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School Psych Corner: How To Handle Anxiety-Fueled Refusals To Go To School

October 30, 2017

3 November 2017, Article, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Mind Shift] Your child doesn’t want to go to school. It’s a daily struggle that many parents are familiar with. But what if your child refuses to go to school? Mental health professionals and educators say what used to be considered…...

October 30, 2017

3 November 2017, News, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily] Adverse experiences in childhood — such as the death of a parent, growing up in poverty, physical or sexual abuse, or having a parent with a psychiatric illness — have been associated with physical and mental health problems later…...

October 30, 2017

Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource, Visual Motor Skills

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Here is an adorable freebie from Shape Owls. Students can practice shape discrimination, visual closure, and handwriting skills with this 3 page free printable. It includes 3 levels of difficulty – color the circle, finish the missing part of…...

October 26, 2017

27 October 2017, Job, Newsletter, PT

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 We have a fabulous pediatric clinic position for a Physical Therapist to start as soon as possible working with children from birth to 21 in the wonderful Las Vegas area. This is a…...

October 26, 2017

27 October 2017, Job, Newsletter, OT

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 Excellent contract Occupational Therapist opportunity for the 2017/18 school year in Boydton, VA. Historic Boydton is an 18th century town located in Southern Virginia. A completed street enhancement project renders a charming Victorian ambiance…...

October 25, 2017

Article, Newsletter, OT, PT, School Psych, SLP

[Source: Mind Shift] The National Sleep Foundation recommends an average of eight hours of sleep per night for adults, but sleep scientist Matthew Walker says that too many people are falling short of the mark. “Human beings are the only species that deliberately deprive…...

October 25, 2017

27 October 2017, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 PediaStaff is seeking a full-time Speech-Language Pathologist to work in an early intervention and early childhood setting starting as soon as possible and ends in June 2018. What greater reward than helping…...

Halloween Inspired Gross Motor Games

October 25, 2017

27 October 2017, Newsletter, PT, Tip or Resource

[Source: Starfish Therapies] Looking for some fun things to do with the kids that are Halloween Themed and will work on those gross motor skills? Check out these games! Pumpkin Bowling: You can literally use a small round pumpkin or you can…...

October 24, 2017

27 October 2017, Autism, Newsletter

[Source: Medical X-Press] The School of Chinese Medicine (SCM) of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) conducted a clinical observation of scalp acupuncture treatment for 68 children with autism. The findings indicated that 66 patients have shown improvements after treatment, resulting in an…...

October 24, 2017

Autism, Newsletter, OT, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily] Researchers aiming to understand why autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are more common in boys have discovered differences in a brain signaling pathway involved in reward learning and motivation that make male mice more vulnerable to an autism-causing genetic glitch.…...