October 2019 - PediaStaff

The Supreme Court Will Decide a Significant Special Education Case

October 31, 2022

4 November 2022, News, Newsletter, Special Education

[Education Week] The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case stemming from the denial of services to a deaf child that could prove significant for remedies being sought in lawsuits against school districts on behalf of children with disabilities.…...

October 31, 2022

4 November 2022, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical X-Press] Researchers at the Stroke Research and Prevention Group (HKU Stroke), Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) found that the incidence of “young stroke” (strokes occurring in individuals aged…...

October 31, 2022

4 November 2022, News, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Disability Scoop] Little Charlie Kanter wanted the puzzle. The 2-year-old smiled from under his mop of blond hair and leaned forward in his chair. But his toddler arms couldn’t stretch far enough across the wooden table to reach the colorful farm…...

October 31, 2022

4 November 2022, News, Newsletter, Visual Perception

[Source: Science Daily] An unprecedented study of brain plasticity and visual perception found that people who, as children, had undergone surgery removing half of their brain correctly recognized differences between pairs of words or faces more than 80% of the time. Considering…...

October 31, 2022

4 November 2022, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] A substantial proportion of ethnically diverse children from low-resource backgrounds with severe COVID-19 illness are reporting long-term complications from the virus, according to research from UTHealth Houston. The study, published Monday in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public…...

October 31, 2022

4 November 2022, Hearing, News, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Newborns across the United States are screened to check for hearing loss. This test is important because it helps families better understand their child’s health, but it’s often not accessible to children in other countries because the screening device…...

Hot, New Job! School SLP – Amherst, NH

October 26, 2022

28 October 2022, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 or Apply HERE!! PediaStaff is seeking a long-term substitute Speech and Language Pathologist for the school setting to join our learning community! See what the quaint, beautiful town of Amherst, NH has to offer…...

October 26, 2022

28 October 2022, Job, Newsletter, OT

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 or Apply HERE!! We are looking for an Occupational Therapist Supervisor to work for a thriving pediatric home health care company in the San Antonio, TX area. Do you have two years or more…...

Hot, New Job! School OT – Bailey, CO

October 26, 2022

28 October 2022, Job, Newsletter, OT

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 or Apply HERE!! Are you an Occupational Therapist looking for a fantastic job opportunity in beautiful Bailey, Colorado? PediaStaff needs a passionate OT to work a 30-hour contract for the remainder of the 2022-2023…...

October 25, 2022

"Tip or Resource", CCC, Newsletter

Please enjoy our newest issue of Teaching & Therapy Resources for the Classroom, Clinic and Carryover. (Have you missed any of our previous issues? Read them HERE) Please feel free to forward this weekly resource to the parents/guardians, other therapy clinicians…...