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Worth Repeating: 8 Ways to Work on Motor Skills at the Park

July 12, 2012

13 July 2012, Article, Newsletter

[Source: North Shore Pediatric Therapy] Image Credit NSPT4Kids.com Oftentimes, playgrounds are overlooked as just places where children can run around and burn some energy. While this is true, playgrounds are also a great environment to practice your child’s gross motor skills, such…...

July 11, 2012

13 July 2012, Newsletter, Social Skills, Tip or Resource

Kiddos love when therapy and pop culture (especially clean top 40 tunes) converge. And it’s even better when there’s Cookie Monster! Special thanks to our friends at NEPA Special Needs Networking for sharing this great Sesame Street parody of Carly Rae Jepsen’s…...

July 11, 2012

13 July 2012, Cerebral Palsy, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: The Daily Mail] Cerebral palsy sufferer, 10, who learned to walk two years ago completes triathlon to raise money for schoolgirl with the same condition A ten-year-old boy with cerebral palsy who learned to walk just two years ago took part…...

July 10, 2012

13 July 2012, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

This excellent list of ten fine motor activities for parents to do with kiddos at home is our Pinterest Pin of the Week! [Source: North Shore Pediatric Therapy] Check out this excellent post, ideal for sharing with the parents and guardians of…...

July 9, 2012

13 July 2012, Article, Newsletter, SLP

by Sherry Artemenko, M.A., CCC-SLP It’s fun to be on a school team again twice a month when I meet with the public school special education team working with my kindergarten client. My little friend is on the higher end of the…...

July 9, 2012

13 July 2012, News, Newsletter, TBI

[Source: Medical News Today] Outcomes for children with brain injury acquired during childhood are difficult to predict and vary significantly, states an analysis of evidence on the topic published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). “There is no single best approach…...

July 9, 2012

13 June 2012, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Using a mouse model of autism, researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have successfully treated an autism spectrum disorder characterized by severe cognitive impairment. The research team, led by Joe Clark, PhD,…...

July 9, 2012

13 July 2012, ADHD, Newsletter

[Source: Psychology Today] Findings from the first study directly examining gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) concentrations in the brains of children with ADHD were published last week in the Archives of General Psychiatry. In this new article researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical…...

July 5, 2012

July 6 2012, News of the Week, Newsletter, OT

Friend of PediaStaff and Guest Columnist, Anne Zachry of Pediatric Occupational Therapy Tips is working on a research project and is trying to get as many pediatric OT’s and PT’s as possible to complete a quick 2-minute survey on Survey Monkey. Please…...

July 5, 2012

6 July 2012, Language, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] The throat and facial movements that twist the air pushing through your vocal cords into words could be rooted in the well-meaning expressions primates exchange with each other, according to two recent studies based at Princeton University. The researchers…...