Blog - PediaStaff

What Neural Circuits are Activated by CBT?

September 5, 2014

5 September 2014, News of the Week, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Medical News Today] A new study published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics provides new insights on how psychotherapy works. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is an effective treatment for panic disorder with agoraphobia (PD/AG). It is unknown, how variants of CBT differentially modulate…...

September 4, 2014

5 September 2014, Newsletter, Pinterest, School Nurse, Tip or Resource

PediaStaff would like to welcome several school nurses to our team this school year! We are really enjoying working with all of you and hope that school nursing will become an integral part of what we do and who we are as a…...

September 4, 2014

5 September 2014, BCBA, Behavior Analyst, Career, Job, Newsletter

We are working with a client who has an immediate full time need for a Pediatric Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) in Champaign, IL. The hours are flexible as you can make your own schedule based on which clients you will…...

September 3, 2014

Cerebral Palsy, News of the Week, Newsletter, OT, PT

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Research was published comparing the muscle activation and energy expenditure of different postures in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy. Energy-expenditure and muscle activity were measured during lying supine, sitting with support, sitting without support, and standing…...

September 3, 2014

5 September 2014, Dyslexia, News of the Week, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Dyslexia, the most commonly diagnosed learning disability in the United States, is a neurological reading disability that occurs when the regions of the brain that process written language don’t function normally. The use of non-invasive functional neuroimaging tools has…...

September 2, 2014

5 September 2014, Newsletter, School Nurse, Tip or Resource

Editor’s Note: I am thinking that this would be a fantastic “bulletin board craft” for School Nurses to have students do in just a minute to commemorate a visit to the nurses office! [Source: No Time for Flashcards] When…...

September 2, 2014

5 September 2014, OT, Proprioreception, PT, Sensory Processing, Tip or Resource

[Source: Sensory Digest] Thank you, Alexander Lopiccolo of Sensory Digest for sharing this free scooter board bungee webinar with us! Watch it HERE Please support our contributors. Find more Sensory Integration Videos like this one, on the Sensory Digest YouTube Channel. Additionally, Sensory Digest.com …...

September 2, 2014

5 September 2014, Autism, News, Newsletter, OT, SLP

[Source: NBC News] Extraordinary superpowers, high-flying villains and fearless, world-saving heroes are the stuff of countless comic books. But the newest star to hit the comic circuit is different than most. Michael is a comic book character with autism – a hero…...

August 28, 2014

29 August 2014, Language, News of the Week, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Medical News Today] Those of you who have young infants will be familiar with the babbling sounds they like to make. But how do you respond? A new study from The University of Iowa and Indiana University suggests that how parents…...

August 28, 2014

29 August 2014, Emotions, Newsletter, School Psych, SLP, Social Skills, Tip or Resource

Bumped into this one on Pinterest. I LOVE this!! Perfect for the desk of the school psychologist, or any therapy clinician working on emotions and social skills! [Source: Skizzenblog] Download the Free Template HERE...