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PediaStaff Therapist Placement of the Week: Ohio!

November 6, 2013

Placement, SLP

Congratulations to Elizabeth M., SLP, on her new part-time position with PediaStaff’s school-based client near Columbus Ohio. This position really helps our client out of a bind for the rest if the 2013-2014 school year, has a very flexible schedule, and serves…...

November 5, 2013

8 November 2013, Article, Newsletter, OT, PT

[Source: The Inspired Treehouse] I love playing with playdough with my kids at home and at school because there are millions of ways to make it new and exciting, just by adding novel objects or presenting it in a different way. I…...

November 5, 2013

25 October 2013, Newsletter, SLP

ASHA is next week — November 14-16th at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. PediaStaff has 30 feet of booth space this year, so there will be plenty of room to get to know us, even if it’s crowded. Our recruiting staff…...

November 5, 2013

8 November 2013, Cerebral Palsy, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: The New York Times, City Room blog via Loren Shlaes, the PediatricOT] Hidden in Tumblr’s bottomless trove of illustrated quotations, posts debunking falsely attributed illustrated quotations, pornography and obsessively composed photos of huckleberry muffins, is a blog written by a twelve-year-old…...

November 4, 2013

Autism, News, Newsletter, OT, SLP

[Source: Medical News Today] Lorenzo Miodus-Santini an 11-year-old sixth-grader from Princeton, who was classified as autistic at only 13 months old, was never a big talker. As an infant he didn’t babble or coo. When he was a toddler beginning to speak,…...

November 4, 2013

8 November 2013, Article, Newsletter, Stuttering

[Source: The Stuttering Source] Both parents and speech therapists alike find themselves struggling to decide when therapy is complete for someone who stutters. Therapy for a child who has difficulty saying their “r”s has a distinct beginning and end (i.e. when a…...

November 4, 2013

8 November 2013, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Here are 10 simple and easy fine motor and visual motor activities using paper clips. You can watch the video over at http://yourtherapysource.com/videopaperclips.html...

October 31, 2013

1 November 2013, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

Thanks for making the ‘Halloween – My Therapy Share’ on Instagram very successful. We had over 150 photos submitted -from therapists just like you out in the trenches – of a whole lot of excellent Halloween themed ideas for therapy. Since Instagram…...

October 31, 2013

1 November 2013, News, Newsletter, PediaStaff News

[Source: PR Web] In addition to presenting career opportunities to speech-language pathologists, the staffing company will discuss interviewing skills with students in the NSSHLA Demo Lounge. Representatives from Top Echelon Contracting will also be on hand to answer therapists’ questions about contract…...

October 31, 2013

1 November 2013, Articulation, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: North Shore Pediatric Therapy] It is common for young children to make certain sound substitutions as their speech and language skills are developing. One example is substituting /t/ for /k/ (e.g. saying “tar” instead of “car”); another is substituting /d/ for /g/…...