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Making the Most of Your CF: A Three-Part Series

May 20, 2014

Article, Career Guide, CF, Newsletter

by Katie Millican, M.Ed., SLP-CF Obtaining a Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from ASHA requires completing, at minimum, 9-months of extra supervision under a Speech-Language Pathologist who already has his or her CCC’s. There are several components to the clinical fellowship which…...

Product Recommendation: Easy Hole Punch

May 19, 2014

26 May 2014, Fine Motor Skills, Hand Strengthening, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Your Therapy Source] I found this one hole puncher at Staples for $2 that is much easier to use than a traditional hole puncher. In addition, it offers a different type of resistance versus a traditional hole puncher. Instead of gripping…...

May 19, 2014

26 May 2014, Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: The Daily Mail] There is no connection between the development of autism with childhood vaccinations, University of Sydney researchers recently found. The first systematic international review was conducted for the research involved more than 1.25 million children for five cohort studies…...

May 19, 2014

26 May 2014, Autism, Newsletter, Social Story, Tip or Resource

[Source: Daily Autism Freebie] Download Summer Break Social Story from the Daily Autism Freebie...

May 16, 2014

[Source: Science Daily] One in ten 16-year-olds surveyed in a new study has considered self-harm or taking an overdose. “Although mental health campaigns have for some time attempted to de-stigmatise mental ill-health, by far the most likely reason why young people self-harm…...

“Help” or “Helper” for Life Skills

May 16, 2014

16 May 2014, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Your Therapy Source] An interesting study was published in Child Development comparing the motivational levels of children willing to help adults based on how the children were asked to help. The participants included about 150, 3-6 year olds, who participated in two…...

Testimonials

May 15, 2014

Testimonials

Regardless of the outcome of my interview this afternoon (fingers crossed), I want to thank Lauren, my staffing consultant at PediaStaff for her poise and professionalism throughout. The level of support from Pediastaff is exceptional. As a result of the experience, I…...

May 15, 2014

Ask PediaStaff, Newsletter

QUESTION: Will PediaStaff be able to find me a job or assignment anywhere I want to go? ANSWER: Sometimes yes, and sometimes no. Remember, PediaStaff is a business, so our services (although free to our therapist applicants) do cost our client…...

May 14, 2014

16 May 2014, Dolsh, Gross Motor Skils, Newsletter, Vocabulary

[Source: Hands on a We Grow] Henry’s been flying through his sight word lists lately. I’ve been so proud of him. Some we haven’t even practiced at home, he’s just learning them so quickly on his own at school. But I like to bring…...

May 13, 2014

16 May 2014, Book, Newsletter, School Psych, Separation Anxiety

The Kiss Box is a sweet, sweet book about separation anxiety. From Amazon: “In this soothing love story between mother and child, Mama Bear offers various vessels to contain their love while they are apart–but none seem right. It’s not until Little…...