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Placement of the Week: Pediatric Rehab OT in Central Florida!

September 15, 2015

18 September 2015, Career, Job, OT

Congratulations, to Heather on her new Pediatric OT position with PediaStaff’s outpatient clinic client in Central Florida. She will be working half time, mostly during after school hours. This is a family-friendly, multi-disciplinary practice. You will do great there, Heather. Best…...

September 15, 2015

18 September 2015, News of the Week, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Medical X Press] New research from the University of Maryland and Harvard University suggests that young infants benefit from hearing words repeated by their parents. With this knowledge, parents may make conscious communication choices that could pay off in their babies’…...

September 15, 2015

Editor’s Note: Thank You to Joanna Verdone for compiling, and the OTs of the Pediatric OT Facebook page for contributing to this tremendous list of exercises and resources for ocular-motor skills. [Source from the over 18,000 OT’s on the “Pediatric Occupational Therapists”…...

September 14, 2015

18 September 2015, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Brick by Brick] As I said before, we love to paint. We do it almost every week. Lately we’ve been painting with things other than brushes; we’ve been using kitchen items to paint. Last week we painted with a salad spinner.…...

September 14, 2015

[Source: Disability Scoop] Newly available genetic testing may offer answers for about 16 percent of children with autism, according to a new study that’s lending support for more widespread use of the analyses. With scientists rapidly identifying genes with ties to autism,…...

September 14, 2015

18 September 2015, Down Syndrome, News, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] PITTSBURGH — Doctors warned the Kondrich family that their daughter would be different. They were right. In the past year alone, Chloe Kondrich has hung out with rock stars in Manhattan; visited with Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf; posed for…...

September 10, 2015

Autism, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] The Disney Channel is putting an emphasis on autism with an upcoming episode of its Emmy-nominated comedy “Girl Meets World.” The cable network said a special episode airing Sept. 11 will explore the developmental disability. Disney Channel officials said…...

September 9, 2015

11 September 2015, Article, OT, SPD

Editor’s Note: Thank you to the Sensory Spectrum for featuring this article! by Angie Voss, OTR, Think about it…spinning is probably the one thing, that if done long enough with the neuro-typical brain, it WILL cause some type of systemic reaction. Not…...

September 9, 2015

11 September 2015, Career, Job, Newsletter, SLP

PediaStaff is actively recruiting for a several clinics throughout Arkansas that provide year round services to children in day care and pediatric settings. Several positions are available throughout the northeast and northwestern parts of the state. Specific locations include West Memphis, Fayetteville,…...

Book Review – NeuroTribes

September 9, 2015

11 September 2015, Autism, Book Review, Newsletter, OT, School Psych, SLP

[Source: Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism] When Shannon Rosa contacted me and asked if I’d be interested in doing a guest review for Steve Silberman’s highly anticipated book NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, I excitedly and nervously…...