A new audit by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli finds young children with disabilities aren’t getting all the support services they’re entitled to.
DiNapoli is calling on the state Department of Health to improve its Early Intervention Program and even the playing field for all children with disabilities.
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Over the past three years, the pandemic has affected the development of our young ones, and the reality for a lot of families is that online learning was not ideal. Lear Communication can help, and registered speech-language pathologist Kylee Daley joined us with sensory-based skills to help phonemic and phonological awareness.
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To help those who have lost their ability to speak easily, Georgia Southern University’s RiteCare Center for Communications Disorders again is recruiting students, faculty, and staff members to make recordings for submission to a voice bank.
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UC Davis Health researchers have begun a new clinical trial that uses stem cells to treat patients with swallowing problems related to tongue injury from cancer treatment.
The trial is called REVIVE.
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A more holistic approach to education staffing that includes telepractice holds the potential to reduce educator burnout and ease the workforce shortage.
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A program from the Comprehensive Therapy Center aims to create a more diverse health care workforce by putting students from marginalized groups in touch with providers and clinicians of color.
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Children who receive cochlear implants before fully developing speech and language skills generally attain those skills more slowly than their typically hearing peers and eventually develop a slower rate of speaking. The reason for those delays has been unclear.
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Whether you’re moving an aging parent into your home, taking care of a partner who has cancer or managing any other scenario in which you’re caring for a loved one with health needs, one thing remains true: Caregiving can be incredibly stressful.
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A new Nyack bakery is giving young adults with special needs a chance to work and learn life skills. Shiri Reuveni-Ullrich is a speech therapist, a breast cancer survivor and the founder and president of Rising Above Bakery, a nonprofit started during the pandemic out of her Chestnut Ridge home.
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Daily more children are diagnosed with a disability that affects their educational performance. As we see this increase we, therefore, see more children needing an individualized education plan (IEP) and related services in schools. And, the more students enter into special education, the more we need special education teachers.
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