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Bilingual Babies' Vocabulary Linked to Early Brain Differentiation

August 29, 2011

2 September 2011, Bilingualistm, News, Newsletter

[Source Science Daily.com; Photo Credit University of Texas at San Antonio] Babies and children are whizzes at learning a second language, but that ability begins to fade as early as their first birthdays. Researchers at the University of Washington’s Institute for Learning…...

August 26, 2011

26 August 2011, Article, Handwriting, Newsletter, OT

By: John Murray, OTR/L I find it ironic that the tool that is used to measure school success (for tests, quizzes, reports/compositions, math computation, etc…) gets little attention in the early years of school and less later on. The tool I am…...

August 26, 2011

26 August 2011, Article, Newsletter, OT

By: Jessica Shiel Copyright 2011. Reprinted with the express permission of the author as it appeared on her blog Jezzabella’s OT Experiences Editor’s Note: PediaStaff would like to welcome Jezzabella as a guest blog contributor. Jezzabella is a brand new OT student…...

Guest Blog: The Struggle to Succeed

August 25, 2011

26 August 2011, ADHD, Article, Fine Motor Skills, Gross Motor Skills, Newsletter, OT

By: Loren Shlaes, OTR/L, Certified Teacher of the Alexander Technique “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety nine percent perspiration.” — Thomas Alva Edison “Eighty percent of success is just showing up.” — Woody Allen Learning to tolerate frustration is one of…...

August 25, 2011

26 August 2011, Article, Newsletter, SPD

By: Jackie Linder Olson Editor’s Note: This article is directed at parents, but would a a great resource to share with the caregivers for your sensory sensitive kiddos! Photo Credit: Tiffany Washko It is time to go back to school, which can…...

August 25, 2011

26 August 2011, Autism, Down Syndrome, News, Newsletter

[Source: Forbes.com] Founded by Public Safety Officers, Project Lifesaver International (PLI), is an organization whose sole mission is to provide a timely response to save the lives of adults and children with Autism, Alzheimer’s, Down syndrome, Dementia, and other conditions, who wander.…...

August 24, 2011

26 August 2011, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

We were surfing the net last week and we came upon a pretty nice website full of activities for pediatric OTs. Therapy Street for Kids is the website of Mindy Buckner, an OTR in Virginia. She runs a small Amazon Associate Store…...

August 24, 2011

26 August 2011, Language, Literacy, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

Gotta love Pinterest! We found this great idea on the First Grader At Last blog through Phoebe31 Buy a copy of Candyland (under $5 at Target), type up a set of Dolch Sight Words, cut them apart, and tape the words to…...

August 24, 2011

26 August 2011, Article, Language, Literacy, Newsletter, SLP

– by Dianne Joustra, M.S. Ed, Photo by: Zan Smith In 2001, congressional leaders realized a need to develop literacy skills among our nation’s children and as a result, passed the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). While NCLB has its toxic…...

August 23, 2011

26 August 2011, Language, News, Newsletter

Thanks to our friends at Literacy Speaks for the heads-up on this research story! Preschool teachers’ use of sophisticated vocabulary and analytic talk about books, combined with early support for literacy in the home, can predict fourth-grade reading comprehension and word recognition,…...