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Target Recalls Children’s Pillowfort Weighted Blankets After Two Deaths

January 3, 2023

News, Newsletter, OT, Sensory

[Source: USA Today] Target is recalling about 204,000 weighted blankets after federal regulators say two young girls died of asphyxiation earlier this year. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Thursday the Pillowfort weighted blankets are being recalled because children can be in entrapped inside it…...

January 3, 2023

6 January 2022, News, Newsletter, OT, PT, SLP

[Source: Medical X-Press] Developmental stages in children at young ages happen rapidly, considering the comparatively more leisurely changes that young people experience when they’re older; many parents will relate—often with haunted, shell-shocked expressions—that the differences between a two-year-old and a three-year-old are…...

January 3, 2023

6 January 2022, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Research finds orangutans communicate using a complex repertoire of consonant-like calls, more so than African apes. Previous research has only linked the evolution of human language with the voiced-vowel sounds produced by non-human primates, despite human language being composed…...

January 3, 2023

6 January 2022, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Researchers have used virtual reality games, eye tracking and machine learning to show that differences in eye movements can be used to detect ADHD, potentially providing a tool for more precise diagnosis of attention deficits. Their approach could also…...

January 3, 2023

6 January 2022, News, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily] Childhood body mass index is unlikely to have a big impact on children’s mood or behavioural disorders, according to a study published today in eLife. The results suggest that some previous studies, which have shown a strong link between childhood…...

December 20, 2022

"Tip or Resource", CCC, Newsletter

Please enjoy our newest issue of Teaching & Therapy Resources for the Classroom, Clinic and Carryover. (Have you missed any of our previous issues? Read them HERE) Please feel free to forward this weekly resource to the parents/guardians, other therapy clinicians…...

December 19, 2022

23 December 2022, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Come Together Kids] I know it’s last minute, but this is such a cute little project and a simple way to capture some memories from 2021. Today the kids are each making a little time capsule out of an empty 2…...

December 19, 2022

23 December 2022, Article, Newsletter, OT, PT, SLP

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Do you like to start fresh in the new year? Do you set goals for yourself to accomplish during this time of year? Being a school-based therapist is a wonderful job but one of the most difficult aspects…...

The New Years Family Interview

December 19, 2022

23 December 2022, OT, SLP, Tip or Resource

Editor’s Note: This would make a GREAT conversation or handwriting practice carryover activity to recommend to your families while they are on break! [Source: TeachMama] No, this post isn’t about picking strawberries, although with how cold and blustery and miserable it was…...

New Year’s Eve Wishing Wand

December 19, 2022

23 December 2022, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Hands-On Learning with Life Over C’s] How do I Make a New Year’s Crumpled Paper Wand? If you’re ready to get started with this simple preschool craft then all you need is a few simple supplies and the instructions below. Supplies:…...