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(S)elfie Elf Challenge – Get Kids Moving

December 12, 2017

15 December 2017, Gross Motor Skills, Newsletter, PT, Tip or Resource

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Are you up for a challenge to get the kids moving? Download this FREE Selfie Elf Challenge at the end of the post. See if the children can match the elf poses EXACTLY with their bodies and snap…...

Articulation Menorah

December 11, 2017

15 December 2017, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Speech Room News] It’s that time of year! Hope you’re looking forward to the Holidays! A few of my students celebrate Hanukkah so when Heidi over at PediaStaff asked me to create some speech or language activities that incorporated the Jewish holiday I…...

Christmas Pictures Using Duplo Blocks

December 11, 2017

15 December 2017, Newsletter, OT, SLP

[Source: Teaching Mama.org] Do your kids like Lego Duplo blocks? My 3-year-old LOVES them! They are perfect for his little hands to manipulate and build things with. While he was playing with them the other day, I came up with an activity…...

December 11, 2017

15 December 2017, News, Newsletter, Special Ed, Special Education

[Source: Disability Scoop]’ Nine months after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the right of students with disabilities to a free appropriate public education, the U.S. Department of Education is shedding light on the decision’s implications. In a new nine-page question…...

December 11, 2017

15 December 2017, News, Newsletter

[Source: Education Week] When the Sept. 30th deadline approached for reauthorizing the Children’s Health Insurance Program, no one seriously thought that Congress would let the bipartisan-supported health plan expire. When the deadline passed, there was still little concern: States still had money…...

December 11, 2017

15 December 2017, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] A study conducted at the Department of Psychology at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland and Jyväskylä Centre for Interdisciplinary Brain Research (CIBR) has found that the brain responses of infants with an inherited risk for dyslexia, a specific reading…...

December 8, 2017

Bilingual, Job, Newslette, Newsletter, r 8 December 2017, Special Education

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 Bilingual Special Education teacher needed to work part time in a charter school in the city for the remainder of the school year. This is a great school to work in with…...

December 8, 2017

8 December 2017, Career, Job, Newsletter, PT

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 Privately owned pediatric therapy clinic is a growing practice in Fairbanks, AK and seeks a pediatric physical therapist to join her team on a contract basis. * This outstanding practice values each…...

December 8, 2017

8 December 2017, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 We are seeking a Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist for an assignment in the Los Angeles Area. You will be covering a couple of maternity leaves in Northern Los Angeles and Santa Clarita areas. …...

Postural Stability and Dyslexia

December 7, 2017

8 December 2017, News, Newsletter

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Gait and Posture published research on postural stability and dyslexia. The participants included 24 children with dyslexia and 24 children without dyslexia who were evaluated to determine the influence of foot soles and visual information on postural control. To…...