Blog - PediaStaff

Hot, New Job! Pediatric Occupational OT – SE Missouri

June 21, 2018

22 June 2018, Job, Newsletter, OT

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 PediaStaff is actively recruiting for Pediatric Occupational Therapists to join a dedicated team at a Not-for-Profit Children’s Center in SE Missouri. Have you ever thought about working for a company that isn’t…...

June 20, 2018

22 June 2018, Literacy, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Mindshift] “I want The Three Bears!” These days parents, caregivers and teachers have lots of options when it comes to fulfilling that request. You can read a picture book, put on a cartoon, play an audiobook, or even ask Alexa. A newly…...

June 20, 2018

22 June 2018, Article, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Leader Live] Meredith Gennaro and Stephanie Sigal are speech-language pathologists who met in September 2017 when they began working with the same child. This school year, I worked with another speech-language pathologist to help 4-year-old Michael improve his articulation and language…...

June 20, 2018

25 February 2022, News, Newsletter

[Source: Edutopia] When you walk down a hall in my school, you may encounter our therapy dog, Boomer. There were originally reservations in our district about having a therapy dog, but now Boomer is one of the most sought after staff members…...

Watermelon God’s Eye Weaving Craftivity

June 20, 2018

22 June 2018, Motor Skills, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Red Ted Art] Oh yes! Two of my favorite SUMMER themes collide – a wonderful DIY Watermelon Craft, meets the summer classic Yarn Weaving Project: How to make a God’s Eye! Now we have made God’s Eyes before! We love this nature God’s eye version…...

June 20, 2018

22 June 2018, Conversation, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Childhood 101] Have you ever played Would You Rather? It’s a fun, conversation game that is fabulous for getting kids talking. And it provides parents (or teachers) with some really interesting insights into what your kids think, believe, prefer and even,…...

June 20, 2018

22 June 2018, News, Newsletter, Special Education

[Source: Disability Scoop] The number of students receiving special education in the nation’s public schools is on the rise, according to a new federal report. There were 6.7 million kids with disabilities in classrooms across the country during the 2015-2016 school year, accounting…...

June 20, 2018

22 June 2018, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Activity Tailor] I always have these grand ideas of filing away and reorganizing all of my materials before I check out for the summer (clients). Ha! By the time progress notes are finished, I am more than happy to shut the…...

June 20, 2018

22 June 2018, Handwriting, Newsletter, OT

[Source: The OT Toolbox] When it comes to legibility in handwriting, spacing between words makes all the! Addressing spatial awareness in handwriting can make a big difference in legibility fairly quickly given intervention, practice, awareness, and the tools to address spacing in written work.…...

June 18, 2018

22 June 2018, Literacy, News, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Nature Communications via Reading Rockets] Using MRI measurements of the brain’s neural connections, or “white matter,” researchers have shown that, in struggling readers, the neural circuitry strengthened — and their reading performance improved — after just eight weeks of a specialized…...