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New System Shown to Improve Early Diagnosis of Autism

August 10, 2020

14 August 2020, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Psych Central] Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have developed a new system to screen and evaluate children for autism spectrum disorders. The primary care-driven system will be implemented statewide with a goal of determining if a children has an…...

Transportation Activities At Home!

August 10, 2020

14 August 2020, Handwriting, Newsletter, OT, PT, Tip or Resource

[Source: Your Therapy Source] If you are working on a transportation unit in PreK or kindergarten (or really any age), these fun transportation activities for preschoolers require no prep and work on fine motor and visual motor skills. There are FREE printables…...

August 10, 2020

14 August 2020, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Create for Education] Many educators find that mindfulness practices are helpful tools in dealing with stress and using self-care. Here you will find a number of different practices including shorter and longer basic Breath Awareness (10, 20 and 30 minutes), Body…...

PBS to Air Special For Kids on Racism

August 10, 2020

14 August 2020, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: PBS.org] PBS KIDS announced a new special, “PBS KIDS Talk About: Race and Racism,” premiering October 9. The half-hour program will feature authentic conversations between real children and their parents, and will include content from PBS KIDS series DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD,…...

August 10, 2020

14 August 2020, At Home, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, OT, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: PreKinders.com] While teaching during the Covid-19 pandemic this year, teachers will need manipulatives that are easy to clean as well as inexpensive. It would be so easy to resort to just photocopying worksheets, but that’s not how children learn best. Children…...

August 10, 2020

14 August 2020, Article, Newsletter, Special Education

[Source: Vox] When Simon’s school in Maryland closed this spring due to the pandemic, his family didn’t know what to expect. “Like every family who has a kid in school, there was a lot of uncertainty,” Simon’s mom, Laura LeBrun Hatcher, told…...

August 6, 2020

"Tip or Resource", 7 August 2020, COVID, Newsletter

Welcome to Issue number 20 of our special e-letter, “Teaching & Therapy Resources for Homebound Families” (Did you miss our previous issues?| Read them HERE) Each week, this e-mailer features new resources, articles about this bizarre time we are living in, and…...

August 6, 2020

7 August 2020, ADL, News of the Week, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Tunstall’s Teaching Tidbits] This week we have been discovering the clock in our room. Our standards say to represent and tell time. What better way to represent time than to make our own clocks in every way we can! In small group…...

August 6, 2020

7 August 2020, ADHD, Autism, Newsletter, SPD, Tip or Resource

[Source: Yoga in My School] This game helps attune individuals to all the sounds in their environment. It is wonderfully versatile and can be played with one other person, a group, or all alone. In addition it builds concentration and memory. This…...

August 5, 2020

7 August 2020, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: No Time for Flashcards] I have gotten a lot of questions over the years about what’s the MOST important exercise for teaching a child to read, and there really isn’t ONE, reading is a whole buffet of things that come together.…...