Therapeutic Resources Blog
Want Your kids to Learn More Words? Use your Hands
January 6, 2014
A new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says it depends not just on the words, but on how well parents use nonverbal cues. Read More »
Autistic Brain Circuits Make Mother’s Voice Just Another Sound
January 6, 2014
A human voice has no special ring to the autistic brain because areas related to reward and emotional context are not well wired to its center of voice recognition, a Stanford University study has found Read More »
Educator Raising Funds for PT Research while Sailing the Globe
January 6, 2014
At age 76, adventurer Stanley Paris, PT, PhD, FAPTA, FAAOMPT, set sail Dec. 2 on a quest to become the oldest and fastest person to solo circumnavigate the globe nonstop...Before setting sail, he already had raised more than $200,000, and he will continue to encourage donations throughout the trip. Read More »
Sounds are Sound Among Dyslexics, but Access May Lag
January 6, 2014
A faulty connection between where the brain stores the auditory building blocks of language and where it processes them may be to blame for dyslexia, a new study suggests. Read More »