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PediaStaff Placement of the Week: Early Intervention SLP – California's 'Gold Country'

May 13, 2014

16 May 2014, Early Intervention, EI, Newsletter, Placement

Congratulations to Mindy O., SLP on her part-time early intervention position in California’s “Gold Country” through PediaStaff! Mindy will be providing EI speech and language services in a home-based environment in their home based program which serves several counties. This is a great opportunity…...

May 13, 2014

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

[Source: Medical News Today] Children with autism experience deficits in a type of immune cell that protects the body from infection. Called granulocytes, the cells exhibit one-third the capacity to fight infection and protect the body from invasion compared with the same cells in…...

May 12, 2014

16 May 2014, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Globe and Mail] Some say that deeds speak louder than words, but one can argue that it is only through words that we have a voice and can make our thoughts and intentions palpable. Words have the power to teach, inspire,…...

May 12, 2014

16 May 2014, Mirror Therapy, News of the Week, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Medical News Today] The Occupational Therapy team at The Huntercombe Group’s specialist Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre at Frenchay (Bristol), are exploring the use of mirror therapy to aid motor recovery in patients with acquired brain injury who are suffering from hemi-paresis…...

May 9, 2014

13 June 2014, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Some children with autism appear to be developing normally when they are very young. They babble or even talk, make eye contact with their parents, and crawl and walk on schedule. Then suddenly, these skills seem to vanish. Described as…...

May 8, 2014

9 May 2014, DMD, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Approximately 1 in every 3,600 male infants worldwide is affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy – an inherited condition that causes severe muscle weakness. At present, there is no specific treatment for the disease. But new research published in…...

May 8, 2014

9 May 2014, Article, Literacy, SLP

[Source: Reading Rockets] Semantic maps (or graphic organizers) are maps or webs of words. The purpose of creating a map is to visually display the meaning-based connections between a word or phrase and a set of related words or concepts. Semantic maps…...

May 8, 2014

9 May 2014, Article, School Psych

[Source: The Burgeoning School Psychologist] You know it’s spring for a school psychologist when the following happens: 1. You’re evaluation caseload appears to have exploded and you’re testing more than you’re thinking.2. You can’t seem to keep up with your report writing.…...

May 8, 2014

9 May 2014, SLP, Tip or Resource

Thank You @noralyssia for this great photo! Today in speech! the very hungry caterpillar! La oruga muy hambrienta! ...

May 7, 2014

9 May 2014, Gross Motor Skills, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

Can we go one month without finding something wonderful to share through No Time for Flashcards? Maybe not.. Alison has recently posted 25 Gross Motor Rainy Day Activities that you have to check out. Several of them are from another one…...