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April 26, 2022

29 April 2022, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Check out this awesome FREE visual motor animal I spy. Look and finds are great but sometimes they are only a visual discrimination and figure ground activity. This freebie combines both of those visual perceptual skills with fine…...

April 25, 2022

29 April 2022, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Children born preterm (before 37 weeks of pregnancy) remain at high risk of developmental difficulties that can affect their behaviour and ability to learn, finds a study published by The BMJ today. These difficulties were found not only in children born…...

April 25, 2022

29 April 2022, Article, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] SAN DIEGO — After George Floyd died in Minneapolis police custody last summer, special education teacher Francia Pinillos felt the urge to talk to her students about race and social justice. “There was a complete disturbance in my soul…...

April 25, 2022

29 April 2022, Anxiety, News of the Week, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily] Programs exclusively focused on petting therapy dogs improved stressed-out students’ thinking and planning skills more effectively than programs that included traditional stress-management information, according to new Washington State University research. The study was published today in the journal AERA Open,…...

April 25, 2022

29 April 2022, Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter, PT

[Source: Science Daily] For more than a year, researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso’s Stanley E. Fulton Gait Research & Movement Analysis Lab in the College of Health Sciences have been using real-time 3D animation to investigate motor impairments…...

April 25, 2022

25 April 2022, Anxiety, Newsletter

[Source: Medical X-Press] Social anxiety disorder can cause considerable suffering in children and adolescents and, for many with the disorder, access to effective treatment is limited. Researchers at Center for Psychiatry Research at Karolinska Institutet and Region Stockholm in Sweden have now…...

April 25, 2022

25 April 2022, Gestures, Language, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Gestures — such as pointing or waving — go hand in hand with a child’s first words, and twins lag behind single children in producing and using those gestures, two studies from Georgia State University psychology researchers show. Twins…...

April 19, 2022

22 April 2022, Job, Newsletter, OT

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 or Apply HERE!! Are you looking for a fantastic pediatric opportunity? We are searching for a community-based pediatric Occupational Therapist in Dover, Delaware. The perfect candidate will enjoy a healthy pace with a positive…...

April 19, 2022

22 April 2022, Job, Newsletter, PT

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 or Apply HERE!! Join a wonderful team of therapy professionals in Fort Smith, Arkansas!. As a Physical Therapist, you’ll play a vital part in the assessment and treatment of the kids you serve, working…...

April 19, 2022

22 April 2022, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 or Apply HERE!! Are you a CF-SLP looking for an amazing school-based clinical fellow assignment for the 2022-2023 school year? We are searching for a speech-language pathologist for a beautiful area located in northeastern,…...