Study: Cognitive Ability Can Far Exceed Verbal Ability (shocking)
Regardless of the method used to classify children as minimally verbal, 43 to 52 percent of minimally verbal children have significantly higher nonverbal than verbal intelligence scores. Great news for all of us that care for children with a communication impairment even though it’s something we already knew as parents. Something I’ve been saying for…
The Association Method School Started By A Mom
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead The Association Method The Association Method is a multisensory phonics based method for teaching oral and written language to children with severe communication disorders including apraxia. It was devised originally…
Professor Pup’s Phoneme Farm….For Speech?
“Nearly 70% of America’s kids read below grade level. I am Dr. Michael Colvard and I teamed up with a producer from The Simpsons to build a game to help!”~ Dr. Michael Colvard Professor Pup’s Phoneme Farm….For Speech? I read this AMA (ask me anything) by Dr. Michael Colvard, a practicing eye surgeon in Los Angeles on Reddit “Nearly…
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Crowd Funnit
To a child, birthdays are more than just a cake Children all over the world, including your neighborhood, go year after year without anyone showing up to their birthday parties because they are either alienated, bullied or both. Founded by members of the Cherab Foundation along with like-minded souls who simply care, crowdFunnit fosters acceptance…
Late Talkers Silent Voices
40 Million Americans have a communication disorder – 1 in 12 are school-age children. Millions of kids struggle with expressive, receptive, fluency or voice issues – they struggle to be heard and to be understood. If that weren’t enough, they also deal with the assumption that their difference in communication reflects a difference in their…
Cherab Foundation
Pursuit of Research is the personal blog of Lisa Geng, the President and Founder of the Cherab Foundation. The Cherab Foundation is a world-wide nonprofit organization working to improve the communication skills and education of all children with speech and language delays and disorders. Our area of emphasis is verbal and oral apraxia, severe neurologically-based speech…