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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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…
How To Start A Support Group for Apraxia, Autism, Epilepsy etc.
“JOIN OR START A SUPPORT GROUP. There is strength in numbers. Band together with other parents in your own community and hold regular meetings. If you can’t find enough parents locally, check out Internet listservs where compassionate and intelligent advice may come from a kindred soul who may be a thousand miles, but just the…
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…
Note To Reality TV Show ‘America’s Next Great Restaurant’… Please Choose Healthy!
For the sake of all of us! Someone needs to save us from restaurants like the one in Chandler, Arizona named the “Heart Attack Grill.” This restaurant makes a lame attempt at humor about cardiovascular disease and death by giving free “food” such as “Double Bypass Burger and Flatliner Fries” to patrons that weight 350…
You Are (as smart as) What You Eat
Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children finds eating healthy can slightly raise a child’s IQ Research is finding that a healthy diet will lead to a higher IQ. On the flip side, eating poorly can lower a child’s IQ. The findings were based on a number of studies including the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents…
Can You Have Whey If GFCF? In Support Of Dairy In the Autism Community
“Early evidence suggests that whey protein might also help prevent milk allergies in formula-fed infants. When compared to cow’s milk protein, whey may help prevent the development of atopic dermatitis or eczema in young children.” ~WebMD A famous milk poem from 1805 Little Miss Muffet Sat on a tuffet, Eating her curds and whey; Along…