Monthly Archive
Editor’s Note:   ARK Therapeutic was so excited that we reprinted their Tran-Quill Pencil product review that they have extended a special discount to any “friend of PediaStaff.’   Use coupon code  BTS15 for 15% off storewide, valid through 9/16/13 [Source”  Toys Are Tools]…...
August 26, 2013
[Source: Your Therapy Source] Some of you have already started the school year and some of you will begin over the next few weeks. Get to know your new students with these ideas: 1. Write a letter to your students telling them…...
[Source: Peachie Speechie] Another great thrift shop find! This Whac-A-Mole game is a new addition to my collection and I just love it. Look at how cute these little moles are: The only thing I don’t adore about this game is the…...
by Pat Mervine, MS – CCC- SLP For the second summer in a row, my husband and I traveled to Brazil to visit our son, Gregg, and daughter-in-law, Adi. This year was extra special, as we also met our new grandson, just…...
Last week I took a late lunch to exercise.  While I was on the stationary bike, a Cheerios commercial comes on.    A boy is taking a handful of Cheerios and making designs on the kitchen table.   The sister wanders over, notices…...
[Source: Medical News Today] Getting kids to share their toys is a never-ending battle, and compelling them to do so never seems to help. New research suggests that allowing children to make a choice to sacrifice their own toys in order to…...
August 22, 2013
This video has been going around the internet for a few years now, but it is a great message for any teacher – especially a teacher who works with disadvantaged or special needs children – to start his or her new school…...
August 22, 2013
[Source:  Medical News Today] A healthy ear is much better at detecting and transmitting sound than even the most advanced hearing aid. But now researchers reporting in the Biophysical Journal, a Cell Press publication, have uncovered new insights into how the ear…...
August 22, 2013
Congratulations to Jeannine D., on her new position as a school-based SLP for the 2013/2014 school year with a PediaStaff client in Ohio.   She will be working in a part-time for a charter school serving children from K-8th grade. Have a great…...
August 21, 2013
[Source: ABC Therapeutics] I have been sitting on some historical source material for quite some time.  I have been studying the material extensively, trying to decide the best way to share the information, and at times just putting it all aside out…...