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SLP Corner: Creating a Great Schedule for #ASHA15

November 11, 2015

13 November 2015, Article, SLP

[Source: Activity Tailor] I attend the ASHA convention most years. While the beginning of the school year is a great time to replenish supplies and organize materials, by the time ASHA rolls around, and I’ve got a better idea of what my…...

Game Recommendation! My Feelings!

November 11, 2015

13 November 2015, Emotions, Newsletter, SLP, Social Skills

My Feelings is a therapist-endorsed game that encourages children to explore emotions in fun, active (and sometimes very silly) ways! Therapists and parents gain insight while the child learns to recognize and manage his or her feelings in ways that are positive and socially appropriate. Here’s…...

November 11, 2015

13 November 2015, Newsletter, NICU, Preemies

[Source: Medical X-Press] (HealthDay)—The complications and medical treatments that extremely preterm or extremely small newborns experience in their first weeks of life can have an impact years later, a new study reveals. Preemies who had bleeding in their brain or who received…...

November 10, 2015

13 November 2015, Newsletter, SLP

Are you going to ASHA in Denver this week??? Are you NOT able to attend but have a PediaStaff Toobaloo from years past? If you answered YES to either of those questions, you can win an Apple Watch just by showing…...

Going to ASHA? Try the Conference App!

November 10, 2015

13 November 2015, Newsletter, SLP

Are you attending ASHA in Denver? We cant wait to see you in just two days!! Don’t forget to download the Mira Mobile Conference App. In the Apple Store, or in Google Play, search for “Mira Mobile” The conference app is…...

November 10, 2015

13 November 2015, Article, Autism, Motor Skills, Newsletter

Editor’s Note: Thank you to Kimberly at Music Therapy Maven for the Link to this great article. Please thank her by supporting her blog! [Source: Ido in Autismland] by Ido Kedar Introduction: Last year I was asked by two neuro-researchers to describe…...

November 10, 2015

13 November 2015, Article, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

[Source: OTs with Apps] Among the updates in the new iOS 9 operating system, offered late October 2015, are additional features for touch accommodations. These setting are wonderful additions to students with motor impairments but also highly relevant when working with adults…...

November 9, 2015

13 November 2015, Newsletter, OT, Visual Perception

[Source: Your Therapy Source] This freebie challenges visual perceptual skills with a Thanksgiving theme. Practice visual motor, visual discrimination, visual spatial, visual closure and overall visual perceptual skills with these printables. Print off multiple copies for your students and your activities are ready…...

November 9, 2015

13 November 2015, News, Newsletter, OT, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily] Would your ability to resist a tantalizing cookie improve if you had to wait a few seconds before you could reach for it? The idea that natural urges ‘die down’ with time seems intuitive, but new research shows that…...

November 9, 2015

13 November 2015, News, Newsletter, OT

Editor’s Note: This is a fantastic article that School Based OTs might like to share with the classroom teachers they work with! {Source: Differentiated Kindergarten] Some of our little ones come to our classes without ever having held a pencil, and suddenly,…...