Herbert Brownwell to John D. Feerick

Letter from Attorney General of the United States Herbert Brownwell (1953-1957) to Dean John D. Feerick, regarding his scholarly article on presidential inability.https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/twentyfifth_amendment_correspondence/1010/thumbnail.jp

Improving Life Skills for People with Brain Injury

Acquired Brain injury (ABI) Clubhouses, are modeled after the clubhouses designed for the mental health population. The Clubhouse Model has shown great potential for the mental health population and has been hypothesized that a similar model would be beneficial for the brain injury population. Clubhouses are designed to improve meaning and purpose in individuals lives. Recently there has been an increase in ABI Clubhouse across the world and it has become an emerging treatment approach for these individuals. There were limited studies regarding ABI Clubhouses, but there were a few articles supporting the implementation and effectiveness of the Clubhouse Model with individuals with brain injury. The studies focused on intervention approaches such as mentoring programs, supported employment programs, and group discussions. These programs were similar to a Clubhouse Model in that there were directive staff roles in the programs; the participants were playing an active role and the staff or mentors of the programs were there for support and to facilitate discussion or participation if necessary. Although there was little to no direct evidence supporting clubhouses, there was evidence supporting how community-based programs and mentoring programs improved life skills for people suffering from a brain injury. Using the evidence from similar programs, it can be determined that the Clubhouse Model is an effective way for individuals with brain injury to practice and develop life skills

Gesture production and comprehension in children with specific language impairment

Children with specific language impairment (SLI) have difficulties with spoken language. However, some recent research suggests that these impairments reflect underlying cognitive limitations. Studying gesture may inform us clinically and theoretically about the nature of the association between language and cognition. A total of 20 children with SLI and 19 typically developing (TD) peers were assessed on a novel measure of gesture production. Children were also assessed for sentence comprehension errors in a speech-gesture integration task. Children with SLI performed equally to peers on gesture production but performed less well when comprehending integrated speech and gesture. Error patterns revealed a significant group interaction: children with SLI made more gesture-based errors, whilst TD children made semantically based ones. Children with SLI accessed and produced lexically encoded gestures despite having impaired spoken vocabulary and this group also showed stronger associations between gesture and language than TD children. When SLI comprehension breaks down, gesture may be relied on over speech, whilst TD children have a preference for spoken cues. The findings suggest that for children with SLI, gesture scaffolds are still more related to language development than for TD peers who have out-grown earlier reliance on gestures. Future clinical implications may include standardized assessment of symbolic gesture and classroom based gesture support for clinical groups

Trace-Fastener.

Patent for improvements in trace fasteners, with illustrations

CDV Featuring An Unidentified Woman

This CDV features an unidentified woman. The unidentified women faces the left side of the page.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-cdv/1715/thumbnail.jp

The Plight of the \u27Forgotten\u27 Whales

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