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Special Education Corner: Teacher Evaluation, Should SPED Teachers be Held to a Different Standard?

September 16, 2014

19 September 2014, Articles, Newsletter, Special Ed

[Source: Teaching Children with Special Needs] by Neva Fenno, M.S.Ed. MLIS Last time we talked about summative assessment, the cumulative, usually annual, measures of student achievement. The annual part of the bargain seems to be changing, there may now be semi-annual online…...

September 15, 2014

19 September 2014, Career, Job, Newsletter, SLP

Our client provides autism-specific outpatient therapy for children and adults in North Texas. They provide a warm and accepting therapeutic environment which will lead their patients toward effective language, communication, social skills and sensory integration. They seek a part time Speech-Language…...

September 15, 2014

19 September 2014, Article, News, Newsletter, School Psych

Thank you to the National Association of School Psychologists for recommending this article: [Source: WAMU.org] Since the beginning of the year, nearly 40,000 Central American minors detained after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border have been reunited with their parents or relatives in…...

September 15, 2014

19 September 2014, News of the Week, Newsletter, OT, PT

[Source: Science Daily] The season of a baby’s birth influences its motor development during its first year of life, a new study by University of Haifa researcher’s shows. Babies born in the winter (between December and May) start crawling earlier compared to…...

September 11, 2014

12 September 2014, News of the Week, Newsletter, OT, PT, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily] According to researchers at the University of Montreal, the regions of the brain below the cortex play an important role as we train our bodies’ movements and, critically, they interact more effectively after a night of sleep. While researchers…...

Interview Topic of the Week: HIPAA

September 11, 2014

12 September 2014, Career Tip, Interview Tip, Newsletter, OT, School Psych, SLP

Does HIPAA apply at your facility? If so, what are your HIPAA guidelines? How do you comply with HIPAA on a daily basis? The Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 established privacy rules patients in health care settings and does…...

September 11, 2014

School Psych, TBI

by McKay Moore Sohlberg, Ph.D., Bonnie Todis, Ph.D., and Ann Glang, Ph.D. This manual explains five factors that contribute to a student’s unawareness after acquired brain injury. It shows how to work with the student by using awareness activities consistently over time.…...

September 10, 2014

Fine Motor Skills, Hand Strengthening, Language, Medium Motor Skills, Newsletter, OT, SLP, Tip or Resource

Editor’s Note: I love Montessori, and the blog Carrots Are Orange. Marnie has collecting in one post, over 40 activities from a variety of fine child development blogs, in fine and medium motor, sensory, language, sorting, patterning and more. You Can…...

September 10, 2014

Article, Behavior, Newsletter, OT, School Psych, SLP

[Source: Not Just Cute] Learning to be a good listener is a critical skill. Kids need to learn to be active listeners (here’s how I teach it in the classroom) and adults need to remember to be good listeners too. But there are…...

September 9, 2014

12 September 2014, Career, Job, Newsletter, School Psych

Congratulations to Dr. Robert Z., on his new, part-time School Psychologist position with one of PediaStaff’s school-based clients in west suburban Chicago. Robert will be working four days per week and will see kids in three or four schools in close…...