What happens when a curious speech-language pathologist is living with an equally curious puppy? You get a dog learning to speak, of course! And this isn't just another dog 'woofing' at the sight of a dog treat, either. Christina Hunger (26) taught Stella, her two-month-old Catahoula/Blue Heeler mix, to use a soundboard and now the clever pup uses it to speak in sentences!

You are guaranteed to face several challenges as you progress in life. Having a personal development plan will help you come up with solutions to the pressures and challenges that arise in your career life.

The Medical Director of the National Council for Behavioral Health, Joe Parks, has made an announcement: Mental illness plays a significant role in causing public acts of violence. In an expert panel, he has declared that "mental illness is not a major cause of mass violence". Rather, it is the cumulative effect of anger and hate combined, which remains unresolved until the person finally explodes.

People may think that handwriting is a basic skill most children pick up in school, observing how students often use handwriting to take notes during class, work on take-home assignments, or answer essay questions on a test. However, they probably wouldn't associate poor handwriting skills with a decline in school performance.

As the year starts winding down, one of the first things that start to come to people's minds is their New Year's resolutions and goals. The New Year is a time for letting things go that no longer serve you, and a time to start focusing on ways to improve your mind, body, and health. However, you don't need to wait for the New Year to start making your life better. In fact, you can start seeing self-improvement in as little as seven days. It's not about making big life changes, rather it's about making little tweaks that make your life better on the daily.

A recent YouGov study found loneliness is a common problem for Millennials. YouGov reports 22 percent of Millennials say they have no friends. One in four Millennials says they have no acquaintances. Thirty percent of Millennials say they don't have a best friend. The study also found thirty percent of Millennials feel lonely always or often.

In the injury management and treatment context, not only can the overuse of physical therapy be an expensive practice, but it may also slow the return to work process of affected staff members.

With one of the lowest unemployment rates we have seen in recent history, the availability of jobs is quite high. Those who put their heart and soul into their jobs are at a premium and should be treated as such. Why do we still have employees who do not like their jobs? Well, for one, not every employee's work is recognized regularly. A research done by Mercer, pointed out that 2 out of 5 employees are making plans to leave their jobs within the next year.

We all go through periods of feeling sad or down. Experiencing these emotions, especially after a difficult event, is a normal part of being human. But sometimes we're not able to snap out of it. Lingering feelings of excessive sadness that interfere with your daily life could be depression.

According to a research done by the National Center for Health Statistics, nearly 1 out of 12 children in the US aged between 3 and 7 has experienced a voice, speech, language or swallowing disorder in the last 12 months. This clearly shows that speech disorder is a common phenomenon among our children.