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June 14, 2018

15 June 2018, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 Are you looking to live in a beautiful city in Washington but afraid of the Seattle housing costs? We need a wonderful Speech-Language Pathologist for the 2018-2019 school year to work in the…...

June 14, 2018

15 June 2018, ABA, BCBA, Newsletter

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 We are looking for a Lead BCBA to work for a successful ABA provider who will support your professional growth? Do you want excellent income potential, at a growing company that was…...

June 13, 2018

15 June 2018, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, Sensory Activity

Here is a fun way to explore ice this summer as a sensory “craftivity” with your kiddos! [Source: First Palette.com] Materials Ice cube tray Small plastic bowls Plastic spoons Food coloring Scissors Sketch paper Craft sticks or disposable ice cream spoons Steps:…...

June 13, 2018

15 June 2018, Newsletter, Pinboard, Tip or Resource

Who is planning ahead and looking for some fun patriotic activities to do with your kiddos to celebrate the 4th of July? The board is loaded with fine motor crafts, word work, handwriting and tracing cards, patterning & sequencing activities, healthy treats…...

June 13, 2018

15 June 2018, Newsletter, OT, PT

[Source: My Aspergers Child] Most children with Asperger’s (AS) and High-Functioning Autism (HFA) have a history of delayed acquisition of motor skills (e.g., handwriting, pedaling a bike, tying shoelaces, catching a ball, opening jars, climbing monkey-bars, etc.), which is called “motor clumsiness.”…...

June 13, 2018

[Source: Science Daily] Researchers at Cognitive Brain Research Unit in the University of Helsinki studied in a community setting whether a low-cost, weekly music playschool provided to 5-6-year-old children in kindergartens affects their linguistic abilities. The children (N=66) were tested four times…...

June 13, 2018

15 June 2018, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Psych Central] The brains of people with high levels of empathy appear to process music differently than those of low-empathy people, according to a new study by researchers from Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas and the University of California, Los…...

June 12, 2018

12 June 2018, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] A father’s love contributes as much – and sometimes more – to a child’s development as does a mother’s love. That is one of many findings in a new large-scale analysis of research about the power of parental…...

June 12, 2018

15 June 2018, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Your Therapy Source] The Journal of Experimental Psychology published research examining eye tracking and visual motor skills in young children. The participants included 40 preschool and early elementary school children. Using head-mounted eye tracking methods visual motor skills were directly measured when the…...

June 12, 2018

15 May 2018, Memory, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical X-Press] Our ability to remember past events develops rapidly in the first couple of years of life, but it’s not clear exactly how this happens. Researchers at the Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California, Davis have…...