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Autism Corner: Teaching the Concept of Time to Children with Autism

November 4, 2014

25 January 2019, Article, Autism, Newsletter

[Source: Friendship Circle] Fall is in full swing and that means a change in season for many of us. It also means changing of the clock and seeing it get dark earlier. It’s a time of transition, something that can be difficult for young…...

November 3, 2014

7 November 2014, Article, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Virtual Speech Center] Many of us speech and language pathologists were faced at some point in our career with a few shy children, who took a bit longer to warm up to us, making speech or language therapy a bit more…...

November 3, 2014

5 November 2021, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Chapel Hill Snippets] Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, and if I can teach children to say thank you for their many blessings, I feel I’ve done my job well. Here is a small collection of what I’ve shared over the past…...

November 3, 2014

7 November 2014, Gait, News of the Week, PT

[Source: Pediatric Physical Therapy via Your Therapy Source] Pediatric Physical Therapy published research on the effects of different torsional flexibilities of shoes on gait and stability in 25 children who were walking five months or less. The children were evaluated barefoot and in…...

October 31, 2014

31 October 2014, Job, Newsletter, OT, PT, SLP

PediaStaff has immediate openings for a full-time SLP, a full-time OT and a part-time PT to work in a thriving outpatient clinic in the vicinity of Huntsville, TX. The gap is quickly closing between the bedroom communities of northern Houston and Huntsville! Shopping,…...

October 30, 2014

31 October 2014, Career, Job, Newsletter, OT, PT, SLP

PediaStaff is actively recruiting for a couple of growing multi-facility clinics in Arkansas that provide year round services to children in day care and pediatric settings. Several positions are available throughout the northeast and northwestern parts of the state. If…...

October 30, 2014

31 October 2014, Early Intervention, Neonatal Health, News of the Week, Newsletter, School Nurse

[Source: Medical Xpress] Paying attention to the color of a newborn’s poop can mean the difference between life and death for babies with the rare liver disorder biliary atresia—the leading cause of liver transplants in children. The disease is almost universally heralded…...

October 30, 2014

31 October 2014, Autism, OT

[Source: The New York Times Well Blog] Like many parents of children with autism, Nicole Brown feared she might never find a dentist willing and able to care for her daughter, Camryn Cunningham, now a lanky 13-year-old who uses words sparingly. Finishing a…...

Life Cycle of a Pumpkin Craft

October 29, 2014

31 October 2014, Autumn, Fall, Halloween, Harvest, Newsletter, OT, SLP, Tip or Resource

Editor’s Note: Halloween will be over soon, but pumpkins are good all autumn long. I love this craft for speech and language work! Fantastic for following directions, sequencing, conversation and storytelling. How else would you use it for therapy? [Source: Carrots…...

October 29, 2014

Article, Career, Career Corner, Career Tip, OT, PT, School Psych, SLP. Newsletter

[Source: The Speech and Language Connection] If you had emergency surgery overnight and couldn’t go back to work for several weeks, would another clinician be able to look at your notes and pick up where you left off? Will they read your…...