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August 5, 2020

7 August 2020, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Speech Techie] National Geographic Kids has a great page of personality quizzes i.e. what ____ are you? (ice cream flavor, planet, dinosaur). Each has just a few questions and provides an opportunity for expressing opinions, describing oneself, thinking figuratively, interpreting photo scenes,…...

Cariboo for Speech Therapy

August 4, 2020

7 August 2020, Article, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Speech Room News] I’ve been using this game for seven years and it’s still going strong! Cariboo was a cranium game. It is no longer made. I see it at Goodwill frequently. If you start looking you’ll be able to pick…...

August 4, 2020

COVID, News, Newsletter, Special Education

[Source; Education Week] As educators prepare for an unprecedented school year, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ message to them is clear: You have obligations to fulfill, my expectations are high, and don’t assume I’ll lift major federal requirements. DeVos has seized…...

August 4, 2020

7 August 2020, Music, News, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Medical X-Press] Music training does not have a positive impact on children’s cognitive skills, such as memory, and academic achievement, such as maths, reading or writing, according to a study published in Memory & Cognition. Previous research trials, carried out to…...

August 4, 2020

7 August 2020, At Home, COVID, News, Newsletter

[Source: Education Week] Will reopening schools cause the nation’s already simmering coronavirus pandemic to boil over? While the picture from studies and reopenings in other countries is beginning to come into focus, it’s unlikely school and district leaders will have a clear…...

August 4, 2020

22 March 2022, Article, Newsletter, PT

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Often times as therapists, teachers, and parents it has been past practice to discourage children from w-sitting. We often recommended alternative sitting positions other than w-sitting. The negative effects that we often describe do not have research to…...

August 4, 2020

7 August 2020, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical Express] They’ve been used as an educational toy for hundreds of years and are thought to develop skills such as hand-eye coordination and problem solving. But little has been known about how children learn to do jigsaw puzzles. Now, new…...

August 3, 2020

7 August 2020, At Home, COVID, Newsletter

[Source: The Conversation] by Meg Sorg I’m a pediatric nursing professor with four young children. The youngest is 9 months old and the oldest is 9. My oldest will soon enter third grade, and his brother will be in second. My family…...

August 3, 2020

7 August 2020, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical X-Press] Could play be critical to our healthy development as children and continued emotional wellbeing as adults? The world is in a very serious period of change right now. And it can feel like the best way to deal with…...

August 3, 2020

7 August 2020, Gait, News, Newsletter, OT, PT

[Source: The Mighty] Stride Rite, a leader in the children’s footwear industry, unveiled its first-ever adaptive sneakers for kids with disabilities. The new shoe, called Journey, is designed to accommodate orthotics, braces and extra wide widths, and features longer laces and adjustable straps,…...