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December 15, 2015

18 December 2015, News, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Northwestern University professor Nina Kraus shed light on one of the brain’s most complex tasks — making sense of sound — during the recent Falling Walls conference in Berlin. The annual gathering features significant discoveries or “breakthroughs” by 20…...

December 14, 2015

18 December 2015, Autism, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Using antidepressants during pregnancy greatly increases the risk of autism, Professor Anick Bérard of the University of Montreal and its affiliated CHU Sainte-Justine children’s hospital revealed. Prof. Bérard, an expert in the fields of pharmaceutical safety during pregnancy, came…...

December 14, 2015

18 December 2015, Jobs, Newsletter, School Psych

Congratulations to Elizabeth P., on her new School Psychologist position with one of PediaStaff’s charter school clients in Chicago! We are hiring School Psychs nationwide! Contact us today at 866-733-4278 or Apply Online at pediastaff.com!...

December 14, 2015

18 December 2015, Newsletter, OT, PT, SLP

[Source: Your Therapy Source] When teaching children new skills, therapists and teachers provide instruction and prompts to complete the skill. Many times different prompts are used together to help a child learn a new skill or complete a targeted response. There are…...

December 14, 2015

18 December 2015, Down Syndrome, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical X Press] While most Down syndrome research has focused on the brain, a new report by Johns Hopkins University biologists uncovers how the disorder hampers a separate part of the nervous system that plays a key role in health and…...

December 14, 2015

18 December 2015, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

Editor’s Note: We are very flattered that PediaStaff made this great resource! Check us out under ‘Best Resource Blogs’ [Source: Kidmunicate] We visited over 200 speech pathology websites and blogs this year. Many from the 2015 list returned. A few were cut…...

December 10, 2015

11 December 2015, Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter, Visual Motor Skills

[Source: Biological Psychiatry via Your Therapy Source] Biological Psychiatry published research comparing resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging scans from 100 8- to 12-year-old children of which 50 had a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The results were analyzed and functional…...

December 9, 2015

11 December 2015, Article, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Speech Room News] Preschool and Elementary students often have all the expected speech sounds in their sound inventory but still can’t be understood. For lack of a better description they are just mumbling! They have reduced intelligibility in conversational speech and…...

December 9, 2015

11 December 2015, Newsletter, PT

[Source: Heartspace PT] by Shelley Mannell, PT, C/NDT Unfortunately in pediatrics the saga is the continued increase in the number of children referred for torticollis. The numbers are so high that the APTA has a set of clinical guidelines for its management (1).…...

December 9, 2015

11 December 2015, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, OT, Visual Perception Skills

[Source: Pediatric Occupational Therapy Tips] Sponges are one of my favorite “pediatric occupational therapy” items in my therapy bag! There are so many therapeutic activities for basic kitchen sponges! Simply cut the sponges into blocks or shapes of various sizes and watch…...