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PediaStaff Jobs of the Week: Early Intervention SLPs, OTs and PTs in North Carolina

May 31, 2013

31 May 2013, Job, Newsletter

Did you know that PediaStaff has lots of great EI positions nationwide?? Our client is seeking Pediatric SLPs, Pediatric Occupational Therapists and Physical Therapists to provide evaluation and assessment with an emphasis on the development of an individualized functional communication system. Among…...

May 31, 2013

31 May 2013, Newsletter, Placement, PT

Meet Monica – an energetic physical therapist who has just accepted TWO positions through PediaStaff as an itinerant school-based clinician in parts of rural Alaska. She will be working for two separate school districts and will fly from village to village as…...

May 30, 2013

31 May 2013, Newsletter, Tip or Resource, Tip or Resource

Here is a treasure trove of free worksheets and resources by Teachers Pay Teachers bloggers posted to huge Pinterest boards just for freebies in each of these areas. We had hundreds of repins on these last week! If you don’t have…...

May 30, 2013

31 May 2013, Down Syndrome, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Down syndrome, the most common genetic form of intellectual disability, results from an extra copy of one chromosome. Although people with Down syndrome experience intellectual difficulties and other problems, scientists have had trouble identifying why that extra chromosome…...

May 29, 2013

4 October 2019, Article, Newsletter, SLP

by Kimberly Scanlon, MA CCC-SLP I love doing simple arts and crafts projects with my toddler and preschool aged clients. I prefer the ones that: 1. Aren’t too messy 2. Don’t require too many materials In my experience as a speech language…...

May 29, 2013

31 May 2013, Article, Aspergers Syndrome, Autism

[Source: Ramp Up / ABC.net.au] The latest Diagnostic and Statisticians Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM 5) collapses Asperger’s Syndrome and autism, along with other disorders, into one diagnosis – Autism Spectrum Disorder. ‘Aspies’ may feel like a little piece of themselves falling…...

May 29, 2013

31 May 2013, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) is a surgical procedure used to treat spasticity in some children with spastic cerebral palsy. This procedure appears to be effective, but for how long? Researchers from Montreal, Quebec, Canada,* set out to find…...

May 28, 2013

31 May 2013, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Babies who are born through Cesarean section (c-section) are much more likely to become obese when they grow up compared to babies who are delivered vaginally, reveals a new study carried out in the U.K which included more…...

May 28, 2013

Cerebral Palsy, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Bochum’s medics have succeeded in treating cerebral palsy with autologous cord blood. Following a cardiac arrest with severe brain damage, a 2.5 year old boy had been in a persistent vegetative state – with minimal chances of survival.…...

May 27, 2013

31 May 2013, News, Newsletter

[Source: ABC News] by Dina Abou Salem More parents are putting off a child’s kindergarten entry so he or she will be a little older than the classmates. It’s a phenomenon known as redshirting. “The reasons parents choose to redshirt their child…...