In this month’s Nicole’s Nook blog, Nicole Weckherlin, OTR/L recommends an app that makes completing math worksheets on the iPad easier. Doing math on the iPad is a common challenge for children, and this app allows children to plot out their work in a much more legible and visual platform.
A recent study conducted by Dr. Yi-Hsien Chen revealed exciting results establishing a protein called ABCG1 as an essential component for malignant glioma survival. This protein could serve as a potential future therapeutic target for these deadly brain cancers.
Join us for a one-of-a-kind jazz music experience, seamlessly integrated with gross motor and social skill activities. Beat NF, a jazz music-motor therapy program for toddlers and young children (ages 2 – 5 years) with NF1, was developed by a team of St. Louis Children’s Hospital therapists and Jazz St. Louis musicians.
New research may help doctors determine which issues are likely to manifest in patients with NF1. The findings, which indicate that varying mutations in the NF1 gene may lead to different clinical outcomes, brings doctors one step closer to being able to individually tailor treatment for people with NF1.