Podcast: Parents of Children With Mental Illness
Chrisa Hickey’s journey into mental health advocacy started when her son, Tim, was diagnosed with very early onset schizophrenia after being admitted to a psychiatric hospital for the first time at the age of 11. He had been showing symptoms for years and had received a half dozen different diagnoses. His family was desperately looking for answers.
Tim’s illness took a toll on the entire family, which was only exacerbated by the lack of information and resources available to them. In America, fewer than 100 children per year are diagnosed with very early onset schizophrenia. Chrisa had to find information and ...
Source: World of Psychology - September 19, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Podcast Tags: Bipolar Children and Teens Depression Family General Mental Health and Wellness Parenting Podcast Psychiatry Psychology Schizophrenia The Psych Central Show Source Type: blogs
Inside Schizophrenia: Working With Schizophrenia
Everyone complains about work. Having to go to work every day, working too much, not getting paid enough- working can be challenging for so many reasons. Today’s episode focuses on working while having schizophrenia.
Host Rachel Star Withers, a diagnosed schizophrenic, and co-host Gabe Howard share antidotes from their own work lives and speak with fellow schizophrenic Michelle Hammer. Michelle, an award-winning graphic designer and entrepreneur, discusses her struggles working full time and transitioning to working for herself. Cheryl Wallace the Vice President of Programs at Rose Hill Center, a psychiatric treatm...
Source: World of Psychology - September 18, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rachel Star Withers Tags: A Bipolar, A Schizophrenic, and a Podcast Inside Schizophrenia Mental Health and Wellness Self-Help Employment life with schizophrenia Living With Schizophrenia mental illness at work Psychology working working and schizophrenia Source Type: blogs
How I Integrated Animal-Assisted Therapy into Practice
As a speech-language pathologist with more than 17 years of experience, I thought I had seen it all. I was starting to wonder, what’s next for me? A specialty? A career change? A facility change?
Around this time, we added a bulldog puppy named Teddy to our family. We took him to visit my brother and his family. At that visit, I unknowingly discovered my next path in life. The connection between Teddy and my nephew—recently diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder—was remarkable.
My nephew fell in love with him at first sight. His excitement led to him engaging with us socially—essentially for the first time—using...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - September 16, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Ashley Kalosieh Tags: Audiology Health Care Private Practice Slider Speech-Language Pathology Autism Spectrum Disorder Source Type: blogs
ASHA Voices Podcast Premiere: Communication Disorders and the Justice System
On the first episode of ASHA Voices, we take a look at the intersection of cognitive-communication disorders (CCDs) and the justice system.
We’ll meet an SLP and a retired police lieutenant working to de-escalate police encounters by teaching young adults with autism how to communicate effectively with police officers.
“[W]e have a full weekend of working with young people to basically talk about their behavior,” says CEO and founder of the L.A. Speech and Language Therapy Center Pamela Wiley.
And, we’ll hear from a Howard University professor who says shares what she’s learned about cognitive-communication diso...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - September 12, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: J.D. Gray Tags: Audiology Podcast Slider Speech-Language Pathology Autism Spectrum Disorder Language Disorders Source Type: blogs
The Autism Act, 10 years on: a report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Autism on understanding, services and support for autistic people and their families in England
All Party Parliamentary Group on Autism -Under the landmark Autism Act, alongside other important laws like the Care Act, autistic people in England are entitled to the care and support they need. But this inquiry report, based on a survey of around 11,000 autistic adults people and families, found that not enough has been done locally and nationally to make sure that the Autism Act makes a difference to all autistic people in the country. Progress has been held up because there isn ’t enough understanding of the Act’s duties on councils and the NHS and of how to implement them.ReportNational Autistic Society - press r...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - September 11, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Mental Health Source Type: blogs
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Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - September 11, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Autism Personality subscribers-only Source Type: blogs
May “industry review boards” contribute to the wider adoption of virtual and augmented reality for physical and mental health?
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Industry review boards are needed to protect VR user privacy (World Economic Forum blog):
“It seemed like a game when Riley first started the virtual reality (VR) maze … A month after playing the game, Riley was turned down for a new life-insurance policy. Given his excellent health, he couldn’t understand why. Several appeals later, the insurance company disclosed that Riley’s tracking data from the VR maze game revealed behavioral movement patterns often seen among people in the very early stages of dementia … This is a hypothetical situation, but the science of using movements tracked in VR to predi...
Source: SharpBrains - September 11, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Technology AR biometric Cognitive-tests dementia FDA institutional review boards insurance IRB movement patterns neurorehabilitation neurotechnologies Neurotechnology privacy virtual Source Type: blogs
Bad viruses travel fast: Measles vaccine important for travelers
(This post has been updated with relevant recent information.)
The United States was declared free from ongoing measles transmission in 2000. But we may be at risk for joining the UK Greece, Albania, and the Czech Republic, four countries recently stripped of measles elimination status by the World Health Organization. Since the beginning of 2019, more than 1,234 measles cases have been reported in 31 states, with active outbreaks in upstate New York and El Paso, Texas. New York has just declared the end of its yearlong outbreak, which required a massive public health response to control. Minnesota had a major measles outb...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - September 8, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Ross, MD, FIDSA Tags: Health Infectious diseases Prevention Travel health Source Type: blogs
Announcing the New ASHA Leader Podcast: ASHA Voices
Get your earbuds ready. Just one week from now, the Leader will debut its new podcast, ASHA Voices. A show about how we communicate and how communication changes our lives, ASHA Voices is brought to you by the team behind the ASHA Leader magazine and hosted by J.D. Gray.
The show’s first episode premieres here on Leader Live Sept. 12, but you can hear a preview today.
Listen to the trailer now:
The first episode of the new podcast looks at the link between cognitive-communication disorders and the justice system. We’ll hear from a duo that teaches young adults with autism how to interact safely with the police, an...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - September 5, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: J.D. Gray Tags: Academia & Research Audiology Health Care News Podcast Private Practice Schools Speech-Language Pathology episode listen Source Type: blogs
Bad viruses travel fast: Measles vaccine important for travelers
The United States was declared free from ongoing measles transmission in 2000. But we may be at risk for joining the U.K, Greece, Albania, and the Czech Republic, four countries recently stripped of measles elimination status by the World Health Organization. Since the beginning of 2019, more than 1,234 measles cases have been reported in 31 states, with active outbreaks in upstate New York and El Paso, Texas. New York has just declared the end of its yearlong outbreak, which required a massive public health response to control. Minnesota had a major measles outbreak in 2017. In 2015, 125 cases of measles occurred in Cali...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - September 5, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Ross, MD, FIDSA Tags: Health Infectious diseases Prevention Travel health Source Type: blogs
What underlies the documented increase in autism incidence? Results of a new study
Studies from the Center for Disease Control and elsewhere have compellingly documented a rapid increase in the incidence of autism in the United States. WHAT THE HELL IS CAUSING IT? Given the enormous human and societal costs of this malady, few practical scientific questions are more important to we Americans, in our current era.
Whether a single or multiple factors, the cause(s) of an increased incidence of autism has to meet three obvious criteria:
It has to be widely dispersed in our environment — because autism rate increases are EVERYWHERE, at least in the United States.
It must be steadily increasing in its c...
Source: On the Brain by Dr. Michael Merzenich, Ph.D. - September 1, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Dr. Merzenich Tags: Autism Origins, Treatments Brain Fitness BrainHQ Childhood Learning Cognitive Impairment in Children Cognitive impairments Language Development Reading and Dyslexia Source Type: blogs
6 Tips to Ease Data-Gathering During Group Sessions in Schools
Taking data for speech-language groups isn’t easy. Whether you’ve been an SLP for a long time or are just getting started, chances are you have—at some point—found it pretty tricky to record data for group treatment sessions (especially big groups) with a variety of goals (especially goals in different areas).
You aren’t alone. I struggle, too, so here are some tips that help me get through. My hope is they help you, too.
Keep goals on an index card
When getting to know new students, I write each one’s main goal or goal area on a different note card. I know my schedule will go through many iterations across t...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - August 28, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Shelley D. Hutchins Tags: Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Autism Spectrum Disorder Early Intervention Professional Development Source Type: blogs
Want to Improve Your Cultural Competency? Check Out SIG 14, Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
This special interest group focuses on the intersection of sociocultural factors with audiology and speech-language pathology services.
1. What would you say to encourage other colleagues to join SIG 14?
SIG 14 has an amazing community of professionals, and I enjoy the discussions and information shared. I appreciate being able to tap them on the shoulder when I have a complicated case. Having access to Perspectives is also a great perk of SIG 14, with articles focused on culturally and linguistically diverse populations across the lifespan and across disabilities.
2. How has your involvement in this SIG improved your unde...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - August 26, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Melissa White Tags: Academia & Research Health Care Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Bilingual assessment bilingual service delivery Cultural Diversity multilingual Source Type: blogs
Sensor Reads Signs of Oncoming Aggression in Autism
Many people who suffer from autism experience periods when they become aggressive, something that tends to come out of the blue. Those taking care of such folks have a hard time managing such episodes, particularly because there’s no warning and there’s no time to take mitigating actions.
Now, researchers at Northeastern University have developed a system, which relies on a wrist-worn device, that can predict aggressive episodes a minute before they become apparent with nearly 90% accuracy.
The wearable device collects information about the patient’s heart rate, level of sweating, skin temperature, ...
Source: Medgadget - August 23, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Pediatrics Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
How early can you — and should you — diagnose autism?
Autism is common. According to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1 out of every 59 children has been diagnosed with autism. That’s a marked rise from 2000, when only 1 in 150 children had been diagnosed with autism.
There is a lot we don’t know about autism, such as exactly what causes it or why it is becoming more common. But one thing we do know is that the earlier we start treating it, the better. Communication and social skills are built very early. We have our best chance of improving things if we work within that natural window. That’s why there has been a steady pu...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - August 23, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire McCarthy, MD Tags: Brain and cognitive health Children's Health Parenting Source Type: blogs
