“Food For Thought” “How food affects IQ “A diet, high in fats, sugars, and processed foods in early childhood is associated with a lower IQ at the age of 8, while a diet packed full of vitamins and nutrients may do the opposite, suggests research just published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community…
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My-COMMUNICATION How to Teach a Child with Autism to Talk
How to Teach a Child with Autism to Talk Autism Community Magazine (Volume 2, Fall 2012) By Renai Jonas Ed.D.,CCC-SLP It is well documented that speech and language impairments and communication deficits are symptoms of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (DSM IV-TR). Approximately twenty-five percent (25%) of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are nonverbal…
Horns as therapy tools By Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson MS CCC-SLP
Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson M.S., CCC/SLP is on the advisory board for the Cherab Foundation “Horns as therapy tools”, By Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson, M.S.,CCC-SLP Published in ADVANCE Magazine May 31, 1999 and “Straws as therapy tools”, By Sara RosenfeldJohnson, M.S.,CCC-SLP, Published in ADVANCE Magazine April 19, 1999. Part I: Straws Using Simple Tools in Oral-Motor Therapy By Sara Rosenfield-Johnson,…
Oral Motor Dysfunction; Exercises and Therapy for Autism and Apraxia
Oral Motor Dysfunction and Therapy With most apraxic children it’s not that they physically ‘can’t’ blow bubbles or blow out candles etc. -it’s that they can’t do it when they want to/on command -a motor planning problem. Of course each child is different and in some cases children also have a weakness problem on top…
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…
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…