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Hot Jobs: Outpatient Jobs Throughout Arkansas

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…...

SLP Corner: Awareness of Vague Words

October 29, 2014

31 October 2014, Article, Newsletter, SLP, Word Finding

Editor’s Note: Have you discovered the blog Word Finding for Kids? Do yourself a favor and check it out, starting with this article! by Jan Schwanke CCC-SLP If you are old enough to remember the original Test of Word Finding, you will…...

October 28, 2014

31 October 2014, Gross Motor Skills, Halloween, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Hands on As We Grow] With Halloween only days away, my kids are asking me every day how much longer until Halloween. We’ve been doing lots of fun activities around Halloween themes. I really should have done a Halloween countdown! Next year……...

October 28, 2014

31 October 2014, Down Syndrome, News of the Week, Newsletter, School Nurse

[Source: Medical News Today] Down syndrome is the most common chromosomal abnormality in humans, involving a third copy of all or part of chromosome 21. In addition to intellectual disability, individuals with Down syndrome have a high risk of congenital heart defects. However, not…...

October 28, 2014

31 October 2014, Handwriting, News of the Week, Newsletter, OT, PT

[Source: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport via Your Therapy Source] Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport published research on the effects of mental practice (MP) and physical practice (PP) on a finger opposition task among 36, nine to ten years old, children.…...

Omega 3 Can Help Children with ADHD

October 27, 2014

31 October 2014, ADHD, News of the Week, Newsletter, OT, School Psych

Editor’s Note: Hooray. It looks like peer reviewed studies are catching up with all the anecdotal evidence for this one! [Source: Medical News Today] Supplements of the fatty acids omega 3 and 6 can help children and adolescents who have a certain kind…...