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Placement of the Week: PediaStaff Places Part-Time too!

December 8, 2014

Congratulations to Jennifer W., on her new part-time position with PediaStaff’s client in West Suburban Boston! She will be working as a Physical Therapist 6-10 hours a week for the remainder of the school year. They have one other PT working…...

December 8, 2014

Christmas-time is a wonderful time of year, but it is also a time for other celebrations as well., Rather than lumping all of the holidays into a mush of “Holiday” celebrations that lose the essence of each individual traditions, how about celebrating…...

December 8, 2014

Mutiple Sclerosis, Newsletter, Video

[Source: ESPN Via ABC News] Entering her senior year at Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Kayla Montgomery had big goals—to win the Cross-Country State Championship. It was a goal that seemed completely impossible just three years earlier, when Kayla…...

December 8, 2014

Autism, Neurobiology, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] The common chemo-therapy drug topotecan disrupts a gene integral for neuron communication, though the effects are reversible. The research also homes in on an underlying cause of autism. UNC School of Medicine researchers have found for the first time a…...

December 4, 2014

5 December 2014, Deaf Education, Hard of Hearing, Newsletter, Sign Language Interpreter, SLI

[Source: Hands & Voices] What is social cognition and theory of mind? Humans are social animals and we spend a great deal of time in social relationships. As children develop, they gain a better understanding of peers and adults around them. They…...

December 4, 2014

Angelmans Syndrome, News of the Week, Newsletter, OT, PT, SLP

[Source: Medical News Today] Most genes are inherited as two working copies, one from the mother and one from the father. However, in a few instances, a gene is imprinted, which means that one copy is silenced. This is called genomic imprinting.…...

December 3, 2014

[Source: Daily Autism Freebie] A print-and-go set of holiday math / shopping activities for students working on money skills in elementary school or life skills classes. Put the sales flyers in a page protector and either cut out the task cards for single…...

December 3, 2014

5 December 2014, News, Newsletter, NICU, Preemies

[Source: Medical News Today] Previous research has found that low birth weight is associated with a variety of adverse outcomes in later childhood. Studies reported on by Medical News Today have suggested that low-birth-weight babies are more likely to have autism spectrum disorder, psychiatric problems and childhood illness…...

December 3, 2014

Concussion, PT, School Psych, TBI

Editor’s Note: Does this frighten anyone else but me? Some high school football players exhibit measurable brain changes after a single season of play even in the absence of concussion, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society…...

December 2, 2014

5 December 2014, ADHD, Aggression, Behavior, News, Newsletter, OT, School Nurse

[Source: Medical Xpress] High magnesium intake has been associated with reduced aggressive behavior in WA adolescents, highlighting the importance of a magnesium-rich diet in emotional and behavioral health. While previous research has linked low dietary zinc and magnesium to increased anxiety and depressive behaviors…...