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Prevalence of Visual Impairment Among Preschool Children Projected to Increase

June 6, 2017

9 June 2017, News, Newsletter, OT, Visual Impairment

[Source: Medical News Today] The number of preschool children in the U.S. with visual impairment is projected to increase by more than 25 percent in the coming decades, with the majority of visual impairment resulting from simple uncorrected refractive error, according to…...

June 5, 2017

9 June 2017, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical X-Press] No words can describe how happy Quanita Estell is to hear her six-year-old son come home with hilarious stories to tell. First, she enjoys his sense of humor, but mostly she’s thrilled to see Joseph, who was diagnosed with…...

June 5, 2017

5 June 2017, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Homeschool Creations] Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown was one of our favorite books when the kids were little. I do believe I can still quote the entire book by heart, I know it that well. We used the book as…...

June 5, 2017

9 June 2017, News

[Source: Medical X-Press] One in 10 infants born in the United States is born prematurely – prior to 37 weeks’ gestation – according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, leaving surviving preemies at heightened risk for neurodevelopmental disabilities that often…...

June 5, 2017

9 June 2017, News, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily] Taking folic acid supplements throughout pregnancy may improve psychological development in children. That is the finding of research by Professor Tony Cassidy and colleagues from Ulster University who will present their study to the Annual Conference of the British…...

June 1, 2017

2 June 2017, BCBA, Behavior Analysis, Job, Newsletter

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or $5,000 SIGN ON BONUS for full-time! Wonderful full-time or part-time opportunities for a Pediatric Board Certified Behavioral Analyst (BCBA) in Fredericksburg, VA. We are looking for a clinician with a clinical background in Applied Behavior Analysis…...

Hot Job: Pediatric OT – Houston, TX

June 1, 2017

2 June 2017, Job, Newsletter, OT

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or Immediate opening available for an Occupational Therapist with one of our best clients in Houston. * A full time opportunity is available for an Occupational Therapist to work in a pediatric outpatient clinic M-TH * Clinic…...

June 1, 2017

2 June 2107, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or Multiple openings across a school district in Chicago, IL for Spanish speaking/bilingual SLP’s to work full or part time for the 2017*18 school year. Applications are being accepted now and interviews are being scheduled. This is…...

May 31, 2017

2 June 2017, News, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] Every few minutes, Abril begins to choke. Diagnosed as a baby with severe cerebral palsy and epilepsy, the Santa Cruz, Calif., 8-year-old has never spoken, or walked or cleared her own throat. Dozens of times a day, her parents,…...

May 31, 2017

2 June 2017, Literacy, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Reading Rockets] For generations, reading experts have told teachers that they had to teach students to read at their instructional levels. Teachers were admonished that if they taught children with books that were too easy, there would be nothing for the…...