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Speech and Language Resource & Pin of the Week

March 6, 2012

10 March 2012, Language, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

Well Speech Lady Liz certainly did hit the jackpot last week when she found the site Free Language Stuff.com. She wrote a blog post about it which we pinned to Pinterest. So far we have seen over 200 repins for it just…...

March 6, 2012

10 March 2012, ADHD, Newsletter

[Source: Time Magazine] The youngest children in a class are more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than older children in the same class, a new study finds, and in some cases may not deserve the diagnosis. Researchers led by Richard Morrow,…...

March 6, 2012

10 March 2012, News, SLP

Image Credit: Reed Hutchison/UCLA Can the song of a small bird provide valuable insights into human stuttering and speech-related disorders and conditions, including autism and stroke? New research by UCLA life scientists and colleagues provides reason for optimism. The scientists discovered that…...

Pet Therapy in the News (on NPR)

March 6, 2012

10 March 2012, Animal Assisted Therapy, Newsletter

[Source: NPR.org] Those of us who own pets know they make us happy. But a growing body of scientific research is showing that our pets can also make us healthy, or healthier. That helps explain the increasing use of animals — dogs…...

March 5, 2012

9 March 2012, Feeding Disorders, News, Newsletter, Picky Eaters

[Source: Medical News Today] Pass the peas please! How often do we hear our children say this? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System survey of adolescents, only 21% of our children eat the recommended…...

March 5, 2012

9 March 2012, Down Syndrome, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Down syndrome (DS) is the most common genetic disorder in live born children arising as a consequence of a chromosomal abnormality. It occurs as a result of having three copies of chromosome 21, instead of the usual two. It…...

March 2, 2012

Well, I sent my middle school aged daughter to school in my “Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Dr. Seuss” shirt, and posted a poll on my personal Facebook to ask my friends what their favorite Seuss book is. Needless…...

March 1, 2012

3 March 2012, Meet the Team, Newsletter

Ahmed Daher has been with PediaStaff since late 2007, starting as a member of our career services team. Currently, as our IT manager, he handles any tech projects and keeps all of the computers running. Before PediaStaff, Ahmed worked in different…...

March 1, 2012

3 March 2012, News, Newsletter, TBI

[Source: Huffington Post/Teen] The teenage brain is special. Less plastic than a child’s developing brain, but not yet with all of the executive functions of an adult noggin. And that makes them more vulnerable to long-term effects of head injury, according to…...

February 29, 2012

3 March 2012, News, Newsletter, OT, PT

[Source: Medical News Today] In a study recently published in Pediatrics, researchers say that “active” video games may not boost children’s physical activity as much as some people believe. The study, entitled “Impact of an Active Video Game on Healthy Children’s Physical…...