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Pinterest Pin of the Week: Snowman Snowball Game

March 4, 2014

7 March 2014, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

As those of you on the east coast know, winter is not over yet! Check out this fantastic idea that we saw on Pinterest that promotes isolated finger movements, Hand strengthening, visual motor coordination skills. We have looked ALL over the internet for…...

March 4, 2014

7 March 2014, Autism, News, Newsletter

Editor’s Note: Yet more evidence that nutrition may be a powerful combatant against ASD and ADD symptoms. [Source: Medical News Today] A new study by Rhonda Patrick, PhD and Bruce Ames, PhD of Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) demonstrates the…...

March 3, 2014

7 March 2014, News of the Week, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] We humans like to think of ourselves as unique for many reasons, not least of which being our ability to communicate with words. But ground-breaking research by an expert from the University of New England shows that our ‘misunderstood…...

March 2, 2014

News, Newsletter, SLP, Telepractice

[Source: Disability Info.org] According to the American Speech-Language Hearing Association “communication disorders are among the most common disabilities in the United States” (ASHA, 2008). More specifically, national demographic data gathered in 2003 identified that of the estimated 6,100,000 children between ages 3-21…...

February 28, 2014

28 February 2014, News, PediaStaff, Placement

Congratulations to Bilingual Licensed Physical Therapist Monica S., and SLP Hannah S., on their new positions with one of PediaStaff’s clinics in the greater Houston area! Monica will serving children (many of them Spanish speaking), primarily aged 2-6 with motor skills, balance, coordination,…...

February 27, 2014

28 February 2014, News of the Week, PediaStaff

Well TSHA 2014 is here! We are having a ball! So many enthusiastic visitors and genuine Texas hospitality too! Are you there? Stop by! We are at Booth # 437 and at this writing we still have Toobaloos and headsets…...

February 27, 2014

28 February 2014, Book, Newsletter

Review by: Connie Mistler Davidson via Amazon.com How many kids do you know with Attention Deficit Disorder who don’t live with anxiety? I know very few. Anxiety and ADD go hand-in-hand for many children, especially in the classroom. The National Association on…...

February 27, 2014

Autism, News, Newsletter 28 February 2014

[Source: Medical News Today] Last year, the American Psychiatric Association issued new guidelines for the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. But new research from Columbia University School of Nursing in New York, NY, suggests that these guidelines could leave thousands of children…...

February 27, 2014

28 February 2014, ADHD, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: New York Times] by Alan Schwarz Jerry, 9 years old, dissolved into his Game Boy while his father described his attentional difficulties to the family pediatrician. The child began flitting around the room distractedly, ignoring the doctor’s questions and squirming in…...

February 26, 2014

28 February 2014, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have determined that a small region of the hippocampus known as CA2 is essential for social memory, the ability of an animal to recognize another of the same species. A better grasp…...