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SLP Corner: How to Teach Irregular Past Tense Verbs to Children
March 23, 2017
24 March 2017, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource
[Source:  Speech and Language Kids] In this video, speech-language pathologist Carrie Clark shows you how to teach a child to use irregular past tense verbs.  Use Before and After pictures.   Show the before and then the after and ask “what happened?”. The…...
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Rhyming Flapjacks Game
March 23, 2017
[Source:  Pre-K Pages] Rhyming is a very important skill for beginning readers to learn and practice. It’s a phonemic awareness skill that helps kids hear and identify sounds within words. Children develop an understanding of rhyme through experience and exposure; they must…...
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Using Google MyMaps for Targeting Spacial Concepts, Description and Narrative
March 23, 2017
24 March 2017, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource
[Source:  Speech Techie] Google Earth has always been a great, though not exactly user-friendly, tool for making maps that can target language. Consider the way that certain novels your students have to tackle require an understanding of setting and shifts in setting.…...
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Unanimous Supreme Court Expands Scope of Special Education Rights
March 23, 2017
24 March 2017, News, Newsletter
[Source: School Law Blog] The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a major decision expanding the scope of students’ special education rights, ruling unanimously that schools must do more than provide a “merely more than de minimis” education program to a student…...
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Hot Job: Pediatric Clinic-Based BCBA – Louisville, KY
March 23, 2017
24 March 2017, BCBA, Newsletter
Call Today at 866-733-4278 or     We are searching for a Board Certified Behavior Analyst for a direct hire, pediatric position located about an hour north of Louisville, KY. The therapist will have the opportunity to work with children ages birth to…...
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Hot Job: Pediatric Outpatient PT – Ozark, AL
March 22, 2017
24 March 2017, Job, Newsletter
Call Today at 866-733-4278 or     Exciting full-time opportunity for a Pediatric Physical Therapist to work in an outpatient clinic providing a unique approach to pediatric care in the Ozark, AL area. *  Offers hippotherapy and aquatic therapy on-site and on-the-job training…...
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Hot Job: Early Intervention OT – Dover, DE
March 22, 2017
24 March 2017, Job, Newsletter, OT
Call Today at 866-733-4278 or     We are searching for a dedicated pediatric occupational therapist for the Dover, DE area who enjoys working in a community based setting treating children ages birth to five with disabilities. New grads and experienced therapists are…...
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Sensory Profiles of Children in the General Population
March 22, 2017
24 March 2017, Newsletter, SPD
[Source:  Child: Care, Health and Development via Your Therapy Source] Child: Care,Health and Development published research on sensory profiles of children in the general population.  The cross-sectional study used a large sample of 3-14 year old children (n = 1132) gathered from a larger study…...
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Autism May Be Detectable In Blood
March 22, 2017
Autism, News, Newsletter
[Source:  Disability Scoop] Scientists say they can predict with near perfect accuracy whether or not a child has autism from a blood sample. Using an algorithm to assess metabolites in blood, researchers were able to identify samples that came from kids with…...
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Parent’s Corner: Speaking to Your Child’s Classmates About Down Syndrome
March 21, 2017
24 March 2017, Article, Down Syndrome, Newsletter
Editor’s Note:  Today is World Down Syndrome Day.   Here is a great article to help children understand Down Syndrome.  [Source: Friendship Circle] My daughter Sophie is almost fourteen. She has Down syndrome. She’s in eighth grade and has been mainstreamed since…...
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