Monthly Archive
January 11, 2012
Mac is one of our “old timers” at PediaStaff and has been with the company since its inception. Before he joined PediaStaff, Mac owned his own healthcare staffing firm, Best Fit Recruiting, which he founded in 2002.  Prior to his career as…...
January 11, 2012
Last week I shared a fantastic parent blog on our site as a therapy resource of the week – Love That Max.  Ellen Seidman does an excellent job!  You only need to read her very first post about the day Max was…...
January 10, 2012
[Source: Disability Scoop & Access Together] A new app designed to help people with disabilities locate accessible restaurants, stores and other venues in their communities is getting a boost after being named a winner in a national contest. The software called “Access…...
January 10, 2012
[Source: ScienceDaily.com] Researchers have discovered that children under the age of two control speech using a different strategy than previously thought. During the study at Queen’s University, the researchers changed the vowel sounds that the participants heard over headphones as they talked.…...
Here is a sample activity using the letter cards from Your Therapy Source’s electronic book, Alphabet, Number and Shapes Cards. Please support our contributors and visit Your Therapy Source...
This book review is reprinted here with the express permission of All4MyChild as it was originally posted on the All4MyChild Blog, December 12, 2011 Title: Don’t Wake up the Bear Author: Majorie Dennis Murray Review by:  Meghan G. Graham M.S. CCC-SLP Description:…...
By: Barbara Smith, OTR/L As young children manipulate toys they develop visual perceptual skills to discriminate shapes, sizes and how objects relate to one another in space. These early visual perceptual skills will later help them discriminate letters- the first steps toward…...
January 9, 2012
[Source:  Science Daily] Immune system abnormalities that mimic those seen with autism spectrum disorders have been linked to the amyloid precursor protein (APP), reports a research team from the University of South Florida’s Department of Psychiatry and the Silver Child Development Center.…...
January 6, 2012
[Source: ASHA] From time to time, the ASHA School Services team is asked by members for guidance in writing Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals and objectives. To answer these questions, the School Services team asked ASHA members across the country if they…...
January 5, 2012
Copyright April 2009, Reprinted with permission of the author as it appeared on the Starfish Therapies Blog By: Stacy Menz, DPT, Board Certified Pediatric Clinical Specialist I’m constantly amazed at how often I see children w-sitting these days. I often treat children…...