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Baby's First Stool Can Alert Doctors to Future Cognitive Issues

July 14, 2015

17 July 2015, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] A newborn’s first stool can signal the child may struggle with persistent cognitive problems, according to Case Western Reserve University Project Newborn researchers. In particular, high levels of fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEE) found in the meconium (a newborn’s…...

Discomfort During Handwriting

July 13, 2015

17 July 2015, Handwriting, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Human Movement Science via Your Therapy Source] Human Movement Science published research on wrist-joint position, finger muscle length, grip strength and prolonged handwriting. The study looked at two groups – control group of 22 young adults ages 18-24 (no pain…...

July 13, 2015

17 July 2015, ADL, Newsletter, OT

[Source: The Measured Mom] Check out this nice collection of free printable games to help your students tell time!!...

July 13, 2015

17 July 2015, Autism, News

[Source: Science Daily] UNSW Australia scientists have discovered a link between autism and genetic changes in some segments of DNA that are responsible for switching on genes in the brain. The finding is the result of a world-first study of the human…...

July 13, 2015

17 July 2015, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Pediatric Occupational Therapy Tips] Here is a quick and easy idea to help a child manipulate a zipper on a backpack, lunchbox, or jacket. All you need is a medium to large sized split key ring. The zipper pull will need…...

July 9, 2015

10 July 2015, News, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Medical XPress] If you’ve ever been pregnant, did you have a saying you’d repeat to yourself—something about taking things one day at a time, or maybe even wishing that men could know what it’s like to carry a child? Or did…...

July 9, 2015

10 July 2015, Career, Job, Newsletter, PT

Congratulations to Allison U., on her placement with a PediaStaff client South of Chicago, Illinois as a School Based PT for the 2015-6 school year. The setting has a caseload of children with multiple therapy needs and will give her the opportunity to…...

July 9, 2015

10 July 2015, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

[Source: The Measured Mom] Fine motor activities are so important to strengthen little hands before they’re ready to do all the writing that’s waiting for them in kindergarten and beyond. Try some of these simple, low-prep activities! For years, I’ve seen fun…...

July 8, 2015

Anxiety, GAD, News, Newsletter 10 July 2015, OT, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily] The study from the Department of Psychiatry and the Health Emotions Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison shows how an over-active brain circuit involving three brain areas inherited from generation to generation may set the stage for developing…...

July 8, 2015

10 July 2015, ADLs, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

[Source: No Time for Flash Cards] Identifying coins is something I never remember learning because I always seemed to know it. I think the reason why was that I used them much more than my kids do at the same age. I…...