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December 20, 2013

Article, Down Syndrome, February 2010, Newsletter, OT

All material Copyright © 2009 National Down Syndrome Society Reprinted with the express permission of the National Down Syndrome Society as originally published on their website. By: Maryanne Bruni, BSc OTc Editor’s Note: This article was originally written for parents but…...

December 19, 2013

News, Newsletter, OT, PT

PediaStaff Wishes You and Yours a Very Merry Christmas. To those of you who have already celebrated your winter holiday, we hope you enjoy some much deserved time off to spend with your loved ones as well! We will see you a…...

December 19, 2013

[Source: North Shore Pediatric Therapy] During the holidays, children are off of school, families are spending time together, the weather is changing, and everyone is eating delicious food! Parents can use this time off as the perfect time to do vocabulary building…...

December 19, 2013

20 December 2013, Newsletter, School Psych

Six in ten 13-year-old girls, compared to four in 10 boys the same age, are afraid of gaining weight or getting fat according to new research on eating disorders from the UCL Institute of Child Health (UK) in collaboration with the London…...

December 19, 2013

20 December 2013, Newsletter, On the Lighter Side, OT

A good blogger friend of ours had this little ‘kids say the darnedest things’ gem on her Facebook page the other day, and I realized it would be a great one to send around as a meme. So, with Loren Shlaes’…...

December 18, 2013

20 December 2013, Newsletter, Placement

Congratulations to speech-language pathologist husband and wife team, John and Robin P., who both got new placements in northwest Oregon this week through PediaStaff. Robin will support a caseload of students with significant cognitive disabilities and who are almost entirely non-verbal. …...

December 18, 2013

20 December 2013, Article, SLP

The end of the year is time to reflect! Please enjoy this list of the top ten viewed speech-language pathology articles we have featured here on PediaStaff since beginning this blog The Challenge of Persistent R Distortions; Clinical Thought and Therapy Ideas…...

December 17, 2013

20 December 2013, ADHD, Article, Newsletter, OT

[Source: New York Times] By Alan Schwarz After more than 50 years leading the fight to legitimize attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Keith Conners could be celebrating. Severely hyperactive and impulsive children, once shunned as bad seeds, are now recognized as having a…...

December 17, 2013

20 December, Newsletter, OT, SLP, Tip or Resource

As you, know, we have been enjoying Instagram. Today in my feed I saw this great post by Bloggy Mom, Amber Passey of the Because Babies Grow Up blog. What a lovely activity to try with the children either just for fine…...

December 17, 2013

20 December 2013, Articulation, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

This idea was very popular on Instagram a few days ago! It would be a fun way to spend one of your last days before break, or could make an excellent activity idea to send home with your students/clients for them to…...