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For a child with special communication needs, the acquisition of language skills often requires extensive instruction, practice, repetition, and time. Music therapy interventions, which are often enjoyed by children with special needs, can be developed to target and develop specific speech sounds, complementing the work of clinicians, including speech language therapists. 
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Tethered to Technology: Selecting the most appropriate AAC device | SLP
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Searching for the Right Device: How OTs help determine what patients need for independence | OT
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Keeping Young Bones Healthy: Dietary treatment of juvenile osteoporosis | NT
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Nursing and Special Populations: Challenges in providing healthcare for the homeless | Nursing
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Things are going my way! | My way of making the world a better place...
Michael Ellner
Things are going my way! ... Having a lecture added to the 92nd Street Y's 2010-2011 "Health & Wellness Series" is a deeply satisfying and pleasurable experience! I know because my "Pain Relief Workshop" has just been accepted and I will be speaking at the Y on Dec. 7, 2010...
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Hooray for the National Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments! | Going Green, Mark D. Marotta, Therapy Times
Behind The Zine
By Mark D. Marotta Somewhere along the line, my duties here at Valley Forge Press, which brings you Therapy Times, grew to include coming up with environmentally-themed articles for its sister publication, rt image. Not sure how that happened, but it did, for better or worse. So far, Therapy Times...
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Rejuvenation Amidst Frigid Temperatures | Patient Relations
Joanne Loewy
Hibernation, according to Webster's dictionary is a state of inactivity and metabolic depression in animals, characterized by lower body temperature, slower breathing, and lower metabolic rate. When animals hibernate they actually conserve energy. During winter, when food supply is limited, animals use their energy reserves at a slow rate. It...
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New Year Goals for Clinicians Working with Children wearing Cochlear Implants | IEPs for Children with Cochlear Implants
Amy McConkey Robbins
As a new semester of school approaches, it is a good time for clinicians and parents to review a child's IEP; to get a mid-year reading on the child's progress toward his or her stated goals. Yet, as experienced educators know, it is not just the child's progress we assess,...
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02.02.10
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Journal Watch
Remotely monitored in-home virtual reality videogames improved hand function and forearm bone health in teens with hemiplegic cerebral palsy, helping them perform activities of daily living such as eating, dressing, cooking, and other tasks for which two hands are needed.
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02.02.10
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In the News
The music they listen to doesn’t have any lyrics that tell them to grow, but new research from Tel Aviv University in Israel finds that premature babies who are exposed to music by 18th-century composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart gain weight faster – and therefore become stronger – than those who don’t.
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02.02.10
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In the News
Protein supplements don’t improve performance or recovery time and, according to a recent study, such supplements are inefficient for most athletes. “They are often poorly used or unnecessary by both high-level athletes and amateurs,” says Martin Fréchette, a researcher and graduate of the Université de Montréal Department of Nutrition.
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02.01.10
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Journal Watch
Chronically ill older adults who are closely supported by a nurse-physician primary care team are twice as likely to rate their healthcare as high-quality than those who receive usual care, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore
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02.01.10
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Scientists at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., have identified neurons in the songbird brain that convey the auditory feedback needed to learn a song according to a study published online in Neuron on Jan. 13.
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02.01.10
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Journal Watch
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) adversely affects glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Chicago.
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02.01.10
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In the News
It is a common assumption that it takes years to realize any measurable benefits from scientific research. It’s a marvel, therefore, to see an almost immediate payoff without wading through complicated tomes or deciphering squiggly creatures through microscopes. The payoff is a dramatic upturn in a person’s quality of life.
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01.19.10
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In the News
For their unique Return to Work Lab, which focuses on individualized rehabilitation for younger, more active cardiac patients, the Cardiac Rehabilitation program at the Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital in Dallas was recently awarded the Innovation Award from the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
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01.19.10
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In the News
As skiers and snowboarders prepare to flock to the slopes, a Geisinger physician offers advice for staying safe this winter season.
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01.19.10
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In the News
Your mother may have taught you that it’s rude to point, but according to new research in Psychological Science, gesturing may actually help improve communication.
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CareFusion staff discuss the company's offerings for 2010, including ventilated products, non-invasive ventilation and high-flow oxygen solutions to help avoid intubating the patients, alternative airway access devices and closed suction catheters to avoid breaking the circuit which decreases the potential risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
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