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Hot, New Job! Clinical Fellowship – Pediatric SLP – Madison, IN

May 21, 2019

24 May 2019, Job, Newsletter

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 Are you looking for a Clinical Fellowship where you’ll have exceptional mentoring and a comprehensive experience working with children of all ages? You’ve found it… PediaStaff is searching for a Speech-Language Pathologist for…...

May 21, 2019

24 May 2019, Article, Hippotherapy, OT

By: L A Pomeroy Reprinted with the express permission of Holistic Horse as originally published on their website. “See me. Feel me. Touch me. Heal me.” –The Who “People have a need to touch animals in order to connect with them,” observes…...

May 21, 2019

24 May 2019, Career, Newsletter, OT

Editor’s Note: We love Christie’s Mama OT blog. Hopefully she won’t mind that we think she should alter her title just a smidgen. These tips are completely perfect for SLPs, PTs, School Psychologists, and all the other clinical educators that…...

May 20, 2019

24 May 2019, News, Newsletter, SLP, Speech

[Source: Science Daily] Learning it in a class that essentially compresses a one-semester college course into a single month of intensive instruction — and agreeing to have your brain scanned before and after — might seem even more daunting. But the 24…...

May 20, 2019

24 May 2019, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] For typically-developing children, recess can be the best part of the school day. Lots of friends to scream and shout with while playing tag, inventive games on the jungle gym and hard-fought competitions between the athletically inclined. A child…...

May 20, 2019

24 May 2019, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] New research indicates that autism can be reliably diagnosed in children months before pediatricians conduct routine screening for the developmental disorder. A study looking at over 1,200 kids finds that an autism diagnosis made by a trained professional is…...

May 20, 2019

24 May 2019, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily] Children as young as three years old are willing to punish others’ bad behavior, even at personal cost, finds a new study by psychology researchers at New York University. The work adds to growing evidence that human beings distinguish…...

May 20, 2019

24 May 2019, News, Newsletter, Trauma

[Source: Medical X-Press] Exposure to trauma in childhood is associated with both psychiatric and physical problems for decades afterward, according to new research presented here today at the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) Annual Meeting. Researchers are longitudinally assessing more than 1,000 individuals…...

May 20, 2019

24 May 2018, ADHD, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical X-Press] Teen drivers diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are significantly more likely to crash, be issued traffic and moving violations, and engage in risky driving behaviors than their peers without ADHD, according to a Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)…...

May 16, 2019

17 May 2019, Article, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Medical X-Press] A pioneering study led by researchers from the University of Sheffield is helping to give a voice to children and young adults who are living with a parent with dementia. There are estimated to be at least 42,325 people…...