How to Sneak in Physical Therapy on Vacation
How to Sneak in Physical Therapy on Vacation Spring break approaches. Summer approaches. Trips are planned. What you can’t always plan, however, is getting the physical activity your child might...
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Organizing Your Child’s Brain Through Crawling and Creeping
Crawling and Creeping When I first met Benjamin Thompson, he was struggling with echolalia (unsolicited repetition of vocalizations), extreme hyperactivity, self-biting, and poor eating and sleep habits. He had been...
7 Speech Activities for Valentine’s Day Using Conversation Hearts
Speech Activities for Valentine’s Day After almost three months in the NICU, my son came home with a tracheotomy and g-tube. I am no stranger to speech and feeding therapy....
Pharmacogenetics: Genetic Testing for Personalized Medical Treatment
Pharmacogenetics The more we learn about genetics, the better able we are to impact a myriad of health conditions through personalized medical treatment. The unique tailoring of customized therapies to...
Notes from the Editor “Alternative Therapies”
Welcome to our LARGEST issue to date! In this issue, we are proud to present
Your Aura and Its Connection to Alternative Medicine
In 2006, I resigned my faculty position at the medical school where I had worked for twelve years. I felt strongly that there had to be a better way, a...
Happy is Healthy
Happy is Healthy Healthy is something we all strive for, whether for ourselves or for our kids. As adults it can be activities including going to the gym, cutting back...
Check it Out! Products You Can Use: Simple Life Tools
Simple Life Tools Moowi Speech Therapy Puppets The Moowi Puppets are speech and language therapy tools that are designed so that mouth and tongue articulation exercises will never be boring...
Check It Out! Product You Can Use: Healthy Solutions for Focus & Fuel
Healthy Solutions for Focus & Fuel We applaud inventive companies that are coming up with innovative and fun ways for kids to lead healthier, more productive lives. This article will...
Helmets have Little Effect on Correcting Deformed Infant Skulls
Noel about 9 months old. Image courtesy xlinked.blogspot.com The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal The head of a healthy newborn has soft spots and sutures that allow the skull to grow and...