By: Shahal Rozenblatt, Clinical Neuropsychologist The article aims to provide the reader with an understanding of concussion in children, including the physical and physiological events that are involved, the cognitive and psychological consequences, and the assessment process and making safe return-to-play decisions.…...
By: Bek Wiltbank, Occupational Therapist I love people with Autism. All ages, all types, every one of them. Many questions loom over our society, Why is Autism so prevalent? Where has it come from? Some people ask, How can we cure it?…...
PediaStaff would like to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas! There will be no newsletter this week, nor more blog posts that we might give our staff a bit of time with family and friends. We will be back to…...
Happy Hanukkah to all our Jewish friends of PediaStaff. Enjoy this fun music video that has become a modern favorite of the kids! Looking for last minute Hanukkah activities? Check out our Hanukkah Pinboard! We were especially excited to find a site…...
By: Heidi Hanks Copyright 2010. Reprinted with the express permission of the author as it appeared on her blog Mommy Speech Therapy II have had several requests on how to teach the /l/ sound so I put some thoughts together and wanted…...
By: Loren Shlaes, OTR/L Certified Teacher of the Alexander Technique In her book The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Amy Chua outlined her methods for raising her two daughters, and they were extreme. She never allowed them to watch television or…...
All material Copyright 2004-2009 Lindsey Biel OTR/L & Nancy Peske Article reprinted with the express permission of the authors as it appears on their website. By: Lindsey Biel OTR/L & Nancy Peske Editor’s Note: This article was written primarily for parents and…...
Christmas-time is a wonderful time of year, but it is also a time for other celebrations as well., Rather than lumping all of the holidays into a mush of “Holiday” celebrations that lose the essence of each individual traditions, how about celebrating…...
Thank You, Liz Gretz of the Speech Lady Blog for answering our “challenge” to come up with culturally diverse therapy activities! Heidi Kay over at Pediastaff challenged some bloggers to create therapy activies related to Chanukah and Kwanza. While the activity I came…...
[Source: Medical News Today] Babies love to imitate. Ask any parent and they’ll report how infants mimic sounds, facial expressions and actions they observe. Now new research from Concordia University, published in the journal Infant Behavior and Development, has found that infants…...
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