Late Talker Handout from the Cherab Foundation Cherab Foundation Brochure Communication Disorders and Social Security (SSI) Benefits The Late Talker book by Lisa Geng, Malcolm Nicholl and Dr. Agin Parent Friendly Signs of Apraxia Parent Friendly Neurological Soft Signs When Silence Isn’t Golden Contemporary Pediatrics Article Contemporary Pediatrics Guide For Parents By Lisa Geng Info…
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Autism, Antivirals, Drugs or Food?
“A newly published study from scientists at Caltech suggests that specific changes in an overactive immune system can contribute to autism-like behaviors in mice and found that the immune system of the mother is a key factor in the eventual abnormal behaviors in the offspring.” There are quite a few members of the nonprofit Cherab…
The Late Talker Book What To Do If Your Child Isn’t Talking Yet
The Late Talker What to do if Your Child isn”t Talking Yet by Marilyn Agin MD, Lisa Geng, and Malcolm J. Nicholl The first book to show parents how to tell whether a child has a speech delay or a more serious speech disorder. Every parent eagerly awaits the day his or her child will…
Tanner Geng’s “The Lellow Breakthrough”
“Three-year-old Tanner, standing in the bathroom of his family’s New Jersey home picked up a pink comb, pointed to a yellow stripe that ran through it, and said, “Lellow.” It was the first ‘real’ word he had ever spoken and it came after just three weeks of supplementation.” ~Lisa Geng Tanner Geng’s “The Lellow Breakthrough”…
Reading and Academic Abilities For Those With Speech Impairments
“Students Will Rise To the Level of Expectations” ~ Quote from the movie Stand and Deliver The expression “Students Rise To the Level of Expectation” had to be inspired by the brilliant work by Dr. Robert Rosenthal about the effects of teacher’s expectations on students’ academic and physical performance, the effects of experimenters’ expectations on…
The Worst Side Effects May Be From…
“Hands down the most common temporary side effect when a child starts nutritional strategies is reported as one of the following “hyper” “irritable” “fussy” “bratty” “cranky” or some other variation of the word” Poor nutrition. We all know to survive we need certain nutrients but do you know the difference between “good nutrition” and “poor…
Why Are There So Many French Fries Around?
Some believe the resistance to move away from junk foods is due to addiction which is scientifically planned. From the article ‘Food cravings engineered by industry How Big Food keeps us eating through a combination of science and marketing’ “Salt, sugar and fat are the three pillars of the processed food industry,” Michael Moss said. “And while the industry…
Nutrition A Paradigm Shift In The Treatment Of TBI and Strokes
Recently the Department of Defense together with the Institute of Medicine published ‘Nutrition and Traumatic Brain Injury: Improving Acute and Subacute Health Outcomes in Military Personnel (2011)’ In the report, there were a number of nutrients found to be effective. While there are a number of them found naturally through food sources including polyphenols which…
From Struggles with Apraxia to Honors; Tanner Geng’s Success
“My biggest struggle was not being able to pronounce the words correctly or people couldn’t understand what I was saying if I was talking to them.”~ Tanner Geng Tanner’s Background From when he was 3 More recent updates about Tanner Letter To Me In 1999 From Me In 2015 from Jake’s Journey With Apraxia Growing…
Epigenics Through Diet Holds Promise For Health, Treatment For Autism, Apraxia And Other Conditions
Recently, the journal Pediatrics published ‘Therapies for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders” three different government funded studies that analyzed autism research from 2000 to 2010 for “Pharmacologic and Complementary-Alternative Medicine” (prescription drugs – biomedical treatments) as well as various types of early intervention therapies. Support for the treatments and therapies used for a decade to…