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Review of Research: Will Opening Schools Make the Pandemic Worse?

August 4, 2020

7 August 2020, At Home, COVID, News, Newsletter

[Source: Education Week] Will reopening schools cause the nation’s already simmering coronavirus pandemic to boil over? While the picture from studies and reopenings in other countries is beginning to come into focus, it’s unlikely school and district leaders will have a clear…...

August 4, 2020

22 March 2022, Article, Newsletter, PT

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Often times as therapists, teachers, and parents it has been past practice to discourage children from w-sitting. We often recommended alternative sitting positions other than w-sitting. The negative effects that we often describe do not have research to…...

August 4, 2020

7 August 2020, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical Express] They’ve been used as an educational toy for hundreds of years and are thought to develop skills such as hand-eye coordination and problem solving. But little has been known about how children learn to do jigsaw puzzles. Now, new…...

August 3, 2020

7 August 2020, At Home, COVID, Newsletter

[Source: The Conversation] by Meg Sorg I’m a pediatric nursing professor with four young children. The youngest is 9 months old and the oldest is 9. My oldest will soon enter third grade, and his brother will be in second. My family…...

August 3, 2020

7 August 2020, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical X-Press] Could play be critical to our healthy development as children and continued emotional wellbeing as adults? The world is in a very serious period of change right now. And it can feel like the best way to deal with…...

August 3, 2020

7 August 2020, Gait, News, Newsletter, OT, PT

[Source: The Mighty] Stride Rite, a leader in the children’s footwear industry, unveiled its first-ever adaptive sneakers for kids with disabilities. The new shoe, called Journey, is designed to accommodate orthotics, braces and extra wide widths, and features longer laces and adjustable straps,…...

August 3, 2020

7 August 2020, ADA, News, Newsletter, Special Education

[Disability Scoop] President George H.W. Bush was on board, and former U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa and his colleagues made sure it passed the U.S. Senate. But in early March of 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act, a civil rights bill…...

August 3, 2020

7 August 2020, News, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily] Children who suffer trauma from abuse or violence early in life show biological signs of aging faster than children who have never experienced adversity, according to new research. The study examined three different signs of biological aging — early…...

July 30, 2020

"Tip or Resource", 31 July 2020, COVID, Newsletter

Welcome to Issue number 19 of our special e-letter, “Teaching & Therapy Resources for Homebound Families” (Did you miss our previous issues?| Read them HERE) Each week, this e-mailer features new resources, articles about this bizarre time we are living in, and…...

July 30, 2020

31 July 2020, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 Are you a Speech-Language Pathologist looking to work with a pediatric population? We are in need of SLP’s to work High PRN with a thriving pediatric home health care company in the…...