by: David W Hammer, MA CCC-SLP, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, PA UPMC Please note: I will be using the term “client” to refer to the children and adolescents in this article. I feel this is a happy-medium between “patient” in a hospital setting…...
[Source: Disability Scoop] Annie Clark was born with no hands, but that’s not stopping the Pennsylvania first-grader who just won a national penmanship contest. Clark, 7, was honored this week by Zaner-Bloser, an education publishing company, as one of two winners of…...
[Source: CNN] Editor’s note: Rob Gorski writes for “Lost and Tired,” where he blogs about the reality of raising three boys on the autism spectrum. He and his wife, Lizze, have three boys, Gavin,12, Elliott, 6, and Emmett John, 3. Canton, Ohio…...
[Source: Disability Scoop] Should a physical therapy session cost a patient as much as a visit to a neurosurgeon or other specialist? Therapists think not. They are backing proposals in several states to limit the amount insurers can require patients to pay…...
by Ellen Kester PhD, CCC-SLP A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to go to Matagalpa, Nicaragua to serve as a speech-language pathologist on a medical mission with Austin Smiles. Austin Smiles is an amazing organization that takes teams of surgeons,…...
by Angela Hissong, DEd, OTR/L,CMCP The celebration of April is Occupational Month has been a constant in my life since 1987; the year occupational therapy became my official career path. This article will encourage occupational therapy practitioners to pause and take a…...
by: Kerry Peterson, MA, CCC-SLP, BCBA Speech pathologists, occupational therapists and physical therapists often work together when treating children with autism spectrum disorders and other developmental delays. As a speech therapist treating young children age birth to six, I often worked with…...
With almost 350 pins this week, here is our Pinterest Pin of the Week! So Simple, yet so smart!! Does your child fidget in his chair because his feet don’t reach the floor and he doesn’t have a good base of support?…...
This was written by Jodi Grant, executive director of the nonprofit Afterschool Alliance, a nonprofit organization that works to ensure that all children have access to affordable, quality afterschool programs. By Jodi Grant Two new studies are flashing warning signs about the…...
Well, everyone sure seems to be glad we have gotten to know Rachel Lynette over at Minds in Bloom. After featuring the first of PediaStaff Columnist Loren Shlaes’ ‘Advice from an OT’ articles, she decided to come up with a freebie of…...
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