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Mouse’s First Halloween – Book for Use in Speech Therapy

October 9, 2023

13 October 2023, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Scanlon Speech Therapy] On my daughter’s first Halloween, she received the book titled Mouse’s First Halloween. Since she was only 3 months old and a little too young to really appreciate this adorable book, I, like any good speech-language pathologist, used it…...

October 9, 2023

13 October 2023, Gross Motor Skills, Halloween, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Hands on As We Grow] With Halloween only days away, my kids are asking me every day how much longer until Halloween. We’ve been doing lots of fun activities around Halloween themes. I really should have done a Halloween countdown! Next year……...

October 9, 2023

13 October 2023, Newsletter, SLP, Special Education, Tip or Resource

[Source: Ms. Lane’s SLP Materials] These “before” and “after” temporal directions have a Halloween theme. For example: “After you touch the bat, touch the skeleton.” I like using these worksheets to target following directions with basic concepts from the CELF-4 assessment. This…...

October 9, 2023

13 October 2023, Halloween, Newsletter, OT, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Childhood 101] Memory or Concentration is such a great first game to play with older toddlers or preschoolers – though school-aged kids can get so much out of it too! That’s because success in Memory relies upon children remembering where they…...

October 9, 2023

13 October 2023, Article, Autism, Newsletter

[Source: ABA Learning Lab] Halloween is upon us, and that means most kids (and some adults) are eagerly anticipating dressing up in their favorite costume and enjoying the spoils of trick-or-treating. We grab our biggest pillowcases, our parents make sure our costumes…...

October 9, 2023

13 October 2023, Newsletter, OT, PT, Tip or Resource

[Source: Starfish Therapies] Looking for some fun things to do with the kids that are Halloween Themed and will work on those gross motor skills? Check out these games! Pumpkin Bowling: You can literally use a small round pumpkin or you can…...

October 9, 2023

13 October 2023, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] For the first time in over a decade, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention network that tracks the prevalence of autism is expanding to include another developmental disability. The agency said that five of its Autism and Developmental…...

October 9, 2023

13 October 2023, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical X-Press] America’s kids are safer now than a decade ago when it comes to many types of injury, with two glaring exceptions: drugs and guns. That’s the crux of a new study that looked at injury trends among U.S. children and teenagers…...

October 9, 2023

13 October 2023, New, Newsletter, School Nurse

[Source: Medical X-Press] Last year, a student fell unconscious after walking out of a bathroom at Central High School in Pueblo, Colorado. When Jessica Foster, the school district’s lead nurse, heard the girl’s distraught friends mention drugs, she knew she had to…...

October 4, 2023

6 October 2023, Jobs, Newsletter, OT

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 or Apply HERE!! PediaStaff is actively recruiting for a OT Traveler to start immediately You’ll join a team of Occupational, Physical, and Speech Therapists and assistants who love what they do and love seeing…...