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January 12, 2021

15 January 2021, Newsletter, OT, PT, Tip or Resource

[Source: Teaching Mama] Let’s bring snowmen home with us in this super fun activity. I call it “Snowman Bowling.” Kids will learn colors and numbers through active play! Are you ready? Learn How from Teaching Mama ...

January 11, 2021

15 January 2021, News, Newsletter, School Psych, Special Education

[Source; Think Psych] There are many hardships that every individual is experiencing as a result of the pandemic. However, many people are thankful for the extra time to spend with family and to complete tasks around the house. This optimism seems to…...

January 11, 2021

6 January 2023, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

January 19th is National Popcorn Day! Here is a great speech-language activity to try with your kiddos!! [Source Speech Time Fun] How can you make your instruction more popping? By using this inferential vocabulary activity, of course! The popcorn in this…...

January 11, 2021

6 January 2023, Article, Newsletter, OT, Play

[Source: Edutopia] “Let’s play tiger babies.” “I want to be a polar bear baby.” “You can’t because tiger babies would eat polar bear babies.” “That’s not true! Polar bear babies eat tiger babies!” “That’s not true!” Listening to the two children, I…...

January 11, 2021

15 January 2021, News, Newsletter, Preemies

[Source: Medical X-Press] In a study of medical registry records of nearly 400,000 parent-child pairs from Denmark, a Yale School of Public Health study found that parents who were themselves born very prematurely were nearly twice as likely to have children with…...

January 11, 2021

15 January 2021, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical X-Press] Children and adolescents with a family history of suicide attempts have lower executive functioning, shorter attention spans, and poorer language reasoning than those without a family history, according to a new study by researchers from the Lifespan Brain Institute…...

January 8, 2021

8 January 2021, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] The introduction of computer simulation to the identification of symptoms in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has potential to provide an additional objective tool to gauge the presence and severity of behavioral problems, Ohio State University researchers suggest…...

Covid Restrictions and ADHD

January 8, 2021

8 January 2021, COVID, News, Newsletter

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Do you work with students who have ADHD? A recent research article took a closer look at the effects of COVID-19 restrictions on children with ADHD. To examine the association between COVID restrictions and ADHD during the lockdown…...

January 8, 2021

8 January 2021, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] A simple, routine test may be able to detect autism in newborn children, researchers say. Tests regularly given to newborns to screen for hearing loss could also offer clues about whether they are on the spectrum, according to a…...

January 8, 2021

8 January 2021, COVID, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is acknowledging for the first time that COVID-19 poses an especially high risk for people with Down syndrome. The federal agency updated its list of conditions that carry an “increased risk of severe illness…...