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Study of Learning and Memory Problems in OCD Helps Young People Unlock Potential

January 22, 2018

26 January 2018, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily] OCD in children and adolescents is a distressing condition, which is often chronic and persists into adulthood. Almost 90% of these young patients have problems at school, home, or socially; with difficulties doing homework and concentrating at school being…...

January 19, 2018

19 January 2018, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 We need a wonderful Speech-Language Pathologist for the remainder of the 2017-2018 school year to work in an elementary school in the Tacoma area. The Speech-Language Pathologist would be working at one…...

January 19, 2018

19 January 2018, Job, Newsletter, Social Worker

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 Would you like to work full or part time as a school Social Worker for the remainder of the current school year? This charter school is needing someone as soon as possible…...

January 18, 2018

19 January 2018, Job, Newsletter, PT

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 Are you looking for a position that allows you to really make a difference? Do you enjoy working with very young children? We are searching for a physical therapist to work with…...

January 18, 2018

19 January 2018, Newsletter, School Psych

Editor’s Note: Thanks again to School Psyched, Your School Psychologist for linking to the BEST articles! [Source: The Gottman Institute] We are all born with emotions, but not all those emotions are pre-wired into our brains. Kids are born with emotional reactions…...

January 18, 2018

Article, Autism, News, Newsletter, OT, SLP, Special Education

[Source: The Autism Helper] If you want your students to grow up to be functionally independent adults it is essential and critical to make life harder on them now. We don’t want to coddle them. We don’t want them to rely on…...

January 18, 2018

19 January 2018, Bilingualism, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Bilinguistics] Evaluating bilingual children is difficult enough as it is. Sometimes the process is made worse when we work for what we believe to be a proper evaluation and we are denied access to interpreters, bilingual personnel, and are asked to…...

January 18, 2018

19 January 2018, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Can Do Kiddo] You know what’s pretty amazing about your new baby? I mean, aside from the button nose and new baby smell. Your brand spankin’ new little one is hardwired to be interested in things that promote her learning and…...

January 17, 2018

19 January 2018, Newsletter, OT, SLP

[Source: Edutopia] Dysgraphia is a language-based learning difference that affects a student’s ability to produce written language. In the early grades, students with dysgraphia may have difficulty with consistent letter formation, word spacing, punctuation, and capitalization. In later grades, they may have…...

January 17, 2018

19 January 2018, Newsletter, OT, PT

[Source: Science Daily] Touch is the first of the five senses to develop, yet scientists know far less about the baby’s brain response to touch than to, say, the sight of mom’s face, or the sound of her voice. Now, through the…...