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PediaStaff Placements of the Week: It's a Big Time in Texas

February 21, 2014

21 February 2014, Newsletter, Placement

PediaStaff recruiters enjoyed helping several applicants find work in Texas this week! Congrats to: Sherri M, who had job offers from PediaStaff clients in multiple cities in Texas and chose her favorite; Sarah G., who is moving to Texas from California to…...

February 20, 2014

21 February 2014, Adaptive Equipment, News of the Week, PT

[Source: Friendship Circle] For the third consecutive year Friendship Circle is holding the Michaela Noam Kaplan Great Bike Giveaway, a national contest giving away adaptive bikes to children with special needs. We are partnering with adaptive bike companies from around the United States to provide some of the…...

February 20, 2014

21 February 2014, Down Syndrome, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Scientists at A*STAR’s Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) have identified the precise role of the protein, SNX27, in the pathway leading to memory and learning impairment. The study broadens the understanding of the brain’s memory function and…...

February 20, 2014

Article, OT, SPD

By: Lindsey Biel OTR/L & Nancy Peske Article reprinted with the express permission of the authors as it appears on their website. Editor’s Note: This article was written primarily for parents and caregivers of children with Sensory Processing Disorder. We include it here as…...

February 20, 2014

21 February 2014, Article, Newsletter

by Felicia Sison Conlan, M.S., CCC-SLP Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the CSHA Newsletter. It is reprinted here, with the express permission of CSHA and the author. Speech-Language Pathologists agree that public awareness of the profession needs to improve. To…...

February 20, 2014

21 February 2014, Kinesthetic, Newsletter, OT, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Childhood 101] GREAT post with excellent ideas on how kids can learn Kinesthetically by doing ! Read the Article HERE ...

February 19, 2014

21 February 2014, Language, News of the Week, Newsletter, SLP, Speech Delay

[Source: Medical News Today] Boys are at greater risk for delayed language development than girls, according to a new study using data from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study. The researchers also found that reading and writing difficulties in the…...

NASP 2014! We are Here!!

February 19, 2014

21 February 2014, News, Newsletter, School Psych

We are so excited to be at our very first NASP convention, right in our nation’s capital. Here are a few shots from our first day that represent some of the new friends we’ve made already! If you haven’t already stopped…...

February 19, 2014

21 February 2014, News of the Week, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily] Researchers at Warwick Medical School have shown that frequently changing schools during childhood can increase the risk of psychotic symptoms in later years. The study, published in American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, found that school mobility during childhood…...

February 19, 2014

21 February 2014, Article, Newsletter, School Psych

by Joe Hirsch, Educator Worried about the shrinking presence of empathy in our schools? I know how you feel. With classrooms operating more like grade factories, it’s hard to make the case for school-driven empathy. Faced with an endless cycle of memorize,…...