[Source: Psychophysiology via Your Therapy Source]
 

Psychophysiology published research on the effects of acute exercise on executive function in 20 healthy, 8-10, year old children.  This study compared the effect of an acute bout of continuous or intermittent, moderate-intensity treadmill exercise on executive function in young children. 

Participants in the continuous exercise group ran at 90% of gas exchange threshold whereas the participants in the intermittent exercise group performed six consecutive 2.5 min blocks of exercise. The intermittent exercise block was designed to reflect children's typical activity patterns, comprising 45 s at a heavy intensity, 33 s at a moderate intensity, 10 s at a severe intensity, and 62 s at a low intensity.

Source:  Science Daily]
 

Even before they are born, premature babies may display alterations in the circuitry of their developing brains, according to a first-of-its kind research study by Yale School of Medicine researchers and their colleagues at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Wayne State University.|
 

The findings are published in the journal Scientific Reports, a Nature Publishing Group Journal.

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Perceptual and Motor Skills  published research on visual motor integration skills in children with speech sound disorders (SSD).  A SSD is defined as a "persistent difficulty with speech sound production that interferes with speech intelligibility or prevents verbal communication of messages". 

Visual motor integration (VMI) is defined as the coordination of visual and motor functioning, which is closely related to academic skills.  Since visual input plays an important role in learning the phonological structure of language, children use multimodal information to determine how to produce a sound by perceiving speech spoken both by themselves and others.

Roger Ross Williams' feature-length documentary "Life, Animated," will have its television premiere at 8 p.m. ET Saturday on the A&E Network.
 

"We are thrilled," Williams announced on the film's Facebook page. "What a wonderful way to start 2017!"

Four Openings  - BCBA, two SLPs and SLPA
 

Fantastic opportunities for a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, 2 SLPs (lead and staff level), and an SLPA to work in a High School in the Fort Washington area for the 2016-2017 school year.   This historical community is named after Fort Washington, the only defensive fort protecting Washington, D.C in 1809. Now, it is a beautiful hidden treasure with riverfront homes, two marinas, two community pools, and National Golf Club.

[Source:  The Imagination Tree]

Make some gorgeous DIY colored sticks for counting, creative picture making, dominoes games and more! They're such a fun, open-ended loose part for free play and learning and would make a great gift or addition to the classroom or home learning shelves.