Blog - PediaStaff

Resource of the Week: Children's Book List for Autism Awareness Month

April 8, 2014

11 April 2014, Book, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: The Speech Bubble] As part of Autism Awareness month I wanted share some books that you can share with your students: Friend Like Simon by Kate Gaynor Different Like Me. My Book of Autism Heroes by Jennifer Elder Autism Acceptance…...

Sesame Street To Focus On Autism

April 7, 2014

11 April 2014, Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] The nonprofit behind Big Bird, Elmo and Abby Cadabby is launching a new effort to reduce stigma surrounding kids with autism and help those with the developmental disorder learn life skills. Through a new initiative dubbed “See Amazing in…...

April 7, 2014

11 April 2014, Instagram, Newsletter, OT, Patterning, Tip or Resource, Visual Discrimination

Here’s a great fine motor and visual discrimination activity. Create eggs to match patterns on cards! Thanks @just4meot on Instagram for permission to regram this photo of an activity she found on Pinterest (of course!) Follow @just4meot on Instagram Follow @pediastaff on Instagram...

April 7, 2014

11 April 2014, Language, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Association for Psychological Science] Verbal interactions between parents and children create a social feedback loop important for language development, according to research forthcoming in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. That loop appears to be experienced less frequently…...

Good Morning Baltimore!

April 4, 2014

4 April 2014, AOTA, Newsletter

Baltimore is a beautiful city and we are all enjoying it quite a bit! Its been so wonderful to meet all of these experienced therapists with so much to teach and share as well as the enthusiastic young people that are the…...

April 3, 2014

4 April 2014, Newsletter, OT

Congratulations to Lawrence B., OTR/L who is relocating to Arkansas next month and has an accepted an offer to work for one of PediaStaff’s clients. He will go to work every day to an impressive 12,000 square foot outpatient therapy clinic complete…...

April 3, 2014

4 April 2014, Gross Motor Skills, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Research in Developmental Disabilities via Your Therapy Source] Research in Developmental Disabilities published a longitudinal study on the gross motor skill development of children with learning disabilities (LD). Fifty six children with LD, ages 7-11 years old along with 253 typically developing children…...

April 3, 2014

4 April 2014, Article, Autism, Newsletter

Editor’s Note: This is an EXCELLENT synopsis of the “1 in 68” issue, and why we need not panic along with some in the mainstream media. Definitely worth “favoriting” and sharing with colleagues and the parents/guardians of the children you serve.…...

April 2, 2014

4 April 2014, Newsletter, OT, PT, School Psych, SLP, Tip or Resource

Lots of great therapy ideas spring forth during April. Check out our Spring, Easter and Earth Day Pinterest boards for a huge number of activities to do in the therapy room throughout the month! Visit our Spring Themed Therapy Activities…...

April 2, 2014

[Source: Love That Max] “The speech therapist said because of his lack of comprehension, he wasn’t yet ready for a speech device,” a mom I recently met told me. Her five-year-old son has developmental delays, and is nonverbal. He was sitting nearby,…...