Blog - PediaStaff

Hot, New Job: Pediatric Occupational Therapist – OT – Kingman, AZ

February 15, 2018

16 February 2018, Job, Newsletter, OT

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 Would you love the flexibility to treat children in their homes, a park, recreational area, or even beside a beautiful lake? We strive to ensure our therapist has the most enjoyable work…...

February 15, 2018

16 February 2018, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] MIT cognitive scientists have now found that conversation between an adult and a child appears to change the child’s brain, and that this back-and-forth conversation is actually more critical to language development than the word gap. In a study…...

February 15, 2018

16 February 2018, Article, Autism, Behavior, Newsletter

[Source: Autism Classroom News and Resources] If you are looking for tools that can help you assess challenging behavior and track them once you put your behavior support plan in place, then this post is for you! I want to share some…...

February 15, 2018

16 February 2018, Article, Newsletter, SLP, Stuttering

[Source: The Bilinguistics Blog] by Maria Mitidieri I recently had the unique opportunity to have two students with moderate-to-severe stuttering admitted onto my caseload within a month of each other. These students were both boys of the same age and grade who…...

February 15, 2018

16 February 2018, Newsletter, OT, PT, Tip or Resource

[Source: Pink Oatmeal] Transportation themed activities are the perfect addition to your gross motor plans. It’s fun to move like trucks, cars, and planes. Incorporate everything from yoga to working on vertical surfaces into your transportation themed activities. Check out all the…...

February 14, 2018

16 February 2018, Dysgraphia, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Do you work with children who have trouble with the ability to write, regardless of their ability to read? Perhaps you have students without cognitive impairment, who continue to struggle with written expression. If you work with students…...

Picture Books for Black History Month

February 14, 2018

16 February 2018, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source School Library Journal] Here are 16 recent picture books to share with little ones throughout the year but especially during Black History Month. Created by titans of kid lit and debut authors alike, the selections featured on this list encompass the everyday and…...

February 14, 2018

16 February 2018, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] Ten-year-old Kusa Xiong has looked out for his big sister for as long as he can remember. At school, he helps her unpack her things at her locker. At home, the siblings read together, make up games and practice…...

February 14, 2018

16 February 2018, News, Newsletter, Special Ed

[Source: Education Week] When the U.S. Supreme Court created a stronger standard for special education in a unanimous decision last year, observers could be forgiven for believing that was the end of the story. But for the family at the center of Endrew F. v. Douglas…...

February 13, 2018

16 February 2018, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] New research with prairie voles by child development experts at the University of California, Davis, suggests that prenatal stress promotes developmental plasticity in babies, making them especially likely to benefit from good parenting as well as suffer from negligent…...