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September 4, 2019

6 September 2019, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: My Speech Tools on TpT] Back-to-School Idiom Task Cards for speech therapy, ESL and Special Education! This packet includes 35 school related idioms for speech therapy activities and beginning of the year ice-breakers. These minimal-prep task cards can be used with…...

September 4, 2019

6 September 2019, Newsletter, School Nursing

[Source: Education Week] Educators are grappling with widespread student vaping and use of e-cigarettes in schools, a problem my colleague Arianna Prothero and I wrote about this week. While some schools are doubling down on a discipline-heavy, punitive approach to students found with…...

September 3, 2019

6 September 2019, Early Intervention, Job, OT

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 PediaStaff is seeking a full-time Occupational Therapist for the bustling Northeast Portland area to work in early Intervention settings starting this September and ending mid-June 2020. This is an early Intervention position…...

September 3, 2019

6 September 2019, Newsletter, SLP, Stuttering

[Source: Science Daily] Psychiatrists have tested the orally administered investigational medication ecopipam on adults who stutter in an open-label, uncontrolled clinical trial and found that it reduced their stuttering symptoms from the start of therapy after eight weeks of dosing. Positive results…...

September 3, 2019

6 September 2019, News, Newsletter, SLP, Speech

[Source: Medical X-Press] New research shows baby babbling changes the way parents speak to their infants, suggesting that infants are shaping their own learning environments. Researchers from Cornell University’s Behavioral Analysis of Beginning Years (B.A.B.Y) Laboratory found that adults unconsciously modify their speech to…...

September 3, 2019

6 September 2019, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical X-Press] Organophosphates are among the most commonly used classes of pesticides in the United States, despite mounting evidence linking prenatal exposure to the chemicals to poorer cognition and behavior problems in children. A new study led by University of California,…...

September 3, 2019

6 September 2019, Article, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical X-Press] A new language-skills study that included infants later diagnosed with autism suggests that all children can benefit from exposure to more speech from their caregivers. Dr. Meghan Swanson, assistant professor at The University of Texas at Dallas, is the…...

August 29, 2019

30 August 2019, News SLP, Newsletter

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 We are seeking a Speech-Language Pathologist for a school in Central California. * Full-time SLP to start immediately and work through June * Speech-Language Pathologist will work M-F 7.5 hours per day Qualifications:…...

August 28, 2019

30 August 2019, Job, Newsletter, Special Education

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 Would you like to work in a unique school that offers a unique curricular approach to learning? If so, then we have a great opportunity for you! We are looking for LBS1…...

August 28, 2019

30 August 2019, Job, Newsletter, OT

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 ITINERANT POSITION: FLY IN -FLY OUT of Alaska 4-6 times this school year! If you are looking for a life changing experience as an Occupational Therapist then look no further. Our client…...