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10 Free Winter Olympics Brain Break Ideas

January 17, 2018

Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Your Therapy Source] The Winter Olympics are quickly approaching. It’s a great time to add more movement into the classroom with brain breaks. These quick brain breaks can be highly motivating for the class during an Olympic year. Here are 10…...

January 16, 2018

19 January 2018, News, Newsletter, NICU, Preemies

[Source: Medical X-Press] Preterm babies born early in the third trimester of pregnancy are likely to experience delays in the development of the auditory cortex, a brain region essential to hearing and understanding sound, a new study reveals. Such delays are associated…...

January 15, 2018

19 January 2018, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Chapel Hill Snippets] When I read When Nana Says…. by Shannon Moore Fitzgerald, I immediately traveled back in time to when my own children were little. Ben, my son, surrounded himself with his toy cars in his bed, driving them on his pillow,…...

January 15, 2018

19 January 2018, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

[Source: OT Schoolhouse] Hello OTs, COTAs, teachers, parents, and all that appreciate helping students succeed in school. I wanted to share with you all two relatively cheap toys that are so versatile. To be honest, they tend to be my go to…...

January 15, 2018

19 January 2018, News, Newsletter, Special Education

[Source: Disability Scoop] Federal education officials say that for more than a decade Texas delayed and ultimately denied special education services to thousands of students with disabilities. In a sweeping report issued Thursday, the U.S. Department of Education said the Lone Star State failed…...

January 15, 2018

19 January 2018, Hearing Loss, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical X-Press] In a new international collaborative study between The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, researchers created a machine learning algorithm that uses brain scans to predict language ability in deaf…...

January 12, 2018

12 January 2018, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 This LA Suburb stands about 18 miles outside of Los Angeles. It’s enough off the beaten path that you can experience the better cost of living and ambience of community that is welcoming and…...

January 12, 2018

12 January 2018, Job, Newsletter, School Psych

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 We are searching for a school psychologist for a contract assignment beginning as soon as possible and ending in June. The psychologist will work with students from PreK – post-secondary. Primary duties…...

January 11, 2018

12 January 2018, Job, Newsletter, OT

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 We are searching for a pediatric occupational therapist for Rexburg, ID. You visit places like this on vacation — why not live here? Recreational opportunities are endless with world class biking, river sports,…...

15 Winter Activities for Speech Therapy

January 11, 2018

12 January 2018, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Crazy Speech World] Are you headed back to school after winter break and not sure what you are going to do with your students? Did you Netflix instead of lesson plan? It’s ok, I’m here to help! I’ve gathered some great…...