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Employer Self-Insurance Offers Opportunities for PTs

As more employers opt for self-funded health plans, a growing number of physical therapists are finding ways to benefit.

from PT in Motion

Among the reasons for becoming a physical therapist (PT), the chance to work with self-insured employers likely is near the bottom of the list. After all, says Mike Horsfield, PT, MBA, ATC, the average PT in an outpatient clinic or typical owner of a physical therapy private practice “doesn’t even know when a patient’s employer is self-funded, because it doesn’t change the way that person is billed.”

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Reasons and Ways to Use Gross Motor Equipment in Articulation Treatment

Explore some benefits of using gross motor equipment as a speech-language pathologist.

from ASHA Leader

I’m a school-based and private clinician, but some of my favorite therapy activities use equipment more typically associated with occupational therapy (OT) and physical therapy (PT) services. When I can get my hands on them! Stability balls, sensory bins, tummy scooters… these activities are highly engaging for students and can promote progress with their speech-language goals.

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State Forces Physical Therapists to Wind Down ‘Dry Needling’ Treatment

Therapists’ decade-long practice to end; acupuncturists, other professionals accused them of performing ‘unlicensed acupuncture’.

from NJ Spotlight

Hundreds of New Jersey physical therapists now offering “dry needling” will no longer be able to treat their patients using this pain-relief technique come September, ending a nearly decade-long practice and easing concerns among acupuncturists who felt it infringed on their own profession.

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Pain: Defining Something That is Sometimes Indefinable

How do you define pain? Do we need a new definition?

from Evidence in Motion

How do you define pain? Do we need a new definition? This is a thought question recently published in Pain by Amanda Williams and Kenneth Craig in November of 2016. The current definition of pain found in the IASP Taxonomy is: “An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage.”

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Infant Brain Changes Could Be Autism Predictor, Small Study Says

The authors of the recent study say their findings point toward a future possibility of early detection of ASD.

from ASHA Leader

Magnetic resonance imaging showing accelerated growth of brain surface area during an infant’s first year of life has allowed researchers to predict—with 80 percent accuracy in a small-scale study—whether the infant would later be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) at 2 years old.

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Schools Ban Fidget Toys as Classroom Distraction

Fidget spinners are toys designed to enhance concentration, but schools are starting to see them as a distraction.

from Chicago Tribune

The latest craze in classrooms and on playgrounds comes in the form of brightly colored, hand-held trinkets that spin, have buttons to push or otherwise keep hands occupied.

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Star of New Comic Book Has Down Syndrome

In a first, a new comic book debuting this summer will feature a superhero with an extra 21st chromosome.

from Disability Scoop

Comic book publisher Lion Forge said they will introduce a character named Jonah, a teenage boy with Down syndrome, in a new series called “Superb.”

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Language Skills Blossom from STEM

An SLP uses STEM—science, technology, engineering, mathematics—vocabulary and activities to cultivate language and literacy skills among older students.

from The ASHA Leader

Jennifer Garrett has developed a passion for finding inventive ways to treat language and literacy disorders in older students. A couple of years ago, she was searching for a new approach and found one in a less-than-obvious place: science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education.

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Protecting the Protectors

Firefighters, law enforcement officers, and military personnel make it their mission to keep Americans safe, and PTs are committed to returning the favor.

from PT in Motion

At APTA’s Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) in San Antonio in February, Jake Morrow, PT, MPT, briefed a packed ballroom of physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, and students on the physical demands that firefighters face. It’s a subject with which he’s personally familiar.

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Learning to Talk Like a Woman (or Man)

Some transgender men and women are turning to Speech Language Pathologists for help with feminizing or masculinizing their voices.

from The New York Times

Just as some transgender women and men choose to take hormones or have surgery, or choose neither, some seek to feminize or masculinize their voices. Many say they want a voice that matches their appearance or that the change allows them to escape unwanted attention. There’s also a growing recognition among health professionals who have transgender patients that altering one’s voice can improve quality of life and reduce distress.

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