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Hand Motor Function in Unilateral CP – Benefits of Peer Interaction

June 6, 2019

7 June 2019, CP, Fine Motor Skills, Hand Motor, Motor Skills, Newsletter

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Therapeutic activities for children with unilateral cerebral palsy are often suggested to help improve hand motor function in children with unilateral cerebral palsy. A recent study indicated that there are benefits to child-to-child interaction when it comes to…...

June 6, 2019

7 June 2019, Newsletter, Special Education

{Source: Disability Scoop] New federal data shows that there are more children in special education and they are accounting for a greater percentage of public school students across the country. For the 2017-2018 school year, there were 7 million students ages 3…...

June 6, 2019

7 June 2019, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily] Adversity early in life tends to affect a child’s executive function skills — their ability to focus, for example, or organize tasks. Experiences such as poverty, residential instability, or parental divorce or substance abuse, also can lead to changes…...

June 6, 2019

7 June 2019, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 School Speech-Language Pathologist needed starting in September 2019 for a 12-week leave of absence. We are seeking a Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist that enjoys working with ages 3 -5 in the northwest Chicago area.…...

June 5, 2019

7 June 2019, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 Are you looking for an Early Intervention opportunity in Philly? We have a great position for a Speech-Language Pathologist who wants to work with the youngest children age 0-3 * You’ll work with the…...

June 5, 2019

7 June 2019, Newsletter, OT, PT, Tip or Resource

[Source: Growing Play] Check out this fun, giant game of memory that you can print and play! Get kids moving and thinking with this activity. You can print the pages in color or black and white (color before you play). Download this…...

Sensory Corner: Sensory Smart Self-Care

June 4, 2019

14 June 2019, Newsletter, OT, Sensory Processing

[Source: Sensory Smarts.com] by Lindsey Biel, MA, OTR/L When it comes to self-care tasks, as with everything sensory, you’ll need to analyze the underlying sensory challenges, determine what can and needs to be changed, and increase the ability to handle a wide…...

June 4, 2019

7 June 2019, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: The Washington Post] Why is he so tired, Jackie Mann wondered, not for the first time, as Evan, the middle of her three children, wandered off to his bedroom to take an after-school nap. Small for his age, the 12-year-old seemed…...

June 4, 2019

7 June 2019, Article, Bilateral Coordination, Gross Motor Skills, Newsletter, PT

Editor’s Note: This article is directed at parents and is a great article for sharing. [Source: North Shore Pediatric] As babies grow and develop certain milestones are often celebrated, such as rolling, sitting, crawling, and walking. As a pediatric occupational therapist, one…...

June 4, 2019

7 June 2019, Newsletter, School Psych

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 f Do you dream of living in beautiful Colorado? We have a wonderful opportunity for a School Psychologist to work a full-time position just northeast of Colorado Springs for the 2019-2020 school year.…...