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Speech, Language, and Literacy Fun with Karma Wilson’s “Bear” Books

April 26, 2022

29 April 2022, Article, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Smart Speech Therapy] In my previous posts, I’ve shared my thoughts about picture books being an excellent source of materials for assessment and treatment purposes. They can serve as narrative elicitation aids for children of various ages and intellectual abilities, ranging from pre-K through fourth grade. They…...

April 26, 2022

29 April 2022, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

Source: No Time For Flashcards] Creating simple activities with classroom materials I have on hand is one of my favorite things to do. This little activity only takes a few minutes to set up but gives little fingers not ready for formal…...

Speechie Freebie: Zoo Animal Smash Mat

April 26, 2022

29 April 2022, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Word Nerd Speech Teach via Speechie Freebies] Hello again! It’s Lindsey over at Word Nerd Speech Teach bringing you my newest FREE product called, “Zoo Animal Smash Mats”!! This product includes four zoo animal smash mats (each with 12 animals) for tons of…...

April 26, 2022

29 April 2022, Newsletter, OT, PT, Tip or Resource

[Source: Growing Play] Check out this fun, giant game of memory that you can print and play! Get kids moving and thinking with this activity. You can print the pages in color or black and white (color before you play). Download this…...

Free Visual Motor Animal I Spy

April 26, 2022

29 April 2022, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Check out this awesome FREE visual motor animal I spy. Look and finds are great but sometimes they are only a visual discrimination and figure ground activity. This freebie combines both of those visual perceptual skills with fine…...

April 25, 2022

29 April 2022, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Children born preterm (before 37 weeks of pregnancy) remain at high risk of developmental difficulties that can affect their behaviour and ability to learn, finds a study published by The BMJ today. These difficulties were found not only in children born…...

April 25, 2022

29 April 2022, Article, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] SAN DIEGO — After George Floyd died in Minneapolis police custody last summer, special education teacher Francia Pinillos felt the urge to talk to her students about race and social justice. “There was a complete disturbance in my soul…...

April 25, 2022

29 April 2022, Anxiety, News of the Week, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily] Programs exclusively focused on petting therapy dogs improved stressed-out students’ thinking and planning skills more effectively than programs that included traditional stress-management information, according to new Washington State University research. The study was published today in the journal AERA Open,…...

April 25, 2022

29 April 2022, Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter, PT

[Source: Science Daily] For more than a year, researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso’s Stanley E. Fulton Gait Research & Movement Analysis Lab in the College of Health Sciences have been using real-time 3D animation to investigate motor impairments…...

April 25, 2022

25 April 2022, Anxiety, Newsletter

[Source: Medical X-Press] Social anxiety disorder can cause considerable suffering in children and adolescents and, for many with the disorder, access to effective treatment is limited. Researchers at Center for Psychiatry Research at Karolinska Institutet and Region Stockholm in Sweden have now…...