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School Psych Corner: Facts About Students With Emotional Disabilities

March 20, 2018

23 March 2018, Article, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Education Week] The academic past of Nikolas Cruz, the accused mass shooter at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., was littered with red flags suggesting serious emotional problems. News outlets that have reviewed Cruz’s disciplinary records and interviewed his…...

March 20, 2018

23 March 2018, News, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] Children and teenagers with autism face challenges every day fitting in with friends, classmates and others in the world around them. “My perspective is that people with autism are different, just like every other human being — unique, one…...

10 Creative Obstacle Courses

March 20, 2018

23 March 2018, Newsletter, OT, PT, Tip or Resource

[Source: The Inspired Treehouse] One of our favorite activities at The Treehouse and in our school-based therapy sessions are obstacle courses. We love them, the kids love them, and they’re perfect for promoting a huge range of developmental skills from coordination to balance to strength and more! Read the Rest…...

Easter Fine Motor Activities

March 19, 2018

23 March 2018, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

[Source: Pre-K Pages] This Easter-themed cutting skills tray will provide your kids with plenty of fine motor practice. These activities will help your kids build fine motor skills in fun and playful ways, so they won’t even know they’re learning. Try this fine…...

21 Wonderful Easter Egg Hunt Ideas

March 19, 2018

23 March 2018, Newsletter, OT, PT, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Childhood 101] The highlight of Easter for my girls has to be the Easter egg hunt, after all what isn’t there to love about running around the garden to find delicious chocolate treasure! In fact, my ten year old already has our…...

March 19, 2018

23 March 2018, News, Newsletter

[Source; Science Daily] Children as young as seven apply basic laws of physics to problem-solving, rather than learning from what has previously been rewarded, suggests new research from the University of Cambridge. The findings of the study, based on the Aesop’s fable…...

March 19, 2018

23 March 2018, Newsletter, OT, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily] A University of Texas at Dallas psychologist has examined the preconceptions about the effects of emotions on children’s eating habits, creating the framework for future studies of how dietary patterns evolve in early childhood. Dr. Shayla C. Holub, head…...

March 19, 2018

23 March 2018, News, Newsletter, OT, School Psych

Three-month-old babies cannot sit up or roll over, yet they are already capable of learning patterns from simply looking at the world around them, according to a recent study. For the first time, the researchers show that 3- and 4-month-old infants can…...

March 16, 2018

16 March 2018, Careers, Job, School Nurse

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 We are in need of an RN or an LPN to work with one student in an elementary school near Medinah, Illinois for the remainder of the current school year. If you…...

Game Review: Tickety Toc Chime Time

March 15, 2018

16 March 2018, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

[Source: The Playful Otter] Work on visual discrimination, figure-ground, spatial relations/position in space, eye-hand coordination, manual dexterity, thumb opposition, web space development, coordinated use of both hands, vestibular and proprioceptive perception, gross motor movement and coordination, process skills, executive functioning skills, socialization…...