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Systematic review calls for early targeted interventions to help babies and toddlers with cerebral palsy harness time window with maximum brain plasticity

July 2, 2021 by SharpBrains

Ear­ly tar­get­ed inter­ven­tion ‘crit­i­cal’ for improv­ing out­comes in cere­bral pal­sy (Healio):

Ear­ly inter­ven­tion for chil­dren with or at high risk for cere­bral pal­sy should begin “as soon as pos­si­ble” in order to build on “a crit­i­cal devel­op­men­tal time,” accord­ing to results of a sys­tem­at­ic review pub­lished in JAMA Pedi­atrics. [Read more…] about Sys­tem­at­ic review calls for ear­ly tar­get­ed inter­ven­tions to help babies and tod­dlers with cere­bral pal­sy har­ness time win­dow with max­i­mum brain plasticity

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: Attention-Deficit, autism spectrum disorder, Brain-Plasticity, Cerebral palsy, cognitive-skills, disabilities, early intervention, intellectual disability, language impairment, Neurodevelopmental, neurodevelopmental disabilities, neuroplasticity, sleep, speech

Next in Human Resources: Seeing cognitive diversity as an asset to build on, not a problem to avoid

July 13, 2016 by SharpBrains

brains_neurodiversityNeu­ro­di­ver­si­ty: The Ben­e­fits of Recruit­ing Employ­ees with Cog­ni­tive Dis­abil­i­ties (Har­vard Busi­ness School’s Work­ing Knowledge):

There’s a new fron­tier in diver­si­ty pro­grams focused not on race or gen­der but on cog­ni­tive ability.

The grow­ing inter­est in neurodiversity—hiring peo­ple with cog­ni­tive dis­abil­i­ties like Autism Spec­trum Dis­or­der (ASD)—is moti­vat­ed by com­pa­nies look­ing to tap into [Read more…] about Next in Human Resources: See­ing cog­ni­tive diver­si­ty as an asset to build on, not a prob­lem to avoid

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Filed Under: Education & Lifelong Learning, Peak Performance Tagged With: autism spectrum disorder, cognitive, cognitive disabilities, cognitive-ability, disabilities, diversity, Harvard, Human-Resources, neurodiversity, workforce

Survey finds significant promise for home-based, data-rich cognitive therapy among stroke survivors

May 11, 2016 by SharpBrains

ConstantTherapyTele­health Sees Suc­cess in Ther­a­py (MHealth Intelligence):

“Tele­health-based ther­a­py pro­grams for stroke sur­vivors have helped increase cog­ni­tive and lan­guage skills and enabled patients to receive ther­a­py five times more often, accord­ing to one com­pa­ny. [Read more…] about Sur­vey finds sig­nif­i­cant promise for home-based, data-rich cog­ni­tive ther­a­py among stroke survivors

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: big data, Brain-health, cognitive-exercises, cognitive-health, cognitive-skills, cognitive-therapy, Constant Therapy, disabilities, language skills, mHealth, rehabilitation, stroke, stroke survivors, telehealth

Dr. Sheryl Flynn on Getting Evidence-Based Rehab Video Games Into the Hands of Users

May 17, 2012 by SharpBrains

Dr. Fly­nn will dis­cuss her entre­pre­neur­ial jour­ney to get Evi­dence-Based Rehab Video Games Into the Hands of Users, at the upcom­ing 2012 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (June 7–14th, 2012).

Dr. Sheryl Fly­nn is the founder and CEO of Blue Mar­ble Game Co, a seri­ous games com­pany that focus­es design and devel­op­ment of video games to enhance [Read more…] about Dr. Sheryl Fly­nn on Get­ting Evi­dence-Based Rehab Video Games Into the Hands of Users

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Blue Marble, disabilities, evidence-based, rehab, rehabilitation, Serious-Games, therapy, video-games

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