[Source: Medical News Today] Young children, who possess a good understanding of their own emotions and of those of their fellow human beings early on, suffer fewer attention problems than their peers with a lower emotional understanding. Evidence of this phenomenon was…...
[Source: Your Therapy Source] Here is an easy outdoor activity to challenge body awareness, motor planning and balance skills. Find two trees about 6 feet apart. Give the child a skein of yarn or twine. Wrap the yarn around the two trees…...
[Source: New York Times Well Blog] Excessive use of computer games among young people in China appears to be taking an alarming turn and may have particular relevance for American parents whose children spend many hours a day focused on electronic screens.…...
If you are looking for a school position in Alaska, this may be the job for you. This school is in Anchorage and is in need of several Speech Language Pathologists. The caseloads are primarily mainstream with diagnoses such as speech delays,…...
[Source: Mind Shift] Toddlers can throw their fair share of tantrums, especially when you don’t yield to their will. But by age 3, it turns out, the little rug rats actually have a burgeoning sense of fairness and are inclined to right…...
Editor’s Note: Thank you to Lindsey Biel for sending us this article. In her note, to PediaStaff, Linsdsey said, “This is HUGE. Armed with this knowledge, the hope is that new parents can get early intervention starting at BIRTH.” [Source: Yale…...
We are very excited to announce that PediaStaff is an official sponsor for the 2015 ASHA Schools Convention this coming week in Phoenix, Arizona. Please come visit us at booth #427 so we can get to know you better and discuss…...
[Source: Hands on As We Grow] First of all, what do I consider a ‘busy bag’? A busy bag to me is something that can be contained and stored away, but brought out to play with and put back (reusable). It doesn’t…...
[Source: Medical News Today] Pediatric researchers have discovered gene locations affecting bone strength in wrist bones, the most common site for fractures in children. Children who have those genetic variants may be at higher-than-average risk of wrist fractures, and could especially benefit from…...
[Source: Hands on As We Grow] Save your spice jars for this simple toothpick activity to work on fine motor skills! I always have large containers like this. But always thought it was something we had, and it wasn’t something that you would…...
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