Blog - PediaStaff

December 2, 2013

6 December 2013, Newsletter, SLP

Congratulations to Shelley L, of Connecticut on her part-time school-based speech-language pathology position through PediaStaff! She will work 12-18 hours per week for the remainder of the 2013-2014 school year supporting 2 SLPs with their caseload at one school site. Some…...

December 2, 2013

6 December 2013, Article, Newsletter

[Source: The Complex Child] Kids love crafts, and your child with fine motor impairment is no different. It is definitely possible to do crafts with your child, even if he has no use of his hands. All it takes is a little…...

December 2, 2013

6 December 2013, Article, Newsletter

By Ana Paula G. Mumy, MS, CCC-SLP I recently printed off a Thanksgiving Mad Lib page to try out with a couple of my clients. I made the mistake of not reading it in its entirety before beginning the activity with one…...

November 29, 2013

29 November 2013, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] The ability to differentiate your own body from others is a fundamental skill, critical for humans’ ability to interact with their environments and the people in them. Now, researchers reporting inCurrent Biology, a Cell Press publication, on November 21…...

November 27, 2013

29 November 2013, Anxiety, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Prolonged stress and anxiety during childhood is a risk factor for developing anxiety disorders and depression later in life. Now, Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have shown that by measuring the size and connectivity of a part of…...

November 27, 2013

29 November 2013, Language, Newsletter, SLP, Speech Delay

[Source: Science Daily] A genetic defect that profoundly affects speech in humans also disrupts the ability of songbirds to sing effective courtship tunes. This defect in a gene called FoxP2 renders the brain circuitry insensitive to feel-good chemicals that serve as a…...

November 26, 2013

29 November 2013, Article, Autism, Newsletter

[Source: My Aspergers Child] “When should I begin to talk with my grandchild about his grandfather’s (papa’s) sickness that will result in death? How best to approach the subject? Thank you for your assistance.” The answer to your question would be “the…...

November 26, 2013

29 November 2013, Gross Motor Skills, Medium Motor Skills, Newsletter, PT

Thanks to Your Therapy Source for pinning this one! This is a great motor activity to do the last day before the Thanksgiving recess, or to send home with the kids to do with their brothers, sisters and cousins on Thanksgiving Day!…...

November 26, 2013

Dyscalculia, Dyslexia, News, Newsletter, OT, SLI, SLP

[Source: Medical News Today] New interdisciplinary research from Western University has uncovered fundamental links among three major learning difficulties in some school-age children. Although many children have specific problems with dyslexia, specific language impairment and dyscalculia, this study is the first to show…...

November 25, 2013

News, Newsletter, OT, PT

[Source: Medical News Today] Canadian kids spend more than half their waking hours engaged in sedentary behavior – watching television, playing video games or just sitting around. Studies involving adult populations suggest that breaks in sedentary time are associated with reduced global…...