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Literacy Corner: Easy Intervention Strategies to Help Struggling Readers Thrive

October 23, 2017

[Source: eSchool News] Finding patterns and honing in on struggling readers’ skill deficits will quickly point educators to the appropriate intervention. In “Timesaving Strategies for Selecting Interventions for Struggling Readers,” Cindy Kanuch, reading specialist at Calhan Elementary School, presented tips on working to address…...

October 23, 2017

27 October 2017, Hand Strengthening, Handwriting, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Here is a super simple and super cheap do-it-yourself project to make finger fidgets. These bead finger fidgets can be used to occupy busy hands for wiggly students or to warm up the fingers before fine motor or handwriting activities. Obviously, do not use…...

October 20, 2017

20 October 2017, News, Newsletter

The 2017 ASHA Convention will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California, November 9–11, 2017, and PediaStaff will be there to talk with YOU about your pediatric or school-based Speech-Language Pathology career. Come visit us at Booth #1346. …...

October 20, 2017

20 October 2017, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Although several studies have pointed to oxytocin, or the “love hormone,” as an important factor in promoting sociability, the mechanisms behind this remain unknown. Researchers from Stanford University have now looked into how oxytocin regulates the social reward mechanism in the…...

October 19, 2017

20 October 2017, Newsletter, OT, Sensory, SPD

[Source: My Aspergers Child] “Why is my autistic (high functioning) son so sooo sensitive to certain clothing? He refuses to wear jeans and doesn’t like certain shoes and socks. I’ve made the mistake of forcing him to wear some of these things…...

October 19, 2017

20 October 2017, Newsletter, OT, PT, SLP

Editor’s Note: This article appeared here on our blog in 2012. Erik Raj originally wrote this excellent blog post for his SLP readers. I think it applies to ALL our therapy clinician friends out there! Therefore, I have taken the liberty to replace the…...

October 18, 2017

20 October 2017, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 PediaStaff is actively recruiting an experienced Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist to join a growing team of professionals in the West Palm/Boca Raton area of Southeast Florida! That’s right…it’s your time to shine in…...

October 18, 2017

20 October 2017, News, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Kennedy Krieger Institute] Catering to a child who is a picky eater is like being a short-order cook: chaotic. Dinnertime becomes a war zone, leading to hopeless battles fought over vegetables and macaroni and cheese. Picky eating is as normal as…...

October 18, 2017

20 October 2017, OT, SLP, Tip or Resource

Thank you to @sharon_speech, our SLP friend on Instagram for introducing us to Oobi Finger Puppets! Adorable, and so useful for speech and language therapy, talking about feelings in school psychology, and as fine motor motivation too! There is also much on…...

October 18, 2017

20 October 2017, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily] An innovative study of children and parents in both Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, led by University of Cambridge researchers Michelle R. Ellefson and Claire Hughes, reveals cultural differences in important cognitive skills among adolescent participants but not…...