Blog - PediaStaff

May 1, 2019

3 May 2019, Article, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: SpeechBlog UK] Negatives are a really important thing to understand and always a high priority for me to target if a child is struggling with them. If you don’t know that there’s a difference between “push” and “don’t push” you can…...

April 30, 2019

3 May 2019, Autism, Newsletter, OT, SLP, Special Ed

[Source: Medical X-Press] Diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by trained professionals in children as young as 14 months are remarkably stable, suggesting that accurate screening and earlier treatment is feasible, report scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine…...

April 30, 2019

3 May 2019, Job, Newsletter, School Nurse

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 The Public School Nurse Profession is rewarding, but it requires commitment. If you have a heart for critically ill and medically fragile children in the public school sector, providing the environment for success…...

Does Diet Affect a Child’s ADHD?

April 30, 2019

3 May 2019, ADHD, News, Newsletter, OT, School Psych

Editor’s Note: Interesting. I hope too many conclusions are not drawn by families regarding this study. To this reader, and a Mom of a child who in his youth had severe ADHD, this study says only that “kids with ADHD appear more likely…...

April 30, 2019

30 April 2021, BHSM, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: PediaStaff on Pinterest] May is Better Hearing and Speech Month! How are you recognizing and celebrating it in the classroom?? I was going to post one idea per newsletter, but then I realized, “Why not just post the entire board we…...

April 30, 2019

3 May 2019, News, Newsletter, Special Education

[Source: Disability Scoop] Lawmakers in several states are trying to ban a widely used pesticide that the Environmental Protection Agency is fighting to keep on the market. The pesticide, chlorpyrifos, kills insects on contact by attacking their nervous systems. Several studies have linked prenatal exposure…...

April 29, 2019

3 May 2019, Article, News, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Do you provide occupational therapy for children with disabilities? Or perhaps your child or student receives occupational therapy? Regardless, there are many techniques and interventions that occupational therapists use during a therapy session or consultation to help children…...

April 29, 2019

3 May 2019, News, Newsletter, Special Education

[Source: Disability Scoop] Nationwide, about 13 percent of students qualify for services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. But that number varies significantly from one state to the next, government investigators say. At the low end, 6.4 percent of school children…...

April 29, 2019

3 May 2019, News, Newsletter, Preemies

[Source: Science Daily] Compared with macronutrients like carbohydrates and proteins, lipid intake during the first month of life is associated with increased overall and regional brain volume for micro-preemies,” says Catherine Limperopoulos, Ph.D., director of MRI Research of the Developing Brain at…...

April 25, 2019

26 April 2019, Job, Newsletter, OT

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 Are you looking for a fantastic position with a district all of our therapists always love? PediaStaff needs a great Occupational Therapist to work full-time hours with a district in the beautiful Tacoma…...