Therapies To Break The Chains Of Disabilities

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Therapies To Break The Chains Of Disabilities
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Synopsis

1. Sports-Related Concussions Among Canadians The
   Risks And The Treatment
2. Can we help teachers help kids with dyslexia?
3. Dysarthria Did You Know There Is Only One
   Treatment Option Available?
4. Autism Rates Are Escalating, Be Prepared As A
   Parent
5. Concussions What To Know And What To Ask

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Sports-Related Concussions Among Canadians The
Risks And The Treatment

• If you are passionate about professional sports,
  you probably heard at least once that players are
  sitting out on games because of their
  concussions. Recovering from a concussion can
  vary and it can be a very slow process. Some
  people may experience PCS (post-concussive
  syndrome) symptoms. These are long-lasting
  impairments that can significantly
  altersocial-cognitive behaviour.
• Concussion therapy has the power to help with
  brain trauma. Because of the sensitivity of this
  issue, a team of healthcare professionals usually
  assesses,offers diagnosis and advice. There are
  two aspects one should bear in mind when
  evaluating the seriousness of a concussion how
  severe it is and how long do the symptoms persist
  and the number of concussions suffered
  previously.
• People who have suffered a concussion canget
  better through structured concussion treatment.
  This can help accelerate recovery and promote
  well-being. Since symptoms vary and each
  individual experiences them differently, it can
  be tough to say exactly when someone will be
  fully back to normal and able to perform daily
  activities. Happily, finding a trustworthy
  therapist is not necessarily difficult, although
  it requires some background research.

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Can we help teachers help kids with dyslexia?

• There is no set treatment for dyslexia and the
  best way to help is to adjust the way reading is
  taught. One of these is occupational therapy.
  Occupational therapy encompasses many activities
  meant to help people develop reading skills. The
  most common activity used is multisensory
  structured language education (MLSE) which is
  often used with both kids and adults . Patients
  can use other senses to help them recognise
  sounds and syllables. One example of this is
  using sandpaper letters to learn spelling or
  learning syllables by tapping with their fingers.
  As such, they learn the same sound over and over,
  helping them to remember it better .
• An alternative program is the Lindamood-Bell
  method. This is not often learnt in school but in
  private centres instead. In a similar way to
  MLSE, Lindamood-Bell breaks down learning to read
  in steps. However, instead of just using other
  senses to learn to read the word, the program
  also focuses on understanding content. This is
  often in the form of imagery and associating a
  certain word or phrase with a mental image .

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Can we help teachers help kids with dyslexia?

• Speech therapy is usually thought to help
  articulating words but this is not the case.
  Speech therapy can be advantageous as it helps
  the patient develop their vocabulary in addition
  to helping them develop phonological awareness .
  It is a skill that helps kids recognise thesound
  structure in words and identify specific sounds
  like syllables. Subsequently, they will improve
  in reading comprehension .
• Often in schools, teachers would seek the help of
  a speech language pathologist or receive training
  from them. Helping children with dyslexia is
  often an issue, especially since teachers have
  limited capacity to help students one on one.
  This means that many children are often left to
  their own devices. In addition, teachers do not
  always have the necessary training to recognise
  dyslexia or even support them in the classroom .

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Dysarthria Did You Know There Is Only One
Treatment Option Available?

• Speech therapy is the only available treatment
  for dysarthria. It is important to note that even
  though results differ depending on the severity
  of the symptoms, this treatment has improved in
  many cases the ability to speak. Therapy sessions
  can include exercises for slowing down speech,
  improving muscle strength, tongue and lips
  mobility and breathing exercises. Writing or as
  of more recently, using technology such as iPads
  and augmentative reality can also be used as
  tools in helping improve intelligibility.
• A small group study published in the American
  Journal of Speech-Language Pathology reveals the
  benefits of speech therapy in patients who had
  weekly sessions. The treatment consisted of a
  60-minute warm-up session followed by 60 minutes
  of therapy session for a month. Following
  treatment, patients demonstrated substantial
  speech improvements.
• There have been dozens other studies aiming to
  shed more light on the positive implications of
  speech therapy. In spite of being the one single
  treatment that patients can access, a significant
  part of those studies are either single,
  experimental cases, or observational among small
  groups. You can imagine how significant this
  unmet need is in the dysarthria community and how
  important is now than ever to raise awareness
  about research into the benefits of speech
  therapy.

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Autism Rates Are Escalating, Be Prepared As A
Parent

• The most commonly used type of therapy for autism
  is applied behavioral analysis (ABA). Its
  patient-centricity and flexibility are probably
  the main characteristics that made it successful.
  ABA aims to help children with autism develop
  social skills, from learning how to write and
  using the bathroom to empowering one to engage in
  social dialogue and even finding a job. Because
  of how the program is thought out involving as
  much as 40 hours a week and a step by step
  breakdown of objectives, it also promotes
  discipline, education and confidence.
• In a critical review of ABA in autism spectrum
  disorders it is being revealed that a specific
  type of therapy called early intensive
  behavioural intervention can significantly
  improve a childs IQ and social skills, and
  amazingly there is evidence that some cases have
  been completely cured . Although patients and
  their families should not embark on this journey
  expecting a 100 full recovery, that is in most
  of the cases the goal.
• Most importantly, it is important to know that
  frequency can make a very big difference. The
  vast majority of study papers have concluded by
  saying that more hours every week translate into
  more benefits.

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Concussions What To Know And What To Ask

• Cognitive rehabilitation speech therapists use
  evidence-based approaches to efficiently identify
  the issues and encourage healing. The main
  benefit is the fact that it is a patient centric
  therapy. Due to the fact that sessions are
  one-on-one, it allows patients to recover, help
  get better and even offer support and effective
  advice in how to compensate with a difficulty. It
  also takes into consideration the patients goals
  and their usual environments.
• Cognitive rehabilitation speech therapists use
  evidence-based approaches to efficiently identify
  the issues and encourage healing. The main
  benefit is the fact that it is a patient centric
  therapy. Due to the fact that sessions are
  one-on-one, it allows patients to recover, help
  get better and even offer support and effective
  advice in how to compensate with a difficulty. It
  also takes into consideration the patients goals
  and their usual environments.
• Concussion therapy can help at all stages of
  treatment. In worst case scenarios, during a coma
  for instance, professionals aim to get a general
  response to sensory stimulation, prepare for
  anticipatory recovery and prepare loved ones on
  how to interact when the patient regains
  consciousness. As the patient becomes more aware
  of the situation, a specialist may try to keep
  focus on basic exercises, like everyday
  conversation, help reduce confusion and put
  things in perspective. Late recovery involves an
  integrated plan for improving speech and memory,
  social skills strategies and as well
  self-management at home.

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