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Program That Helps Children Cope After Disasters Could Benefit Refugees, At-Risk Youth

December 16, 2015

18 December 2015, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Medical News Today] A social and emotional skills intervention developed to help children recover from the trauma of natural disasters is being adapted to help young Syrian refugees heal their psychological wounds. Journey of Hope, a school-based psychosocial intervention co-developed by…...

December 16, 2015

18 December 2015, Feeding Issues, News, Newsletter, OT, Picky Eaters, SLP

[Source: Medical News Today] Cartoon characters are often used to market so-called junk food to children. However, new research from Italy suggests that the same technique might be used to nudge preschoolers into eating more fresh fruit and vegetables too. Details of…...

December 15, 2015

18 December 2015, Article, Handwriting, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Handwriting with Katherine] by Katherine J. Collmer, M.Ed, OTR/L Children who experience difficulty with the mastery of handwriting skills are often struggling with crossing their body midline. During the performance of handwriting tasks, the arm, hand, and eyes travel from the…...

December 15, 2015

18 December 2015, Article, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Activity Tailor] The holidays can bring complications for SLPs. Particularly in a professional setting, they may find it challenging to navigate the religious components of the season, the variety of holidays observed and the diverse ways of observing the same holiday, and to…...

How Music, Language Shape the Brain

December 15, 2015

18 December 2015, News, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Northwestern University professor Nina Kraus shed light on one of the brain’s most complex tasks — making sense of sound — during the recent Falling Walls conference in Berlin. The annual gathering features significant discoveries or “breakthroughs” by 20…...

December 14, 2015

18 December 2015, Autism, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Using antidepressants during pregnancy greatly increases the risk of autism, Professor Anick Bérard of the University of Montreal and its affiliated CHU Sainte-Justine children’s hospital revealed. Prof. Bérard, an expert in the fields of pharmaceutical safety during pregnancy, came…...

December 14, 2015

18 December 2015, Jobs, Newsletter, School Psych

Congratulations to Elizabeth P., on her new School Psychologist position with one of PediaStaff’s charter school clients in Chicago! We are hiring School Psychs nationwide! Contact us today at 866-733-4278 or Apply Online at pediastaff.com!...

December 14, 2015

18 December 2015, Newsletter, OT, PT, SLP

[Source: Your Therapy Source] When teaching children new skills, therapists and teachers provide instruction and prompts to complete the skill. Many times different prompts are used together to help a child learn a new skill or complete a targeted response. There are…...

December 14, 2015

18 December 2015, Down Syndrome, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical X Press] While most Down syndrome research has focused on the brain, a new report by Johns Hopkins University biologists uncovers how the disorder hampers a separate part of the nervous system that plays a key role in health and…...

December 14, 2015

18 December 2015, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

Editor’s Note: We are very flattered that PediaStaff made this great resource! Check us out under ‘Best Resource Blogs’ [Source: Kidmunicate] We visited over 200 speech pathology websites and blogs this year. Many from the 2015 list returned. A few were cut…...