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Pediatric Therapy Corner: 9 Awesome Movement Songs for Kids

February 24, 2015

[Source: Inspired Treehouse] In my personal and professional experience, musical activities and songs for kids are second to none when it comes to getting everyone moving! Even I can’t resist a little head bobbing or shoulder shrugging when I hear a great beat…...

February 24, 2015

27 February 2015, Autism, Newsletter, OT, School Psych

[Source: Medical News Today] Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have found that mutations that cause autism in children are connected to a pathway that regulates brain development. The research, led by Lilia Iakoucheva, PhD, assistant professor in the…...

February 24, 2015

27 February 2015, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

Are you excited for St. Patrick’s Day? Its such a fun holiday to celebrate in the therapy room! Come on by our Pinterest St. Patrick’s Day board (now in year three already!) and check out the almost 300 Activities, Resources and Treats…...

February 23, 2015

Career, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Congratulations to Denise M., on her new position to fill a 6-week maternity leave with a charter school client of PediaStaff’s. The therapist will service children kindergarten through 8th grade at two charter schools in close proximity to one another. Thanks…...

February 23, 2015

27 February 2015, ADL, Article, Newsletter, OT, SLP, Special Ed

[Source: Friendship Circle] As a speech language pathologist who works with young adults, I often use the topics of hygiene, community and daily living to help facilitate speech and language goals. Many older children, teenagers, and young adults are challenged with how…...

Book of the Week: Green Shamrocks

February 23, 2015

27 February 2015, Book, Newsletter, OT, SLP

[Source: Pre-Kpages.com] Green Shamrocks by Eve Bunting is the story of a rabbit who plants shamrock seeds in hopes of having enough to create a necklace to wear to the St. Patrick’s Day parade. He plants them, waters them and then waits. One…...

February 23, 2015

ASL, Career, Job, Newsletter 27 February 2015, Sign Language

We have several school clients in California who have asked PediaStaff to assist them in locating Sign Language Interpreters (ASL) for their schools. These positions would be working with students in their classrooms. Most are one-school locations. These are full-time jobs working school…...

February 19, 2015

20 February 2015, News of the Week, Newsletter, OT

[Source: NY Times] A class of first graders at Public School 503 in Brooklyn sat on the floor one recent Friday, cross-legged on an alphabet-themed rug. But as their teacher began a reading lesson, two boys positioned near the letters C and D sat…...

February 19, 2015

20 February 2015, Cerebral Palsy, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Journal of Child Neurology published a research study on the effects of pediatric aquatic therapy on motor function, enjoyment, activities of daily living, and health-related quality of life for 11 children in the experimental group with spastic cerebral palsy of…...

February 18, 2015

20 February 2015, ADL, News of the Week, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Tunstall’s Teaching Tidbits] This week we have been discovering the clock in our room. Our standards say to represent and tell time. What better way to represent time than to make our own clocks in every way we can! In small group…...