Aged Children and Youth

A review dealing with multiple resource to showcase the benefits of physical activity in children. This evidence can be used to understand the positive effects of exercise on a child's physical and...

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The 100 Most Important Multiple Meaning Words Kids Need to Know | K5 Learning

K5 Learning highlights the top 100 most important multiple meaning words.

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The Cognitive Benefits of Exercise In Youth

Positive effects of exercise on youths' health and cognition.

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Therapy Co-Treatment Scenarios and Documentation - Harmony Healthcare International (HHI) Blog

PT and OT appear to be a natural pairing because of the treatment crossover in neuromuscular and orthopedic deficit remediation. However, patients also benefit from co-treatments with SLP and OT, ...

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Using Grammar - Kid Sense Child Development

If your child struggles to get a message across or is frequently misunderstood, they may require assistance from a speech pathologist to address grammar issues.

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Visual Motor Skills

Here, you find a huge resource on visual motor skills including information, visual motor activities, and tools to support visual motor skill development in kids.   We have shared quite a few posts...

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Multiple Meanings: Theory, Research and Teaching Tips

Learning about the multiple meanings of words (e.g., to find -- a find) is included in the new and widely adopted Common Core Standards for English Language Arts. For example, the excerpt below was...

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What to Know About ADLs and IADLS

Here is a basic guide to ADLS (Activities of Daily Living) and IADLS (Instrumental Activities of Daily Living).

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Engaging and Fun Speech Activities We Use At Home For Babies, Toddlers and Children

An article reviewing Learning Strategies and play-based activities for parents to use at home with babies, toddlers, and children with hearing loss.

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