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Glad Monster, Sad Monster – A Book About Feelings (and a Craftivity)

January 21, 2014

24 January 2014, Feelings and Emotions, Newsletter, OT, School Psych

[Source: The Learn and Grow Designs blog] I am really excited to share the Glad Monster, Sad Monster Art Lesson I did with my 1st grade classes. O.K., I am always excited to share things with you. The great thing is my…...

On the Lighter Side: A Little OT Humor

January 21, 2014

Newsletter, Newsletter, 24 January 2014, On the Lighter Side, OT

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January 20, 2014

24 January 2014, Idioms, Language, Newsletter, SLP

Editor’s Note: At the time of this posting, this app has gone free! Grab it while you can. If not, at .99 it is still recommended. Purpose of App: Introduce and quiz on common English idioms. I never realized how complicated…...

January 20, 2014

24 January 2014, Autism, News, Newsletter

Editor’s Note: This is a great article to share with your students/clients for inspiration! [Source: The Toronto Star] An Edmonton father starts a business with his 24-year-old son, who can’t read or talk but can figure out how to put together complex…...

January 20, 2014

Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter, 24 January 2014, SPD

[Source: CBS News] CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook and CBS News contributor Dr. Holly Phillips joined “CBS This Morning: Saturday” to discuss the major medical stories of the week. A new study is shedding light on one of the…...

January 20, 2014

24 January 2014, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Medical News Today] When listening to someone speak, we also rely on lip-reading and gestures to help us understand what the person is saying. To link these sights and sounds, the brain has to know where each stimulus is located so it…...

January 16, 2014

17 January 2014, Autism, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

The Daily Autism Freebie is a deceptively simple compilation blog that serves up a free resource every day without fanfare. We would probably pin all of them into Pinterest, but the authors of this blog do not put an accompanying image…...

January 16, 2014

17 January 2013, Newsletter, Placement

Congratulations to Mary B., on her part-time school based occupational therapist position with one of PediaStaff’s clients in a suburb of Minneapolis. She will work one day a week with children ages 3-5. The majority of the children have developmental delay…...

Speech Means Using Both Sides of Brain

January 16, 2014

17 January 2014, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] We use both sides of our brain for speech, a finding by researchers at New York University and NYU Langone Medical Center that alters previous conceptions about neurological activity. The results, which appear in the journal Nature, also offer insights…...

January 16, 2014

17 January 2014, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Like watching a foreign movie that was badly dubbed, children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have trouble integrating simultaneous information from their eyes and their ears, according to a Vanderbilt study published today in The Journal of Neuroscience. The study,…...