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Vocabulary Held Together in Memory by Keywords

May 21, 2014

23 May 2014, News of the Week, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Medical News Today] Much like key players in social networks, University of Kansas scientists have found evidence that there are keywords in word networks that hold together groups of words in our memory. In a study published in the Journal of Memory…...

May 21, 2014

23 May 2014, Newsletter, SLP

Thank You to Ann Kulichik of the SLPeeps FB Group for posting this article! [Source: Mental Floss.com] We all know that English spelling is rarely a good guide to pronunciation. One big reason for this is the prevalence of schwa in the spoken language.…...

May 21, 2014

23 May 2014, Newsletter, On the Lighter Side, SLP

Maybe this is why most SLPs when asked, say they are “speech therapists!” LOL Thank you @asobimizu90 on Instagram for today’s belly laugh!! ...

May 20, 2014

23 May 2014, Job, Newsletter

SLPs AND OTs NEEDED – Come join the PediaStaff team! Our client is interviewing now for a wonderful school district position in the Phoenix area. They are looking for a two full-time Speech Language Pathologists and an Occupational Therapist to work 40…...

She's Happy, Happy Happy!

May 20, 2014

23 May 2014, News of the Week, SLP

Congratulations to Lisa Helvie on winning a set of FOUR Toobaloo Articulation Devices from PediaStaff. Lisa correctly identified all the bloggers in the Happy to Be An SLP Blog Hoppers video that we posted last week. Want to put names to the…...

May 20, 2014

23 May 2014, Article, Newsletter, PT

by Stacy Menz, DPT, DPT, Board Certified Pediatric Clinical Specialist JR is 5-year-old boy and can’t sit in a chair or on the floor for more than 1 or 2 minutes at a time. He’s in constant motion and if he focuses on…...

May 20, 2014

Article, Career Guide, CF, Newsletter

by Katie Millican, M.Ed., SLP-CF Obtaining a Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from ASHA requires completing, at minimum, 9-months of extra supervision under a Speech-Language Pathologist who already has his or her CCC’s. There are several components to the clinical fellowship which…...

Product Recommendation: Easy Hole Punch

May 19, 2014

26 May 2014, Fine Motor Skills, Hand Strengthening, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Your Therapy Source] I found this one hole puncher at Staples for $2 that is much easier to use than a traditional hole puncher. In addition, it offers a different type of resistance versus a traditional hole puncher. Instead of gripping…...

May 19, 2014

26 May 2014, Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: The Daily Mail] There is no connection between the development of autism with childhood vaccinations, University of Sydney researchers recently found. The first systematic international review was conducted for the research involved more than 1.25 million children for five cohort studies…...

May 19, 2014

26 May 2014, Autism, Newsletter, Social Story, Tip or Resource

[Source: Daily Autism Freebie] Download Summer Break Social Story from the Daily Autism Freebie...