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Learning Disabilities

Going through cognitive therapy can be difficult and frustrating for patients, but it can be incredibly rewarding. Supporting a loved one in cognitive...

21 June 2023

You may have heard different answers concerning the correct way to refer to people within the autistic community. Is the correct term person with auti...

12 June 2023

Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) typically experience challenges with communication and social skills. Completing language exercises wi...

17 April 2023

You may have patients who struggle with different types of attention. One that proves difficult for many people is maintaining sustained attention. In...

3 March 2023

Research shows that a positive relationship between patient and clinician can improve therapy outcomes. How can clinicians improve communication with ...

27 February 2023

There are different types of motivation, and understanding them can give us a lot of insight into our own behaviors and emotions, as well as those of ...

22 February 2023

Processing speed refers to the amount of time it takes for a person to understand and respond to stimuli around them. Here are a few of the best exerc...

27 January 2023

When using HappyNeuron Pro, you have the option of limiting cognitive exercises visible to your patient. In fact, this is recommended! ...

25 January 2023

Visual overstimulation occurs when one’s surroundings are too visually stimulating, causing overwhelm and distraction....

16 December 2022

Although you already have a wealth of knowledge from your studies, having additional websites, software, and books for further education and support w...

9 December 2022

Society requires us to have adequate ability to perform mathematical calculations. Life events, such as buying a home or even comparing prices of item...

25 February 2022

With dyslexia being labeled as a learning disability, there are many misconceptions and myths about dyslexia. With recent research, there is more info...

24 May 2021

Dyslexia is a lifelong learning disability. Often diagnosed in childhood, children with dyslexia have substantial difficulty with reading in compariso...

14 May 2021

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...

7 May 2021

Parents take their children for assessments when their child is thought to have a learning disability. Too often, children are diagnosed as "fine". Th...

17 July 2020

Administrating and supplying occupational therapy services within a school system is challenging. There are a lot of barriers to overcome that inhibit...

15 July 2020

This is a question that gets asked often.  These terms have felt for years to be interchangeable, but are they?  The answer to that is, no.  ...

24 April 2020

Before diving deep into what is an intellectual disability, it is best to explain what it is not. Intellectual disabilities are not mental illnesses, ...

22 April 2020

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is more than just a behavior problem. Research has unveiled that genetic, environmental, and neuropsyc...

1 April 2020

Language

Climate change has far-reaching implications, including for our cognitive health....

2 October 2023

In this blog post, we explore how emerging AI technology could make an impact on the lives of individuals with aphasia....

16 August 2023

Effects of MS may include physical symptoms as well as cognitive symptoms....

4 August 2023

What exactly is brain fog, and what does cognitive science tell us about its origins and effects?...

28 July 2023

Grief can be a life-changing experience, and it’s no wonder it can change our brains. ...

9 June 2023

Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) typically experience challenges with communication and social skills. Completing language exercises wi...

17 April 2023

In this article, we’ll focus on why childhood aphasia occurs, the different types, and how it may be treated through cognitive therapy....

12 April 2023

It turns out that learning a new language changes the brain! Let’s take a look at the interesting effects on the brain that come from speaking a sec...

10 April 2023

Aphasia is a language impairment typically caused by a stroke or other brain injury. It can affect both the understanding and production of speech and...

5 April 2023

In addition to a healthy diet and exercise, there are many activities that can help someone with stroke recovery. Physical therapy may be necessary fo...

23 January 2023

New Year’s resolutions are a great way to enter into a new mindset and achieve goals that improve your life. Why not help your clients set goals to ...

30 December 2022

Are you working with people that have aphasia? Here are three HappyNeuron Pro exercises for aphasia that you can use with your clients today!...

21 December 2022

Although you already have a wealth of knowledge from your studies, having additional websites, software, and books for further education and support w...

9 December 2022

Holidays may mean more conversations and potentially a break from formal therapy sessions. Here are 5 ways to continue practicing your language skills...

2 December 2022

Aphasia is a condition that reflects the loss of language. Depending on the nature of aphasia, a person may have trouble producing and/or understandin...

30 November 2022

Aphasia is a common disorder resulting from a stroke that impairs a person’s ability to produce and understand language. Speech therapists often wor...

6 July 2022

When someone has a stroke on the left side of their brain, they may have difficulty producing speech. This condition is known as Broca's aphasia. Many...

4 July 2022

Aerobic exercise has been studied extensively for its physical, mental, and cognitive health benefits. Of interest is how often physical therapists ma...

20 February 2022

Mary Ann has a voluminous amount of information to share for SLPs who work with TBI patients. In this mini segment, she discusses how and why she uses...

5 November 2021

SLPs are involved in the recovery process of clients with different medical conditions. In acquired brain injury through a motor vehicle accident, dam...

20 September 2021

Motor vehicle accidents are a common cause of brain injury in teens and adults. A common concern of patients who have experienced a brain injury is th...

1 September 2021

Aphasia commonly occurs after someone experiences a stroke. When a closed head injury occurs in the left hemisphere, a person may lose the ability to ...

9 August 2021

With dyslexia being labeled as a learning disability, there are many misconceptions and myths about dyslexia. With recent research, there is more info...

24 May 2021

Holidays may mean a break from formal therapy sessions, but you can help your clients build their language skills even over the holiday season. Here a...

16 December 2020

Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a gradual loss of language ability associated with dementia. There are 3 variants of PPA that impact speech and l...

6 November 2020

Language is one of the ways we communicate. It is one that when it is lost it is greatly missed. Kyra's background and work with executive function sk...

30 October 2020

Language is a complex cognitive skill that involves many regions of the brain. Stroke, brain injury, disease, developmental disabilities, and aging ca...

8 July 2020

Language is a cognitive skill that we all use to communicate and interact with the world around us. Words are connected in meaningful patterns to form...

24 June 2020

We use language every day to communicate thoughts, feelings, and ideas. When the ability to produce or comprehend language is lost, people find the...

8 June 2020

Language is what helps us express ourselves and understand the world around us. When the language section of our brain gets injured, it can cause a lo...

28 May 2020

Language is a cognitive skill that binds people together. Language allows people to communicate complex thoughts and emotions with one another. While ...

22 May 2020

What is Language? While many complex definitions exist, language is the way that people communicate. In a language, words are connected in me...

25 July 2019

ADHD

You may have patients who struggle with different types of attention. One that proves difficult for many people is maintaining sustained attention. In this article, we'll discuss how to improve sustained attention skills.

3 March 2023

Processing speed refers to the amount of time it takes for a person to understand and respond to stimuli around them. Here are a few of the best exercises to improve processing speed.

27 January 2023

New Year’s resolutions are a great way to enter into a new mindset and achieve goals that improve your life. Why not help your clients set goals to improve their cognition this year? Setting goals together at the beginning of the year could help clients stay motivated and better understand their progress over time. Here are some of the areas of cognition that you can work on together using our digital program and/or worksheets.

30 December 2022

Visual overstimulation occurs when one’s surroundings are too visually stimulating, causing overwhelm and distraction.

16 December 2022

Visual overstimulation occurs when one’s surroundings are too visually hectic and cause feelings of overwhelm and distractedness. Overstimulation can happen to anyone, though it is prevalent among people with autism or ADHD.

14 December 2022

You may notice that packaging and delivering information slightly differently to your child with ADHD can result in better outcomes. Giving instructions can be one of those moments. ADHD affects executive function skills specifically the ability to plan and prioritize things so organizing your words clearly can help boost your daughter’s ability to follow instructions logically. Here are some effective strategies for giving clear instructions:

15 October 2022

All around the world, many college students encounter various social and academic problems. Among these problems is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD. Students who are diagnosed or experience ADHD symptoms may struggle with other mental health concerns. Because of this, students may have difficulty navigating college and the new changes that come with it.

8 August 2022

Many experts including Dr. William Dodson estimate that children with ADHD on average receive 20,000 more negative messages than other children. The importance of giving praise can’t be overestimated. Kids with ADHD need our feedback to be motivating, inspiring, and loving. Think about praise as an underused condiment in the recipe of parenting. Take it off the shelf and pepper it into everything you do. Here are some examples of how to incorporate more specific, targeted praise for your child.

19 November 2021

Natalie is back with some expert advice about how to work with patients who have both ADHD and a TBI. If you love this video you MUST check out her entire interview found in the expert interviews today!

7 July 2021

Working memory is a complex cognitive function that consists of three skills: reordering, updating, and dual processing incoming information. Clinical providers and researchers are trying to better understand which working components of working memory aren’t working in youth with ADHD, as youth with ADHD are likely to struggle academically and socially. A research study by Fosco et. al (2020) revealed that children with ADHD struggle most with reordering information, but not dual processing. In this article, we discuss which working components of working memory aren’t working in youth with ADHD.

2 July 2021

Children with autism spectrum disorder may not get enough physical activity in their daily lives. Many physical activities that children at young ages engage in are team sports, such as soccer. Children with autism spectrum disorder may have difficulty handling competitiveness, learning strategies to participate effectively, and communicating and socializing with their peers. These difficulties can cause children with an autism spectrum disorder to avoid these kinds of activities and, in turn, not get enough physical activity. Parents of children with autism spectrum disorder diagnosis often seek ways to get their child involved in a somewhat social physical activity. One activity that is conducive to children, even with developmental disabilities, is swimming. Swimming is an activity that can be done individually and in groups, making it an accessible activity for children with autism spectrum disorder as swimming is not dependent on learning specific game strategies and communicating heavily with other group participants. One study examined the efficacy of a group aquatic exercise program on a child with an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis’s fitness and swimming skills. This blog post discusses the effectiveness of a group aquatic exercise program on fitness and swimming skills for children with an autism spectrum disorder.

4 June 2021

Brain injuries are complex injuries. Heather Condello and her team of occupational therapists at Complex Injury Rehab - The Brain, Spine & Mental Health Clinic understand that. Heather and Ayushi, one of Heather's skilled OTs, sit down with Dustin and discuss how they approach brain injury. HOw they have redefined occupational therapy to help their clients get back on track and resume the occupations that bring them joy - both in their homes and remotely.

26 May 2021

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 ADHD as well as parents, friends, teachers, and other peers understand what ADHD is and how to help. Jessica has an active YouTube channel called HowtoADHD which she runs with the help of her husband who also has ADHD.

30 April 2021

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 been completed, and talk excessively. ADHD can also impact children’s peer relationships. Children diagnosed with ADHD may engage in behaviors such as complaining, not following rules for activities, and not paying attention to peers in social settings. Despite pharmaceutical, behavioral, or combined therapeutic interventions, researchers have found that children with ADHD continue to struggle with peer relationships despite reported improvement of ADHD symptoms (Hoza, Gerdes, et al., 2005). In this blog post, we discuss 3 ways ADHD impacts friendships in children.

21 April 2021

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is more than just a behavior problem. Research has unveiled that genetic, environmental, and neuropsychological factors impact behaviors associated with the disorder. Here are the 5 most important things to know about ADHD.

1 April 2020

Autism

You may have heard different answers concerning the correct way to refer to people within the autistic community. Is the correct term person with autism, or autistic person?

12 June 2023

Occupational therapy can often be helpful to people with ASD. In this article, we'll explore occupational therapy exercises for autism.

22 May 2023

If the appropriate considerations and accommodations are made, employees with autism can very often thrive in their jobs.

26 April 2023

Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) typically experience challenges with communication and social skills. Completing language exercises with an SLP is one way to address these challenges.

17 April 2023

New Year’s resolutions are a great way to enter into a new mindset and achieve goals that improve your life. Why not help your clients set goals to improve their cognition this year? Setting goals together at the beginning of the year could help clients stay motivated and better understand their progress over time. Here are some of the areas of cognition that you can work on together using our digital program and/or worksheets.

30 December 2022

Visual overstimulation occurs when one’s surroundings are too visually stimulating, causing overwhelm and distraction.

16 December 2022

Visual overstimulation occurs when one’s surroundings are too visually hectic and cause feelings of overwhelm and distractedness. Overstimulation can happen to anyone, though it is prevalent among people with autism or ADHD.

14 December 2022

Although you already have a wealth of knowledge from your studies, having additional websites, software, and books for further education and support will always be helpful. With this in mind, here are a few of our favorite resources for new SLP graduates!

9 December 2022

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 need different types of thinkers and how to encourage them. Understanding how different types of brains work is critical to better serve patients who may have gifts of their own. 

30 April 2020

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 to her. In this talk, Jac discusses how the concepts of neurodiversity, the social model of disability, and the double empathy problem connect with her personal experience. As an activist, Jac wants to challenge and help people reshape the way they think about autism. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

22 April 2020

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 clinicians only had theories. With the advancements of modern imaging, researchers and clinicians now have scientific evidence to back up their theories. With the growing body of research available on autism, here are 3 things we’ve found to be most important to know about autism and the brain:

20 April 2020

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