“Instructions say six capsules per day for 12 weeks, reducing to two. To achieve the target dose you really need a minimum of four capsules a day” ~Dr. Alex Richardson Essential fatty acids or EFAs for short. are needed during a baby’s development in utero, and naturally found and needed in mother’s milk. An essential…
Parenting Special Needs
The First Scientific Conference on Therapy for Verbal Apraxia/Dyspraxia
The First Scientific Conference on Therapy for Verbal Apraxia/Dyspraxia, held on July 23-24, 2001 at the Headquarters Plaza Hotel, Morristown, New Jersey under the auspices of the Cherab Foundation, focused on “Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) and Verbal Apraxia: A New Potential Therapeutic Intervention.” Post Conference Statement The panel discussed various clinical research alternatives including the…
Dolphins Have Conversations ‘Just like us’
“Humans must take the first step to establish relationships with the first intelligent inhabitants of the planet Earth by creating devices capable of overcoming the barriers that stand in the way of using languages and in the way of communications between dolphins and people,”~Dr Vyacheslav Ryabov Have your children ever swam with dolphins? What about…
Remember Our Children Can Hear Us Talk About Them
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…
DIY Sensory Swing
“My son Logan has been going to occupational therapy and he loves the swing there and it really benefits his need to be held snuggled close and to swing around but when I looked on line either stuff is super expensive or I can’t find anything. So I made our own version” ~Raluca This was…
Dr. Tomorrow Predictions Come True #PokemonGo
“Why do students leave school? Mostly due to boredom. Yet Nintendo can hold a kid’s interest for six hours. Maybe we are doing something wrong.”~Dr. Tomorrow All that is missing from Dr. Tomorrow’s quote is #PokemonGo As a parent I’ve been sharing about how video games can help with special needs since my boys were…
The True Story Of The Real Life Little Mermaid
“Crying was viewed by the ABA people Melanie worked with as a “breakthrough” With no alternative means of communication, and no way to talk, Melanie failed miserably on simple tasks that were well beneath her capabilities, and her confidence and energy for life, what was left of it, slipped away as well. The only thing Mel…