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Pediatric Therapy Corner: 5 Tips to Help Children to Cooperate

July 29, 2015

31 July 2015, Article, Newsletter, OT, PT, School Psych, SLP

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Do you ever find yourself thinking I wish this group of kids could just get along better? Maybe it is during a group therapy session, a play date, recess or siblings that could benefit from some tips to…...

July 29, 2015

[Source: Science Daily] Psychologists at The University of Texas at Austin found that children flexibly choose when to imitate and when to innovate the behavior of others, demonstrating that children are precocious social learners. “There’s nothing children are more interested in than…...

July 28, 2015

Newsletter, OT, SLP, Tip or Resource

Editor’s Note: This is a great idea for both fine motor and following directions! [Source: Therapy Fun Zone] It is always fun for kids to be able to take home a fun item that they created, and the paper helicopters are a…...

July 28, 2015

Newsletter, OT, School Psych, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: MPMIdeas] Get to know the new kiddos in your class with All About Me activities – perfect for back-to-school! Tami over at Learning and Teaching Preschoolers featured several ideas your class is sure to love. Each activity provides a great opportunity for…...

July 28, 2015

31 July 2015, News, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Psychologists at the University of York have revealed new evidence showing how specific language used by parents to talk to their babies can help their child to understand the thoughts of others when they get older. Studying the effects…...

July 28, 2015

[Source: Lalymom] Welcome to another week of Fine Motor Fridays! Today I’m sharing a collection of kids activities on a vertical plane. Recently I watched an EdWeb educational webinar about Fine Motor Skills by Marianne Gibbs of Write Out of the Box and found…...

July 27, 2015

31 July 2015, News, Newsletter, Special Ed

[Source: Disability Scoop] LOS ANGELES — Tens of thousands turned out Saturday for the opening ceremony of the 2015 Special Olympics World Games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The event got underway about 6:30 p.m. with stilt walkers and tumblers leading…...

July 27, 2015

[Source Science Daily] New findings by researchers at the Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS) at the University of Washington demonstrate for the first time that an early social behavior called gaze shifting is linked to infants’ ability to learn new…...

July 23, 2015

24 July 2015, Article, Literacy, News, Newsletter

Editor’s Note: Thank You to my friend Loren Shlaes for forwarding this fascinating article by Cory Turner, NPR If this isn’t an honest-to-goodness crystal ball, it’s close. Neurobiologist Nina Kraus believes she and her team at Northwestern University have found a way…...

July 22, 2015

24 July 2015, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] The cognitive system encodes the first and last syllables of words better than middle syllables. Researchers at SISSA, in collaboration with Udine Hospital (Azienda Ospedaliera di Udine), have demonstrated for the first time that this cognitive mechanism is present…...