Monthly Archive
[Source:  Forbes.com] Today, we have an excellent example of why we should keep calm and carry on when it comes to mouse studies. At SFARI, a website for an autism research organization, Emily Singer writes that research groups cannot reproduce the reported…...
Martin Luther King Day is a wonderful opportunity to get your kiddos talking about important issues.    Please check out our recently updated PediaStaff Pinterest Pinboard full of free pediatric and school based therapy activities that help teach the life and philosophy of…...
by Stacy Menz, DPT, Board Certified Pediatric Clinical Specialist One of our OT’s was so excited last week to show us the new activity she was doing with a few of her kiddos.  She had just started it so she hasn’t had…...
[Source: Apraxia-Kids] Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is in terms of diagnosis and treatment a very challenging and complicated speech disorder in children. Children with CAS find it difficult or impossible to accurately produce speech sounds and/or words despite having a good…...
January 8, 2013
by Pat Mervine, CCC-SLP This article is reprinted with permission of the author as it appeared on the Speaking of Speech.com blog As my son, Gregg, approached the date when he could apply for his learner’s permit (prerequisite to getting a driver’s…...
January 8, 2013
As you may remember, PediaStaff hosted a Learning Lab session at ASHA 2012 entitled “Essential Social Media Tools for SLPs.”    Co-panelists Heidi Kay, Tara Roehl, Kim Lewis and Megan Panatier used this 45 minute setting to nicely summarize the very best ways…...
[Source: Erik X Raj.com] A new year is here and with this specific time of year often comes a time of reflection. In regards to being a practicing speech-language pathologist, what went right for you this past year? What didn’t go quite…...
January 7, 2013
Editor’s Note:  The people at Future Horizons, sent us a great item to look at recently, – In-Sync Activity Cards: 50 Simple, New Activities to Help Children Develop, Learn, and Grow!    Due to time constraints, we were not able to find…...
January 7, 2013
[Source: Medical News Today] Infants who have started crawling wake up more often at night compared to the period before the crawling, reveals a new study by Dr. Dina Cohen of the University of Haifa’s Department of Counseling and Human Development. The…...
January 4, 2013
Editor’s Note:  From time to time, we receive an email that it “takes too many clicks” to read an article we are sharing on our blog/newsletter.   This article is one example of one of those times when we must add a little…...