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Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! What is Your Favorite Seuss Book to Use in Therapy?

March 2, 2012

Well, I sent my middle school aged daughter to school in my “Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Dr. Seuss” shirt, and posted a poll on my personal Facebook to ask my friends what their favorite Seuss book is. Needless…...

March 1, 2012

3 March 2012, Meet the Team, Newsletter

Ahmed Daher has been with PediaStaff since late 2007, starting as a member of our career services team. Currently, as our IT manager, he handles any tech projects and keeps all of the computers running. Before PediaStaff, Ahmed worked in different…...

March 1, 2012

3 March 2012, News, Newsletter, TBI

[Source: Huffington Post/Teen] The teenage brain is special. Less plastic than a child’s developing brain, but not yet with all of the executive functions of an adult noggin. And that makes them more vulnerable to long-term effects of head injury, according to…...

February 29, 2012

3 March 2012, News, Newsletter, OT, PT

[Source: Medical News Today] In a study recently published in Pediatrics, researchers say that “active” video games may not boost children’s physical activity as much as some people believe. The study, entitled “Impact of an Active Video Game on Healthy Children’s Physical…...

February 29, 2012

Language, News, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] We depend on a barrage of standardized tests to assess everything from aptitude to intelligence. But do they provide an accurate forecast when it comes to something as complex as language? A study by Diane Pesco, an assistant professor…...

February 29, 2012

3 March 2012, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily.com] While boys generally do better than girls in science and math, some studies have found that girls do better in arithmetic. A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that the…...

February 29, 2012

3 March 2012, ADHD, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Impulsive children with attention problems tend to play more video games, while kids in general who spend lots of time video gaming may also develop impulsivity and attention difficulties, according to new research published by the American Psychological…...

February 27, 2012

3 March 2012, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

I found this activity on the Pinterest boards at Your Therapy Source. It was pinned to Pinterest by Tot School Tumblr, and seems to have originated on The Clark Family blog, although I cannot find the original post. From Tot School Tumblr: …...

February 26, 2012

2 March 2012, Article, Inference, Newsletter

by Rachel Lynette If you could see me typing this article in my office right now, you could probably infer several thing about me. The array of papers and books all around me would tell you that neatness is not my best…...

February 23, 2012

Tip or Resource

Thanks to Special Kind of Class blog (a great blog btw!!) for calling this video to our attention!! I think that its a great thing when we can use current music and pop culture to teach. I also have a soft spot…...