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Career Corner: So You Have a Job Interview…Now What?

March 17, 2019

29 March 2019, Career Guide, Career Tip, Interviewing, Newsletter

by Maureen Wilson, M.S. CCC-SLP of The Speech Bubble blog Congratulations! You’ve graduated, or are about to, and you have scheduled a job interview. I remember being excited and nervous when I scheduled my first interview. It was my first real, big…...

March 17, 2019

22 March 2019, Article, News, Newsletter, School Nurse

[Source: National Public Radio] With record numbers of young people using heroin and opioid painkillers, more school nurses are prepared to intervene in the event of an overdose on school grounds. Listen to the Story on NPR dup32219...

March 14, 2019

22 March 2019, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] According to the researchers, this reveals that as early as 3 to 4 months, infants’ advances in speech processing play a central role in their establishment of a language-cognition link. Previous work in the researchers’ lab had found that…...

March 7, 2019

9 March 2019, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 Finish strong and secure a contract for the next school year! We are searching for a speech-language pathologist for a contract assignment with a school district located about 30 minutes West from…...

Volume Game for Kids

March 6, 2019

9 March 2019, Autism, News, Newsletter, OT, SLP

[Source: The Inspired Treehouse] Bringing kids’ awareness to how they can use their voices to create different volumes and styles of speaking is a great way to teach kids to regulate their volume levels and to use an appropriate voice for any…...

OT Corner: Help For the Anxious Child

March 6, 2019

Anxiety, Article, Newsletter, OT, School Psych

by Loren Shlaes, OTR/L As pediatric therapists, we’ve all had more than our share of anxious, high arousal children on our caseloads. As one mother commented to me recently, “He’s always seemed as if he’s miswired.” These are the children who need constant reassurance,…...

March 6, 2019

9 March 2019, Job, Newsletter, School Nurse

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 We are seeking a Certified Licensed Practical Nurse to assist a student in our school located in the Northbrook, IL area, as soon as possible! If you are an LPN with Diastat…...

Feelings Mandala Activity

March 6, 2019

9 March 2019, Newsletter, OT, School Psych, SLP, Social Work, Tip or Resource

[Source: The Art of Social Work] This is a simple intervention to explore emotions with children. Simply print off a variety of mandalas and allow the child to choose one to color. Ask the child to list the feelings they typical have…...

March 5, 2019

9 March 2019, Article, Early Intervention, Newsletter, SLP

by Jenna Rayburn of The Speech Room News Part of my role at our district early childhood center is to complete incoming evaluations for children entering the program. We have about half of our students come from the state birth to three…...

March 5, 2019

9 March 2019, Article, Newsletter, Special Ed

[Source: Autism Classroom Resources] I wanted to share 3 little classroom organization hacks that I have found over the years that I don’t think I’ve talked about much here. They are simple things you can do that will make your life in…...