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Hot New Job: School-Based SLP – West Covina, CA

January 12, 2018

12 January 2018, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 This LA Suburb stands about 18 miles outside of Los Angeles. It’s enough off the beaten path that you can experience the better cost of living and ambience of community that is welcoming and…...

January 12, 2018

12 January 2018, Job, Newsletter, School Psych

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 We are searching for a school psychologist for a contract assignment beginning as soon as possible and ending in June. The psychologist will work with students from PreK – post-secondary. Primary duties…...

January 11, 2018

12 January 2018, Job, Newsletter, OT

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 We are searching for a pediatric occupational therapist for Rexburg, ID. You visit places like this on vacation — why not live here? Recreational opportunities are endless with world class biking, river sports,…...

15 Winter Activities for Speech Therapy

January 11, 2018

12 January 2018, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Crazy Speech World] Are you headed back to school after winter break and not sure what you are going to do with your students? Did you Netflix instead of lesson plan? It’s ok, I’m here to help! I’ve gathered some great…...

January 11, 2018

12 January 2018, News, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] “The diagnosis, ‘autism spectrum disorder,’ covers a lot of symptoms. For each various symptom, there should be a various brain pathophysiology,” said Yuko Yoshimura, an assistant professor in the Research Center for Child Mental Development at Kanazawa University and…...

January 11, 2018

12 January 2018, News, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Disability Scoop] It’s been nearly a decade since Congress passed the mental health parity act, with its promise to make mental health and substance abuse treatment just as easy to get as care for any other condition. Yet today, in the midst…...

January 10, 2018

12 January 2018, Article, Literacy, Newsletter

[Source: International Literacy Association Daily via Reading Rockets] A growing body of research suggests that music education enhances literacy skills that facilitate all other learning. A 2014 study published in The Journal of Neuroscience found that children who took music lessons for…...

January 10, 2018

12 January 2018, Article, Newsletter, Special Ed

[Source: Disability Scoop] BRUNSWICK, Maine — Kate Lord didn’t have a plan when she graduated from Brunswick High School in 2014. For two years, she was unemployed. Eventually, her father was able to use his connections at Bowdoin College to get her…...

Sensory Processing and Pretend Play

January 10, 2018

12 January 2018, News, Newsletter, SPD

[Source: American Journal of OT via Your Therapy Source] The American Journal of Occupational Therapy published research on sensory processing and pretend play in 42 typically developing children ages 5-7 years old. Each child was assessed with the Child Initiated Pretend Play Assessment and the…...

How Quickly Can Children Learn Routes?

January 10, 2018

12 January 2018, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Wayfinding is the ability to learn and recall a route through an environment. Theories of wayfinding suggest that for adult and children to learn a route successfully, they must have repeated experience of it. Researchers from the University’s School…...