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Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist – Countryside, IL

April 6, 2017

7 April 2017, Career, Jobs, Newsletter, SLP

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or Speech-Language Pathologist needed full time at a year round school! Our client services students up to age 22 in an outpatient clinic environment as well as a therapeutic day school. This is a year round program…...

April 6, 2017

News, Newsletter, NICU, OT, Preemies

[Source: Medical X-Press] A recent review of published research indicates that hearing their mother’s voice can benefit the health of preterm infants. The review included 15 studies with 512 infants from 2000 to 2015. Hearing the maternal voice, either recorded or live,…...

April 5, 2017

7 April 2017, Autism, News

[Source: Disability Scoop] A small, but promising study suggests that stem cells from a child’s own cord blood may offer an effective treatment for autism symptoms. Most children on the spectrum who received an infusion from their own umbilical cord blood…...

April 5, 2017

7 April 2017, Newsletter, OT, Visual Motor

[Source: The OT Toolbox] Oculomotor function refers to the six muscles surrounding each eye. These muscles work together to produce controlled eye movements. When there is oculomotor dysfunction evident, a child may have difficulty with depth perception, visual attention, visual memory, visual…...

April 5, 2017

7 April 2017, News, Newsletter, TBI

[Source: Washington University in St. Louis] Traumatic brain injury, or TBI, can be devastating and debilitating. Despite intense interest and years of study, the exact mechanisms linking force and neurological injury remain unclear. Researchers know that the membranes separating the skull from…...

April 4, 2017

7 April 2017, Article, Newsletter, School Psych

Editor’s Note: Thank You, School Psyched, Your School Psychologist for sharing this article with us [Source: Great Schools] I never thought I’d be the kind of mom who forces her kid to apologize. And then the hitting started. When he was around…...

April 4, 2017

Article 7 April 2017, School Nurse

[Source: The Atlantic] For more than a decade, standardized-test scores have been the dominant metric for measuring what public-school students know and are able to do. No Child Left Behind, the sweeping federal education law enacted in 2002, ushered in a new…...

April 4, 2017

7 April 2017, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Minds In Bloom] Would you rather….Have flowers growing out of the top of your head, or…Have butterflies constantly flying in a circle around your head? Would you rather….Have a magic Easter Basket that produces ten chocolate eggs each morning, or…Have a bunny…...

April 4, 2017

7 April 2017, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Looking for some easy, fun ideas for hand strengthening activities for kids that require little to no equipment and no, extensive preparation? Check out these free sample pages from The Hand Strengthening Handbook. Who knew you could do…...

April 3, 2017

7 April 2017, News, Newsletter, Paraplegia, PT

[Source: Medical News Today] Hundreds of thousands of Americans have a spinal cord injury, and many of those affected are paralyzed from the shoulders down. For these patients, neuroprosthetic technology may offer some hope. A new study showcases a man with quadriplegia…...