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Poor Motor Performance Linked to Poor Academic Skills

November 7, 2013

Gross Motor Skills, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise via Your Therapy Source] Looking for research to justify school based physical or occupational therapy services during the early school years? Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise published research on 174 Finnish children grades 1-3…...

November 7, 2013

8 November 2013, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

Here’s an activity that was a big hit when I posted it to Instagram earlier this week! After all, you can’t go wrong with Ruth’s materials on Chapel Hill Snippets! Download this great free game HERE ...

November 6, 2013

8 November 2013, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Eye contact during early infancy may be a key to early identification of autism, according to a study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health. Published this week in the…...

November 6, 2013

Article, Newsletter, OT, PT, School Psych, SLP

[Source: Education Week] Education Week published this week a special report on the Common Core State Standards, and how their implementation in all but four states are affecting special student populations—students with disabilities, gifted students, and English-language learners. I encourage you to read (and comment…...

November 6, 2013

Placement, SLP

Congratulations to Elizabeth M., SLP, on her new part-time position with PediaStaff’s school-based client near Columbus Ohio. This position really helps our client out of a bind for the rest if the 2013-2014 school year, has a very flexible schedule, and serves…...

November 5, 2013

8 November 2013, Article, Newsletter, OT, PT

[Source: The Inspired Treehouse] I love playing with playdough with my kids at home and at school because there are millions of ways to make it new and exciting, just by adding novel objects or presenting it in a different way. I…...

November 5, 2013

25 October 2013, Newsletter, SLP

ASHA is next week — November 14-16th at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. PediaStaff has 30 feet of booth space this year, so there will be plenty of room to get to know us, even if it’s crowded. Our recruiting staff…...

November 5, 2013

8 November 2013, Cerebral Palsy, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: The New York Times, City Room blog via Loren Shlaes, the PediatricOT] Hidden in Tumblr’s bottomless trove of illustrated quotations, posts debunking falsely attributed illustrated quotations, pornography and obsessively composed photos of huckleberry muffins, is a blog written by a twelve-year-old…...

November 4, 2013

Autism, News, Newsletter, OT, SLP

[Source: Medical News Today] Lorenzo Miodus-Santini an 11-year-old sixth-grader from Princeton, who was classified as autistic at only 13 months old, was never a big talker. As an infant he didn’t babble or coo. When he was a toddler beginning to speak,…...

November 4, 2013

8 November 2013, Article, Newsletter, Stuttering

[Source: The Stuttering Source] Both parents and speech therapists alike find themselves struggling to decide when therapy is complete for someone who stutters. Therapy for a child who has difficulty saying their “r”s has a distinct beginning and end (i.e. when a…...