by Jennifer Horton | Aug 20, 2016 | Aphasia, Apraxia, Brain Injury, Language, Technology
(This Blog was written by Jaylene Martinow, CDA) There are many reasons why I love my job as a Communicative Disorders Assistant (CDA). I was reminded again of the importance and power of connecting with other people through communication, when working recently with...
by Jennifer Horton | Feb 5, 2016 | Brain Injury, Language, Miscellaneous, Technology
This is Tonya’s final App of the Month for awhile as she goes on mat leave later this month! I’m sure as she is juggling the demands of a new baby, she may need to use this app herself 🙂 The Prioritize Me! app is an excellent tool to make...
by Jennifer Horton | Dec 18, 2015 | Language
This quote has been circulated for many years. When I saw it with the illustration attached, it just stood out as particularly poignant and I wanted to share it here. There is a book by Mel Levine called A Mind at a Time that explores Einstein’s observation...
by Jennifer Horton | Dec 1, 2015 | Aphasia, Brain Injury, Fun Stuff, Language, Technology
This is a fun app that everyone can enjoy in family gatherings this month – but of course, there is a speech-language twist to it! When people have trouble with word-finding (something we see after strokes, brain injuries and language-based learning...
by Jennifer Horton | May 1, 2010 | Language, Preschool
We’ve known for a long time that increased television exposure during infancy (ages 2 months to 4 years) is associated with language delays and attentional problems, but we really haven’t known why. In this study, they discovered that when the television is on, there...
by Jennifer Horton | Oct 5, 2008 | Language
In the August 2008 issue of Psychologia, researchers Meyler et al. discovered that poor readers in the 5thgrade who receive 100 hours of intensive reading therapy showed actual differences in their brain function on fMRI scans! These differences were observed...
