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Zappos Doubles Shoe Program For People With Disabilities

December 15, 2020

18 December 2020, News, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] Zappos is expanding a first-of-its-kind program designed to make it easier for people with special needs to buy shoes. The online retailer said it is growing its so-called Single and Different Size Shoes Program due to “overwhelming customer demand.” The program,…...

December 15, 2020

18 December 2020, News, Newsletter, OT

New research suggests that two areas of the brain work together in response to serotonin to promote the ability to wait patiently and practice impulse control. This finding may aid the development of targeted treatments for individuals who are less able to…...

December 15, 2020

18 December 2020, News, Newsletter

[Source: ASHA] As the nation’s governors develop their plans for how COVID-19 vaccines will be distributed in their states, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) urges that audiologists and speech-language pathologists (SLPs) be given priority access to the initial distribution of vaccines approved…...

December 15, 2020

18 December 2020, Job, Newsletter, Special Education

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 PediaStaff is hiring a Teacher of the Hearing Impaired for a leave coverage in a DHH program. You’ll start in March, the assignment runs through the end of the school year and…...

Reindeer Fine Motor Cards

December 15, 2020

10 December 2021, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source; The OT Toolbox] Did you see the reindeer activities ideas listed here on the website last week? It’s a Christmas occupational therapy plan that can work on so many different areas. Today, I’ve got another fun holiday activity for kids to…...

December 15, 2020

18 December 2020, Newsletter, OT

[Original posted on PediaStaff Blog in February 2012] I found this activity on the Pinterest by Tot School Tumblr, and seems to have originated on The Clark Family blog, although I cannot find the original post. From Tot School Tumblr: I made this really cool…...

December 14, 2020

18 December 2020, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Pretend play is a pedagogical tool that can be used to stimulate a child’s socio-emotional competences. A curriculum based on this approach has been introduced in classes of pupils aged five and six. The study evaluating the effects of…...

PT Corner: Wheelbarrow Walking

December 14, 2020

18 December 2020, Article, Core Strength, Gross Motor Skills, Newsletter, PT

[Source: Starfish Therapies] Do any of you remember doing wheelbarrow races as a child? I do! I remember thinking it was hysterical that someone was holding my feet and I was racing someone else on my hands. Well, as much fun as…...

Word Wreaths for Speech Therapy

December 14, 2020

18 December 2020, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Crazy Speech World] I’m knee deep in evaluations that are backed up and IEPs that are due and two new kids that moved into our school with speech….BUT it won’t get me down because…. IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE…...

December 14, 2020

"Tip or Resource", 10 December 2021, OT, PT, SLP

Christmas-time is a wonderful time of year, but it is also a time for other celebrations as well., Rather than lumping all of the holidays into a mush of “Holiday” celebrations that lose the essence of each individual traditions, how about celebrating…...