Television blamed for switching babies off speech

The Independent - London;  January 10, 1996 ;     411 words ......television, according to a leading speech therapist. A study by Dr Sally Ward...homes. The study of 1,000 babies identified families who had...little time teaching their babies to speak," said Dr Ward, of...again, 85 per cent of the babies caught up with their speech...

Babies 'R' Us Opens First Manhattan Store.

PR Newswire;  October 25, 2005 ;     463 words ...Babies 'R' Us Union Square Store Will Open Doors On October 28...children's needs. With the opening of Manhattan's first Babies R Us store, preparing for a baby is now easier than ever...first store in Manhattan, said Rick Markee, President of Babies R Us. With more than 100,000 babies born in New ...

Our fab 5 home at last; PARENTS' JOY WITH MIRACLE BABIES.(News)

Sunday Mirror (London, England);  December 30, 2001 ;     787 words ...Byline: MAGGIE O'RIORDAN FIVE tiny babies lie in identical cots, wearing matching...would expect any bedroom filled with five babies to be chaos - but they hardly make a peep...a couple of days since the last of the babies came back to this cramped terraced house...

Babies join TV research to reveal how humans develop.(News)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  July 22, 2005 ;     560 words ......BRINDLEY Western Mail Sitting newborn babies in front of a television screen could...Psychologists in Cardiff hope to discover why some babies are able to mimic the facial expressions...Psychology, said, 'We already know that some babies are able to imitate facial movements...

Swaddling babies for a more restful sleep.

Pediatrics for Parents;  January 1, 2008 ;   Heim, Susan M.;   759 words ...When babies have trouble sleeping, their parents do...Americans traditionally swaddled their babies. Remember the etching of Sacajawea on the...living in cool climates have swaddled their babies.... History has recorded that Alexander...

Wesley Wallenius, 76 Retired school speech therapist

The Boston Globe;  June 10, 1992 ;     155 words ...Wesley A. Wallenius, a retired speech therapist with the Brookline schools and a decorated forward artillery...the Bronze Star. He joined the Brookline schools as a speech therapist in the special education section in 1949 and retired...

Cot-death research on babies attacked as unethical

The Scotsman;  March 20, 1998 ;   TANYA THOMPSON;   664 words ...BABIES have been given lower than normal levels of oxygen by doctors...infants. The experiments, conducted on three-month-old babies, have prompted concern from other doctors who feel that...the safety of the study. He asked whether parents of the babies were fully aware of the risk. He said: "A balance ...

JOHN E. TELLIER, 76 WAS TEACHER, SPEECH THERAPIST

The Boston Globe;  May 3, 1989 ;     96 words ......John Edward Tellier, whose career as English teacher and speech therapist in the Salem public schools spanned 43 years. Mr. Tellier...that year as an English teacher and eventually worked as a speech therapist for many of the city's schools before retiring in 1976...

Laurie J. Bodek, 47 Malden schools speech therapist

The Boston Globe;  February 24, 1999 ;     129 words ......held today for Laurie J. (Swartz) Bodek of Lynnfield, a speech therapist in Malden schools. Mrs. Bodek died of complications of...degree in education at Northeastern University. She was a speech therapist in the Malden public schools and the Forestdale School...

Gertrud L. Wyatt, 90 Psychologist, speech therapist

The Boston Globe;  November 7, 1993 ;     192 words ......Gertrud (Schmidt) L. Wyatt, a psychologist and speech therapist, died Thursday of congestive heart failure at...Vienna. Between 1940 and 1944, she worked as a speech therapist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Children...

How much babies know.

Science News for Kids;  March 22, 2006 ;   Sohn, Emily;   787 words ...Babies can seem pretty helpless. They can't talk or use a spoon...develops. They've been trying to figure out how and when babies become learning machines and begin to make sense of the world. Some researchers suggest that babies start off early. The 'smart baby' camp believes that babies...

Rosanne Alexander, 52; School Speech Therapist

The Washington Post;  May 17, 2001 ;     153 words ...Rosanne Alexander, 52, a former speech therapist at Rachel Carson Elementary School in Gaithersburg...most of that time at Rachel Carson. She had been a speech therapist for Fairfax County public schools from 1975 to 1981...

HARRIET NEEDLEMAN, 50 FORMER SPEECH THERAPIST

The Boston Globe;  October 15, 1999 ;     146 words ...Harriet Liftman Needleman, a speech therapist who practiced in Needham for 24 years, died of cancer...master's degree in education at Boston University. She was a speech therapist in the Boston Public Schools from 1970 to 1975. She was...

LENORE ROSENBERG; WAS SPEECH THERAPIST

The Boston Globe;  August 29, 2005 ;   Katherine M. Curley, Globe Correspondent;   405 words ......education, and eventually, she did. Mrs. Rosenberg, a retired speech therapist in the Lexington public school system, died Thursday of...next 18 years working with elementary school children as a speech therapist in Lexington schools. "She loved the fact that through...

VIRGINIA CIRACE, AT 94; SPEECH THERAPIST

The Boston Globe;  July 14, 2003 ;   Juliette Meehan, Globe Correspondent;   251 words ...Virginia Cirace of Melrose, a retired speech therapist, died Friday in Melrose-Wakefield Hospital. She was...Great Depression. Mrs. Cirace began her career as a speech therapist for Revere public schools. She was eventually named...