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December 15, 2021

17 December 2021, Newsletter, OT, PT, Tip or Resource

[Source: Pre K Pages] by JDaniel4’s Mom Sometimes you just have to get up and move. These gross motor Christmas cards will inspire your children to do just that. They feature a wide variety of Christmas themed actions your kids will love. Movement…...

December 15, 2021

17 December 2021, Article, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Kayla SLP] I love using wrapping paper in therapy around the winter holidays (as well as during student birthdays throughout the school year). It’s a festive way to change up your themed therapy and students love it when you introduce a…...

SLP / Career Corner: Dear CF-SLP,

December 15, 2021

17 December 2021, Article, Career, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Editor’s Note: This one is for YOU, December new grads! by Jenna Rayburn, CCC-SLP of Speech Room News Dear CF-SLP, Congratulations! You did it! Graduate school is mostly a Master’s degree in multi-tasking. A skill you’re going to need this year! You’re…...

December 15, 2021

17 December 2021, Career, NBCOT, Newsletter, OT

[Source: OTs with Apps] Preparing for the NBCOT Certification Exam? With June just around the corner, it is time to prepare for the OT exam. There are a myriad of tools available to study for the OT certification examination. Online resources, exam study…...

December 13, 2021

17 December 2021, News, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Medical X-Press] A recent study suggests that teaching children to understand other people’s perspectives could make it easier for them to learn how to forgive other people. The study also found that teaching children to make sincere apologies can help them…...

December 13, 2021

17 December 2021, Article, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] When Chicago resident Michele Lee wants to take public transit around town, she doesn’t even consider the “L,” the city’s subway and elevated train system. Lee, 39, who uses a wheelchair, is a quadriplegic who was paralyzed from the…...

December 13, 2021

17 December 2021, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] Disney is continuing to roll out major changes to accommodations for visitors with disabilities at its theme parks. Visitors to Disneyland Resort can now start making arrangements for disability accommodations and schedule return times for some experiences in advance…...

December 13, 2021

17 December 2021, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Though many people with autism spectrum disorders also experience unusual gastrointestinal inflammation, scientists have not established how those conditions might be linked. Now Harvard Medical School and MIT researchers, working with mouse models, may have found the connection: When…...

December 13, 2021

17 December 2021, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] A new study of brain activity patterns in people doing a memory task finds that the way we make inferences — finding hidden connections between different experiences — changes dramatically as we age. The study’s findings might one day…...

December 13, 2021

17 December 2021, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] A new study suggests that when parents baby talk to their infants, they might be helping them learn to produce speech. The way we instinctively speak to babies — higher pitch, slower speed, exaggerated pronunciation — not only appeals…...