07 May What is a Dyslexic Brain?
Dyslexia is classified as a learning disability that affects an individual’s ability to read, spell, write, and speak. It is often known for causing poor reading skills. A key sign of dyslexia is trouble decoding...
30 Apr [Video] TEDTalk – Failing at Normal: An ADHD Success Story
Jessica McCabe is an adult who struggled with ADHD as a child into her adulthood. After battling the impacts of ADHD in her own life, she became an ADHD educator to help people living with...
26 Apr Why Some Children Struggle to Learn Fractions
Learning fractions is an important mathematical skill. We use fractions in professions such as life sciences and auto-mechanics, as well as everyday life for quantifying parts of a whole. However, many elementary and middle school-aged...
21 Apr How Does ADHD Impact Friendships in Children?
ADHD impacts people throughout their lifespan. For children, ADHD can cause a child to have difficulty focusing during class, keeping track of assignments and their due dates, blurt out responses to questions before they have...
07 Apr Which Cognitive Training Method is Best For My Client with Alzheimer’s Disease?
Addressing cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s patients is a common concern of activity directors, occupational therapists, psychologists, speech-language pathologists, and other clinical professionals working with this patient demographic. Alzheimer’s disease is caused by the build of...
18 Nov [Video] TEDTalk – What You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease
Preventative health involves manageable changes that people can implement into their everyday lives. Some ways people can actively prevent Alzheimer’s disease include proper sleep hygiene, getting enough physical activity, and eating a diet that is...
16 Nov 3 Ways SLPs Are Involved In Alzheimer’s Disease Care
Alzheimer’s disease is a debilitating neurological disease that occurs when plaques build up within the brain tissue. As the disease progresses, cognitive function declines. While SLPs are traditionally thought to work with only speech and...
30 Apr [Video] TEDTalk – The World Needs All Kinds of Minds
Temple Grandin was diagnosed with autism as a child. In this Ted Talk, she explains how her brain works. Her visual processing helps her solve problems that a neurotypical brain cannot. She explains why we...
22 Apr [Video] TEDTalk – Why Everything You know About Autism is Wrong
At the age of 25, Jac den Houting was diagnosed with autism. While many parents of children worry when their child is diagnosed with autism, Jac describes it as the best thing to ever happen...
20 Apr Autism and The Brain
For years, caregivers and loved ones of someone with autism have been searching for an understanding as to why. Why does their child or loved why, function the way they do. Until recently, researchers and...