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Easy, Low Prep Idea for Mixed Articulation Groups

March 5, 2018

9 March 2018, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Natalie Snyders, Speech-Language Pathologist] Do you ever get bored with the same old flashcard (and maybe a game) drill with your mixed articulation groups, especially for your older elementary students? It’s so hard to plan for students working on different sounds or…...

March 5, 2018

9 March 2018, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

[Source: OT Mom Says] Several months ago, I created a Trolls inspired movement game that has continued to be a big hit in my house. With the success of this game in mind, I decided to create another gross motor break game, and the Roll-…...

March 5, 2018

9 March 2018, ABA, Article, Newsletter

[Source: Stars and Stripes via Disability Scoop] The letters, as if coordinated, began going out the third week in January. First Anchorage, Alaska, then Jacksonville, Fla. Soon military families in Texas and Alabama hubs received notices too. Despite months of preparation, the…...

March 5, 2018

9 March 2018, Cerebral Palsy, News, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Developmental Neurorehabilitation published research comparing breathing in children with cerebral palsy to neurotypical peers. The participants in the study included 20 children with cerebral palsy (GMFCS levels I-III) and 20 neurotypical children ages 7-11 years old. To determine the immediate effect…...

March 2, 2018

2 March 2018, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 We are seeking a School-Based Speech-Language Pathologist for one school in the Northern California’s city of Oakland. The East Bay is perfectly located with BART and who doesn’t love the hip restaurant…...

March 1, 2018

2 March 2018, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 Are you looking for a pediatric position with some diversity in populations and settings? Join this rapidly growing therapist-owned company providing outpatient and community-based therapy to pediatrics and some adult/geriatric patients in…...

March 1, 2018

2 March 2018, Newsletter, School Nurse, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily] Rhesus macaques repeatedly exposed to anesthesia during infancy display persistent anxiety-linked behaviors later in life in response to social stress, a study from Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai…...

March 1, 2018

2 March 2018, Job, Newsletter, Special Education

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 LBS1-Special Education teacher is needed IMMEDIATELY to work full time in a charter school on the south side of Chicago just west of the 1-90 Expressway, for the remainder of the current…...

February 28, 2018

2 March 2018, Article, Autism, Newsletter

[Source: Spectrum News] Except for her family and closest friends, no one in Jennifer’s various circles knows that she is on the spectrum. Jennifer was not diagnosed with autism until she was 45 — and then only because she wanted confirmation of…...

February 28, 2018

2 March 2018, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Mind Shift] Only about 50 percent of adolescents with depression get diagnosed before reaching adulthood. And as many as 2 in 3 depressed teens don’t get the care that could help them. “It’s a huge problem,” says Dr. Rachel Zuckerbrot, a board-certified child and…...