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November 20, 2019

Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

Thanks to our friend Sean at SpeechTechie for this fun Thanksgiving activity! The Make a Stuffed Turkey game at Primary Games is a fun way to work on sequencing and helping kids understand all that goes into a Turkey Dinner. The click-and-drag…...

November 20, 2019

22 November 2019, Newsletter, Picky Eaters, SLP

by Melanie Potock, CCC-SLP As an SLP focused on the treatment of pediatric feeding disorders, there is one common denominator among all the families on my caseload: The stress in their homes at mealtimes is palpable. Now that Thanksgiving and other food-centered holidays are approaching, the…...

November 19, 2019

22 November 2019, Autism, Newsletter

[Source: The Autism Helper] I am a go all out kinda girl. I like to do things big – borderline over the top, in the gray area of ridiculousness, and questionably out of control. I want a 12 foot Christmas tree, 6…...

Indian Corn Mosaic Craft

November 19, 2019

22 November 2019, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

Editor’s Note: This is great fine motor and can also work nicely for speech trials! [Source: No Time for Flash Cards] This craft is fast to set up and fun. It can be easily modified depending of the supplies you have on…...

November 19, 2019

22 November 2019, Gross Motor Skills, Medium Motor Skills, Newsletter, PT

Thanks to Your Therapy Source for pinning this one! This is a great motor activity to do the last day before the Thanksgiving recess, or to send home with the kids to do with their brothers, sisters and cousins on Thanksgiving Day!…...

November 19, 2019

22 November 2019, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Chapel Hill Snippets] hope everyone has had a great October so far! We are just finishing our first quarter of school, leaves are changing, and there is a chill in the air at night. I’m thinking ahead now to my favorite…...

November 18, 2019

22 November 2019, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Children may learn new words better when they learn them in the context of other words they are just learning — according to new research from the University of East Anglia. Researchers investigated how 18- to 24-month-olds learn new…...

November 18, 2019

22 November 2019, News, Newsletter, OT, School Psych

[Source: Medical X-Press] Practice what you preach. Suit your actions to your words. Walk the talk. Hypocrisy is ingrained as a moral failing for most adults, but when do children learn to make the same distinction? According to a new study from…...

November 18, 2019

22 November 2019, News, Newsletter, Special Education

[Source: Disability Scoop] It was day one of orientation for the 15 students in Utah State University’s program for students with intellectual disabilities, and the group was playing a game of get-to-know-you bingo. Courtney Jorgensen, pen in hand, wandered the courtyard, searching…...

November 18, 2019

Newsletter 22 November 2019, School Psych

[Source: Medical X-Press] Telling the difference between a teen’s normal ups and downs and something bigger is among top challenges parents face in identifying youth depression, a new national poll suggests. Though the majority of parents say they are confident they would recognize depression in their…...