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Hot, New Job!! Pediatric Outpatient CFY or CCC-SLP – Bryan, TX

May 1, 2019

3 May 2019, Career, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 Are you passionate about working in a pediatric outpatient facility? This position is about 90 minutes north of Houston in a great college town, home of the Aggies and Texas A&M (located in…...

Tulip Towels for Mother’s Day

May 1, 2019

3 May 2019, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, Sensory, Tip or Resource

[Source: I Can Teach My Child] Need an easy and inexpensive, yet still adorable and practical gift to make for mother’s day? Grandmas and moms will love using this gift that the kids made for them. I will, too, which is why…...

May 1, 2019

3 May 2019, Fine Motor Skills, OT

[Source: No Time for Flashcards] This super simple spring activity packs some wonderful skill practice for both hand eye coordination and fine motor skills. As children find and fit the flowers into the holes they are using their hand eye coordination skills…...

May 1, 2019

3 May 2019, ADD, ADHD, Article, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Edutopia] Imagine a team without a coach guiding players toward working together to execute a winning strategy. Imagine a company without a leader to make sure that employees across departments are equipped and organized to collaborate on continually improving products and…...

SLP Corner: How To Teach Negatives

May 1, 2019

3 May 2019, Article, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: SpeechBlog UK] Negatives are a really important thing to understand and always a high priority for me to target if a child is struggling with them. If you don’t know that there’s a difference between “push” and “don’t push” you can…...

April 30, 2019

3 May 2019, Autism, Newsletter, OT, SLP, Special Ed

[Source: Medical X-Press] Diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by trained professionals in children as young as 14 months are remarkably stable, suggesting that accurate screening and earlier treatment is feasible, report scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine…...

April 30, 2019

3 May 2019, Job, Newsletter, School Nurse

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 The Public School Nurse Profession is rewarding, but it requires commitment. If you have a heart for critically ill and medically fragile children in the public school sector, providing the environment for success…...

Does Diet Affect a Child’s ADHD?

April 30, 2019

3 May 2019, ADHD, News, Newsletter, OT, School Psych

Editor’s Note: Interesting. I hope too many conclusions are not drawn by families regarding this study. To this reader, and a Mom of a child who in his youth had severe ADHD, this study says only that “kids with ADHD appear more likely…...

April 30, 2019

30 April 2021, BHSM, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: PediaStaff on Pinterest] May is Better Hearing and Speech Month! How are you recognizing and celebrating it in the classroom?? I was going to post one idea per newsletter, but then I realized, “Why not just post the entire board we…...

April 30, 2019

3 May 2019, News, Newsletter, Special Education

[Source: Disability Scoop] Lawmakers in several states are trying to ban a widely used pesticide that the Environmental Protection Agency is fighting to keep on the market. The pesticide, chlorpyrifos, kills insects on contact by attacking their nervous systems. Several studies have linked prenatal exposure…...