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Advocacy Alert: Call Your MoCs in Support of the “Hallways to Health Act”

March 9, 2017

10 March 2017, Newsletter, School Nurse, School Psychologist

Editor’s Note: This is an excellent program. Please call your Members of Congress to let them know you support this innovative health delivery model. [Source: School Based Health Alliance] On Monday, February 13, Senators Debbie Stabenow (MI), Gary Peters (MI), Sherrod Brown…...

March 9, 2017

10 March 2017, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Calling all adventure-seeking Speech-Language Pathologists! PediaStaff is currently accepting applications for SLP-CFYs and SLP-CCCs to join our team in the Last Frontier: Alaska! Both contract and direct hire opportunities are available throughout Alaska including Anchorage, Fairbanks, Palmer, Homer, and Soldotna! Rates are…...

50 Flower Crafts for Kids

March 8, 2017

10 March 2017, Newsletter, OT, PT, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Growing a Jeweled Rose] Spring is finally here, and with that we have flowers on our mind. We can’t wait to plant and craft this Spring! Are you excited, too? Here are 50 fun and creative flower crafts to help get…...

March 8, 2017

10 March 2017, ADHD, Behavior, News, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Medical News Today] The largest imaging study of its kind finds that people diagnosed with ADHD have altered brains. It identifies size differences in several brain regions and the brain overall, with the greatest differences seen in children rather than adults.…...

SLP Corner: Imagination Speech Therapy

March 8, 2017

Newsletter 10 March 2017, SLP

[Source: Doyle Speech Works] It’s March already! Wow! I have been on winter break this past week enjoying balmy temperatures when suddenly the temperature dropped to 5 degree! It’s hard to imagine it will ever be warm, but imagine I will. As…...

March 7, 2017

10 March 2017, Autism, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] States in 1938, the causes of autism have remained elusive. Hundreds of genes, as well as environmental exposures, have been implicated in these brain disorders. Sex also seems to have something to do with it: About 80 percent of…...

March 7, 2017

10 March 2017, Autism, Newsletter, OT, SPD

[Source: Medical X-Press] Concrete links between the symptoms of autism and synaesthesia have been discovered and clarified for the first time, according to new research by psychologists at the University of Sussex. The study, conducted by world-leading experts in both conditions at…...

March 7, 2017

10 March 2017, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or Are you looking for a full time position with a little versatility? Our client is established and in need of a full time (40 hours/wk) bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist to provide clinic based services between our South…...

March 6, 2017

Newsletter, SLP

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or Immediate opening for a qualified Speech-Language Pathologist to work in Wichita Falls and surrounding areas, full time. * Home based team working with babies 0-3 years of age * Children have developmental delays and medical diagnoses…...

March 6, 2017

10 March 2017, Anxiety, Article, Newsletter

Editor’s Note: Please share this with your classroom teachers! [Source: Huffington Post] Mrs. Chang passed out papers to each sixth grade language arts student. Not a second after the assignment hit Kayla’s desk, her hand went up: “I need help!” This plea…...