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Seasonal Activity of the Week: Green Eggs & Ham!

February 20, 2023

24 February 2023, Newsletter, OT, School Psych, SLP, Tip or Resource

Editor’s Note! Please enjoy this oldie but goody that we originally posted five years ago! The Easter stuff is already out, so it should be easy to find plenty of green plastic eggs for this adorable activity. We shared this on Instagram…...

February 20, 2023

24 February 2023, Dr. Seuss's Birthday, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Homeschool Share] Do You Like Free Lesson Plans? I Do, I Like Them, Sam I Am! Dr. Seuss’s birthday is March 2nd! Grab this mother-lode of FREE, colorful printable activities and lesson plans for plenty of classroom speech-language and occupational therapy…...

February 20, 2023

24 February 2023, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Dr. Lisa, School Psych Blog] When I first begin working on a new case, I want to know not only what the student is doing, but why. In this two-part series, we’ll start with the what. Teachers and other educators can…...

Autism Corner: Autism Safety Awareness

February 20, 2023

24 February 2023, Autism, Newsletter

[Source: Mary Barbara.com] Children with autism rarely have the safety awareness skills they need and are at higher risk of accidental death than typically developing children. Today I’m talking with a mother who lost her child in an effort to help raise…...

February 20, 2023

24 February 2023, Article, Behavior, Down Syndrome, Newsletter

All material Copyright The Down Syndrome Centre. Reprinted with the express permission of the The Down Syndrome Centre as originally published on their website. By: Natan Gendelman Simon, a two year old child with Down syndrome whom I was working with, sat…...

February 20, 2023

24 February 2023, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

[Source: Kids Play Smarter] There seems to be some kind of fascination that kids have with spray bottles! What better way to sneak some educational value into an already motivating game than to incorporate learning and fine motor concepts into spray bottle…...

February 20, 2023

24 February 2023, Articulation, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Busy Bee Speech] Remember the game Don’t Break the Ice from when you were little? Well, it’s still around. I’ll bet many of you even have one in your therapy closet. I was at Walmart the other day and found one…...

February 20, 2023

24 February 2023, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Children as young as 4 years old show evidence of a network in the brain found in adults that tackles difficult cognitive problems, a new study found. The multiple demand network helps people focus their attention, juggle several things…...

February 20, 2023

24 February 2023, News, Newsletter

[Source: Restaurant Dive] JDKD Enterprises, a limited partnership that owns and operates multiple McDonald’s restaurants in New Jersey, will pay $100,000 to settle U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission allegations it discriminated against a grill cook with autism spectrum disorder, the agency announced…...

February 20, 2023

24 February 2023, News, Newsletter, Special Education

[Source: Disability Scoop] More theme parks across the nation are implementing staff training and taking additional steps to make visits easier for people with autism and other disabilities. Legoland said this week that all of its locations in North America will become…...