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February 18, 2014

21 February 2014, App, Articulation, Newsletter, SLP

Review by Mary Huston, CCC-SLP Vowels, vowels, who has the vowels… Also known as HOW can I get a good /r/ out of this kid? I’m fairly sure /r/ is one of the most hated sounds to have to work on, simply…...

February 18, 2014

21 February 2014, Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter, OT, SLP

[Source: Philly.com] By Kristen A. Graham One of the hottest start-ups in the city sprang up in an unlikely place – a fourth-floor classroom at South Philadelphia High. In between lesson plans and parent conferences, teacher Michele McKeone has attracted some major…...

February 18, 2014

Article, Newsletter 21 February 2014, Posture, PT

by Stacy Menz, DPT, DPT, Board Certified Pediatric Clinical Specialist It’s at least halfway through the school year and a great time to think about posture! More often than not, children tend to pay little attention to their posture while focusing on something else…...

February 18, 2014

21 February 2014, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

Do You Like Free Lesson Plans? I Do, I Like Them, Sam I Am! Dr. Seuss’s birthday is March 2nd! Grab this mother-lode of FREE, colorful printable activities and lesson plans for plenty of classroom speech-language and occupational therapy fun from HomeSchoolShare.com!…...

February 17, 2014

21 February 2014, Article, Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Newsletter, SLP

By: Joy Stackhouse, Ph.D. It is not the case that all children with a history of speech and language difficulties have associated literacy problems. However, school-age children whose speech difficulties persist beyond 5 years of age are most at risk for associated difficulties…...

February 17, 2014

21 February 2014, ADHD, Cognition, News of the Week

Editor’s Note: Thank you to Sharon Gretz of CASANA for recommending this article [Source: The Atlantic Magazine] Increasing fluid intelligence has proven beneficial for people diagnosed with ADHD, and selling memory improvement is a big business. Are the claims overheated? In 2002,…...

February 17, 2014

21 February 2014, Dyslexia, News, SLP

[Source: Medical News Today] In addition to their trouble with reading, people with dyslexia also have greater difficulty than typical readers do when it comes to managing competing sensory cues, according to a study reported in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. The findings suggest…...

February 14, 2014

14 February 2014, Newsletter, Placement, PT

Congratulations to Carlyn H, LPT on her full-time, Physical Therapy position with PediaStaff’s private therapy client in suburban Atlanta! Our client is a clinic committed to a “complete approach” for children with special needs. Although this is a primarily sensory clinic, included…...

February 13, 2014

14 February 2014, News of the Week, Newsletter, Pediatric Stroke

[Source: Medical XPress] Common infections are associated with a significantly higher chance of stroke in children, but routine vaccinations may help decrease risk, according to preliminary research presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2014. “The protective association of routine…...

February 13, 2014

14 February 2014, News of the Week, Newsletter, SLP

PediaStaff recruiters are ready to meet with thousands of clinicians at the 57th Annual Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association (TSHA) Convention and Exhibition to be held February 27 – March 1 (Booth #437) at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. With more than 4,500…...