Blog - PediaStaff

Placement of the Week – Autism OT in Chicago!

February 5, 2015

6 February 2015, Career, Job, Newsletter, OT

Congratulations to Madalyn E., of Illinois on her placement at PediaStaff’s outpatient client in Greater Chicago. Madalyn will be serving children aged 2-22 with multiple diagnosis, primarily on the autism spectrum. Therapy will focus around sensory integration, social skills and life…...

February 5, 2015

6 February 2015, Article, Newsletter, OT

[Source: The ABC Therapeutics Blog] When I get home from work I have things to do, like everyone else, and sometimes those things make my hands dirty. Sometimes it is some minor maintenance on my car, or repairing something in the house,…...

February 5, 2015

6 February 2015, Newsletter, OT, PT

[Source: Starfish Therapies] by Stacy Menz, DPT, DPT, Board Certified Pediatric Clinical Specialist Often in physical therapy, we use certain terminology to describe the position or alignment of the legs at rest or during activity. You have probably seen these terms in your child’s evaluations or progress…...

February 4, 2015

6 February 2015, Autism, Behavior, Newsletter, OT, School Psych

[The Autism Classroom News] It’s been a while but I really want to try to finish up the 5 Steps to Meaningful Behavioral Support series with the final few posts on responding to challenging behavior considerations. Of course these posts will be…...

February 4, 2015

6 February 2015, News of the Week, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Medical News Today] Research from Northeastern professor of psychology Iris Berent and her colleagues finds that spoken language and motor systems are intricately linked — though not in the way that has been widely believed. New research from Northeastern professor of…...

February 4, 2015

Newsletter 6 February 2015, SLP

[Source: The Speech Room News] by Jenna Rayburn Wind up toys are some of my favorite toys for preschool. I just love them! I find them super useful for our youngest communicators because they are very entertaining but need an adult to…...

February 3, 2015

6 February 2014, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Education Week – On Special Education] A foundation that supports education of children with disabilities is teaming up with North Carolina State University to offer a free six-week “massive open online course,” or MOOC, aimed at teaching participants about student learning differences. The Spring 2015…...

Preschool Anxiety Changes the Brain

February 3, 2015

6 February 2015, Newsletter, School Nurse, School Psych

[Source: Yale Daily News] Anxiety disorders observed in preschoolers — including social phobia, separation anxiety and generalized anxiety disorder — can lead to physiological changes in brain development, a new study from the Yale Child Study Center shows. The researchers imaged the…...

February 3, 2015

6 February 2015, News of the Week, Newsletter, OT, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Access to state-supported early childhood programs significantly reduces the likelihood that children will be placed in special education in the third grade, academically benefiting students and resulting in considerable cost savings to school districts, according to new research published…...

February 2, 2015

6 February 2015, OT, Tip or Resource, Visual Discrimination

[Source: No Time for Flashcards] Lego Challenges have become a great way for me to get a few minutes to check email while completely thrilling my daughter. She loves these simple challenges and for good reason, she is really good at it,…...