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Children Can Have COVID-19 Antibodies and Virus in Their System Simultaneously

September 3, 2020

4 September 2020, At Home, COVID, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical X-Press] With many questions remaining around how children spread COVID-19, Children’s National Hospital researchers set out to improve the understanding of how long it takes pediatric patients with the virus to clear it from their systems, and at what point…...

September 2, 2020

4 September 2020, Article, Autism, Newsletter

[Source: Best Practices Autism] The number of children identified with autism has more than doubled over the last decade. The dramatic increase in prevalence, together with the clear benefits of early intervention, have created a pressing need for schools to identify children who…...

September 2, 2020

4 September 2020, Executive Function, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

by Tara Roehl CCC-SLP Disclaimer: I don’t know about you, but I have a ton of clients who avoid writing like the plague. And that isn’t even an over dramatization. There is so much anxiety around it for so many of my students.…...

September 2, 2020

4 September 2020, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Pediatric Occupational Therapy Tips] As a therapist, I frequently work with children on bilateral upper extremity skills. It’s important for a child to learn to stabilize an object or container while performing an activity with the opposite hand. This is a…...

September 1, 2020

4 September 2020, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Learn English Today via Victoria Emm] Thank you to Victoria Emm, a member of the School Based Speech and Language Facebook group for sharing! Check out this GREAT list of English language idioms by theme and also alphabetically! ...

September 1, 2020

4 September 2020, Article, Newsletter, OT

[Source: The Recycling OT] Typically developing children naturally cross midline during play and functional activities. This is not a skill that parents usually teach, which is why you’ve probably never heard the term before. Children with dyspraxia other types of Sensory Processing…...

Book Review ‘Me First’

September 1, 2020

4 September 2020, Book Review, Literacy, Newsletter, Turn Taking

Reprinted with explicit permission of All4MyChild as it appeared on their blog Title: Me First Author: Helen Lester. Illustrated by Lynn Munsinger Description: Pinkerton the pig always has to be first. No matter what! He learns a lesson that “being first isn’t…...

September 1, 2020

4 September 2020, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

[Source: Kids Play Smarter] There seems to be some kind of fascination that kids have with spray bottles! What better way to sneak some educational value into an already motivating game than to incorporate learning and fine motor concepts into spray bottle…...

September 1, 2020

4 September 2020, Fine Motor Activity, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

Here are 10 ideas to use clothes pins with craft sticks. These are inexpensive activities to create to use in the classroom setting while encouraging strengthening of the hand muscles. Use them for academics, sensory diets, emotions and coordination. Head over to Your…...

August 31, 2020

4 September 2020, Article, News, Newsletter, Therapy Animals

[Source: Disability Scoop] A school district is agreeing to pay up and change its ways after federal officials say a student with disabilities was denied access to her trained service dog. The U.S. Department of Justice said that it has reached a settlement with…...