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OT Resource of the Week: 50 Fun Ways to Play with Tongs and How to Make Kiddie Chopsticks

October 31, 2012

Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, 3 November 2012

[Source: Mama OT.com] Tongs, tweezers, and chopsticks are great for developing hand skills necessary for cutting with scissors and writing with pencils. Earlier this week I shared a DIY tutorial on how to make kiddie chopsticks, and I mentioned that the ability…...

October 30, 2012

2 November 2012, ASHA, News, Newsletter

Things are really coming together for the social media booth PediaStaff is hosting at ASHA! As promised, here is the booth schedule! So far, the booth is staffed with 15 of the communities best and brightest #SLPeeps who will be teaching mini-sessions…...

October 30, 2012

23 November 2012, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] The development of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is much like that of children without ASD at 6 months of age, but differs afterwards. That’s the main finding of the largest prospective, longitudinal study to date comparing children…...

October 30, 2012

2 November 2012, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Special Ed Post] All his life, when Clinton Gode wanted to do something — learn to swim, ride a quad, show goats in 4-H — his parents helped him figure out how to make it happen. No matter that he has…...

October 30, 2012

2 November 2012, Handwriting, Newsletter

Thank You to Your Therapy Source for calling our attention to this study! A recent study in the Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools, & Early Intervention assessed two groups of first grade students with the Minnesota Handwriting Assessment. The first group printed…...

October 30, 2012

PediaStaff wishes all the best to those affected by Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy on the East Coast and their loved ones across the country. While there have been a lot of comical photos and hoaxes posted on social media with “photos” of sharks swimming…...

October 29, 2012

2 Novmember 2012, Newsletter, On the Lighter Side

Thanks, Tara at SpeechyKeenSLP for the laugh. Let’s see if we can make it go viral. Too Funny!!...

October 29, 2012

Article, Newsletter, 2 November 2012

It seems to be getting harder and harder to “Find Us on Facebook.” A few months ago, we reported on this blog that the best way to make sure you were getting our PediaStaff Facebook posts was to “Like” us, and to…...

October 29, 2012

2 November 2102, ADHD, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today via the Mayo Clinic] Mayo Clinic researchers presented new findings on the early treatment of child and adolescent attention deficit hyperactivity disorder at the American Academy of Childhood and Adolescent Psychiatry annual meeting in San Francisco. They include…...

October 29, 2012

2 November 2012, App, Gross Motor Skills, Newsletter

Thank You to Your Therapy Source for this Review! Here is a fun, free app to add to your iPhone or iTouch – Monumental. It keeps track of how many stairs you climb using the phones accelerometer. Holding the iPhone at your…...