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Pediatric Therapy Corner: A Parent's Resource Guide to Social and Emotional Learning

February 12, 2015

13 February 2015, Article, Newsletter, OT, School Psych, SLP, Tip or Resource

Editor’s Note: Excellent Share!! [Source: Edutopia] Explore a curated list of blogs, articles, and videos for parents about fostering skills like kindness, empathy, gratitude, resilience, perseverance, and focus in children. Resources by Topic: Encouraging Kindness and Empathy Cultivating Perseverance and Resilience Fostering…...

OT Corner: Selecting a Toddler Shoe

February 11, 2015

13 February 2015, Newsletter, OT, PT

Editor’s Note: This is an excellent article to share with the parents and guardians of your clients! [Source: Pink Oatmeal] My little guy is a man on the run. His primary mode of “go” is walking. Up until more recently, I wasn’t…...

February 11, 2015

13 February 2015, News of the Week, Newsletter, OT, PT

[Source: Medical News Today] Researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital have developed a way to measure upper extremity movement in patients with muscular dystrophy using interactive video game technology. Their hope is to expand inclusion criteria for clinical trials to incorporate patients using wheelchairs. In…...

February 11, 2015

13 February 2015, Autism, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] Amid concerns about measles, the nation’s largest autism advocacy group has updated its stance on vaccines and autism, but remains mum on whether it will fund further studies on the issue. Autism Speaks revised its policy on immunizations in…...

SLP Corner: Heidi's Top Blogs

February 11, 2015

13 February 2015, Article, Career, Newsletter, SLP

Editor’s Note: Thank you to Shelley Hutchins at ASHA for asking me to update my favorite blog list for ASHAsphere. It was a very hard project to do, as you will understand when you read it! by Heidi Kay, PediaStaff In the…...

February 11, 2015

13 February 2015, Newsletter, SLP, Social Skills

[Source: Chapel Hill Snippets] I have the most adorable social skills group ever! The group consists of five students ranging from third to fifth grade with various needs, but all of the kids are capable of accessing the regular curriculum. This…...

February 10, 2015

13 February 2015, Job, Newsletter, OT

Congratulations to Meghan M., on her contracted OT position with one of PediaStaff’s clients in Northwestern, Illinois. Megan will be working a varied caseload and includes students with learning and developmental delays, sensory and fine motor needs. ...

Book Review: Red Hat

February 9, 2015

13 January 2015, Book, Newsletter

Reviewed by Meghan Graham of All4MyChild.com Book by: Lita Judge Book Description: Similar to Lita Judge’s winter story, Red Sled (see review here) a little girl leaves her red hat outside on the clothes line, and many forest animals decide to borrow…...

The 4th Annual Great Bike Giveaway!

February 9, 2015

[Source: Friendship Circle] For the fourth consecutive year, Friendship Circle is holding the Michaela Noam Kaplan Great Bike Giveaway, a national contest in which children with special needs can win their very own adaptive bike. We are partnering with adaptive bike companies from around the United States to…...

February 9, 2015

13 February 2015, News of the Week, Newsletter, OT, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] “Atesi” — what sounds like a word from the Elven language of Lord of the Rings is actually a Vimmish word meaning “thought.” Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig have used…...