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Sensory Corner: Fourth of July Sensory Tips

June 22, 2021

25 June 2021, Newsletter, OT, Sensory Processing, Tip or Resource

[Source: PK Therapy] By: Lindsey Murphy, OTR/L The Fourth of July is a wonderful holiday full of food, fireworks, and fun. However, sometimes the celebrations can become a bit of a sensory overload. In order to make this holiday enjoyable for everyone,…...

June 22, 2021

25 June 2021, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: The SLP Solution] Happy (almost) 4th of July!! For a lot of you, summer school is over or at the very least, your children are off for the 4th. Looking for some fun Fourth of July activities to keep them entertained as…...

Free Patriotic Prepositions on TpT

June 22, 2021

25 June 2021, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: The Speech Bubble via TpT] Celebrate 4th of July with some patriotic prepositions! Enjoy this freebie with your students as you celebrate 🙂 Download this Freebie HERE...

Spatial Directions: Fourth of July

June 22, 2021

[Source: Ms. Lane’s Speech Materials] A little early, but here are some positional directions with an Independence Day theme. I am especially excited about the Fourth of July this year because my baby girl is due that day! The basic concepts addressed…...

June 21, 2021

[Source: Medical X-Press] More teens in the United States are reporting their sexual identity as gay, lesbian or bisexual, nationwide surveys show. Between 2015 and 2019, the percentage of 15- to 17-year-olds who said they identified as “non-heterosexual” rose from 8.3% to…...

June 21, 2021

[Source; Science Daily] Researchers have identified two subgroups of adolescents who self-harm and have shown that it is possible to predict those individuals at greatest risk almost a decade before they begin self-harming. The team, based at the MRC Cognition and Brain…...

June 21, 2021

[Source: Medical X-Press] Human babies do even more than we thought while sleeping. A new study from University of Iowa researchers provides further insights into the coordination that takes place between infants’ brains and bodies as they sleep. The Iowa researchers have…...

June 21, 2021

Imitation, News, Newsletter, OT, SLP

[Your Therapy Source] Starting in infancy, children begin to develop skills through imitation. For young children with disabilities, this can be a more difficult skill to master due to cognitive, social, emotional, or motor skill deficits. Educators, therapists, and parents can try…...

June 21, 2021

25 June 2021, News, Newsletter, OT, PT, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] A research group including Professor MATSUDA Tetsuya of Tamagawa University’s Brain Science Institute (Machida City, Tokyo; Director: SAKAGAMI Masamichi) and Assistant Professor ISHIHARA Toru from Kobe University’s Graduate School of Human Development and Environment has illuminated the changes in…...

June 21, 2021

25 June 2021, News of the Week, Newsletter, Special Education

[Source: Disability Scoop] A U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act is a big win for people with disabilities, advocates say. The nation’s high court ruled 7-2 late last week that several states and two individuals who challenged the constitutionality…...