New Brain Research
Research Topic 1: Resting Brain Small areas of the brain cycle in and out of a sleep-like, low activity state all the time, even when we are awake, suggests research in Science. Scientists used electrodes to measure activity in...
Is teacher preparation failing students with disabilities?
LOOMFIELD, N.J. — When Mary Fair became a teacher in 2012, her classes often contained a mix of special education students and general education students. Placing children with and without disabilities in the same classroom, instead of segregating them,...
New Research and Predictions from New Zealand Regarding Mental Health
Research Topic 1: Who Needs Interventions? A 45 minute test given at age 3 can predict which children will grow up to consume a larger share of society’s resources, finds an analysis in Nature Human Behavior. Researchers analyzed more...
VOTE NO ON HOUSE BILL 610: Public Education bill LOSES SIGHT OF OUR MOST PRECIOUS COMMODITY: CHILDREN
SAD DAY FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES: The U.S. House of Representatives has introduced BILL 610. This bill will effectively start the school voucher system to be used by children ages 5 to 17, and starts the...
Researchers Are Studying Fecal Transplant As A Potential Treatment For Autism
To treat brain disorders like autism, scientists increasingly are targeting a different part of the body: the gut. Imbalances in the gut microbiome ― the community of trillions of bacteria living in the digestive tract ― have been linked...
NEW RESEARCH ON DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE
Research Topic 1: The depression rate among teen girls in the United States has risen by 37 percent in the past decade, finds a study in Pediatrics. Researchers examined data from participants in the 2005 to 2014 National Surveys...
A Step Toward Precision Medicine for Autism Spectrum Disorder: NEW RESEARCH IMPORTANT FOR PARENTS AND PROFESSIONALS
ABSTRACT Parents, please let your psychiatrists and pediatricians see this research. INTRODUCTION: Data from an EEG is not commonly used by psychiatrists to plan treatment and medication. However, EEG abnormalities such as isolated epileptiform discharges (IEDs) are found to...
Empathy and Compassion
Research Topic 1: Empathy Around the World On a list of the world’s most empathetic countries, the United States ranks seventh out of 63 according to a study in the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. Researchers surveyed 104, 365 adults...
Challenges Faced by Children with ASD in Early School Years
Do you remember a teacher who changed your life for the better? Many people do, and scores of studies suggest that positive student-teacher relationships are one of the best predictors of children’s academic success. But young children with Autism...
RAISE YOUR BOYS WITH AFFECTION AND HONESTY!
Research Topic 1: Boys who grew up in warm families feel more secure in their romantic relationships as adults and into their 80s, finds research in Psychological Science. A Harvard study examined data from a six-decade longitudinal study on...