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Hot, New Job! 2019/20 School-Based SLP – San Jose, CA

October 9, 2019

11 October 2019, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 Are you wanting a position in gorgeous San Jose, California? We need a fantastic Speech-Language Pathologist to start as soon as possible. You will work 20 minutes from downtown San Jose *…...

October 9, 2019

Job, Newsletter, Special Education, Sped

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 We are seeking a Case Manager-LBS1 Special Education teacher to work in an elementary setting from now until April 2020 in the vicinity of Bolingbrook, IL! If you are looking to work…...

Fall Theme Activities for Speech

October 8, 2019

11 October 2019, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Crazy Speech World] This week in speech, we had a fall theme since we are now “officially” in the season…I use this loosely because it is 90 degrees around here and flip flops and shorts are still in full swing 🙂 …...

Halloween Articulation Game

October 8, 2019

11 October 2019, Halloween, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Various/Unknown – We found several variations of this game on the web without any author attribution] Fold an orange piece of paper into nine squares. Choose words from the speech sounds the child is working on. (See the list below for…...

Books About Pumpkins

October 8, 2019

11 October 2019, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Pre-K Pages] Fall is a great time to read about pumpkins. Pumpkins connect with a farm or harvest theme, can connect with Halloween, and can even lead to talking about Thanksgiving. Here are some favorite books about pumpkins to build background…...

October 7, 2019

11 October 2019, DMD, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, News, Newsletter, PT

[Source: Medical X-Press] A gene therapy being developed at Penn Medicine to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) successfully and safely stopped the severe muscle deterioration associated with the rare, genetic disease in both small and large animal models, according to a first-of-its-kind…...

October 7, 2019

11 October 2019, News, Newsletter, PT, TBI

[Source: Medical X-Press] The risk and severity of developing chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) increases with the number of years playing American football according to a new study that appears online in Annals of Neurology. These findings reaffirm the relationship between playing tackle football…...

Trump Signs Autism Act

October 7, 2019

11 October 2019, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] With little time to spare, President Donald Trump approved an extension of the nation’s primary autism law, authorizing $1.8 billion in spending on the developmental disorder in the coming years. Trump signed the Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education and…...

October 7, 2019

11 October 2019, News, Newsletter, OT, PT, SLP, Special Education

[Source: Orlando Sentinel] After a five-year court battle, a federal lawsuit demanding that people with autism go the front of the line at Disney World rides is going to trial in February, a judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Anne Conway set…...

Study Finds Gaps In Medicaid Waivers

October 7, 2019

Medicaid, News, Newsletter, Special Education

[Source: Disability Scoop] The services provided through Medicaid waivers to children with the most severe disabilities vary wildly from state to state, researchers say, leaving many families to pick up the pieces. Just 1 percent of children are considered medically complex, but…...