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March 4, 2016
Issue 9, Volume 9
It's All About the Choices!
Greetings and Happy Friday
Please Enjoy our Weekly Newsletter!
News Items:
- Research Pinpoints Devastating Impacts of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Study Offers Clues To Down Syndrome, Possible Treatment
- Developmental Psychology: Friendship Wins Out Over Fairness
- Possible Link Between ADHD and Increased Academic Expectations
- Autism Therapy To Become Mandatory Benefit For Federal Workers
- ADHD Medication and Low Bone Density: Are Kids at Risk?
Hot Jobs
- Placement of the Week! Pediatric OT, Indiana!
- Hot Job! School Speech-Language SLP - Medford, OR
- Two Short-Term Early Childhood SLP Jobs in Portland, OR
Therapy Activities, Tips and Resources
- Pinterest Pin of the Week: St. Patrick's Day Would You Rather
- St. Patrick's Day Activities for Speech, Language, Fine Motor Skills and More
- SLP Resource of the Week: A list of Childrens Books that Focus on Language Goals
- Bubble Gum Slime Recipe
Articles and Special Features
- SLP Corner: Using Presidential Debates to Teach Social Language Concepts
- OT Corner: 10 Fun Ways to Use Toothpicks for Fine Motor Practice and Grasping Skills
- Special Ed Corner: Two Part Story on PBS News Hour on Special Ed Reform in LA
- School Psychology Corner: Why Social Media Education Is Needed In Schools
- PT Corner: Participation and Children with Coordination Challenges
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Research Pinpoints Devastating Impacts of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
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[Source: Science Daily]
Children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are affected by a range of problems, including anxiety, depression, aggression, delinquency and diminished learning capacity a new review of evidence reveals.
Published in the journal Pediatrics, the research is the first to comprehensively describe behaviors in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) observed by teachers and parents using an empirically based assessment system.
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Study Offers Clues To Down Syndrome, Possible Treatment
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[Source: Disability Scoop]
Fluorescent images of nerve connections in the brain of a typically-developing individual, left, compared to a person with Down syndrome. (Yale University)
A genetic abnormality in the brain could be integral to Down syndrome, researchers say in a finding that could point to new treatment options for those with the chromosomal disorder.
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Developmental Psychology: Friendship Wins Out Over Fairness
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[Source: Medical News Today]
When children decide to share, the giver's relationships with the pool of recipients determine who gets how much. They will give more to a wealthy friend than to a needy stranger - at least in cases where wealth is measured in stickers.
Even young children share things with others. In numerous studies, child psychologists have sought to identify the factors that motivate children's sharing decisions, and determine how their sharing behavior changes as they get older. However, there appears to be little agreement as to what precisely the results of these investigations tell us. Some
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Possible Link Between ADHD and Increased Academic Expectations
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Editor's Note: Certainly more research is worth doing on this issue...
[Source: Medical News Today]
A new study led by Jeffrey P. Brosco, M.D., Ph.D., professor of clinical pediatrics at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, has identified a possible correlation between the prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and increasing academic demands on young children. In an article published in JAMA Pediatrics, Brosco hypothesized that increased academic standards since the 1970s have contributed to the rise in diagnosis of ADHD.
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Autism Therapy To Become Mandatory Benefit For Federal Workers
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[Source: Disability Scoop]
In what advocates are hailing as a major step forward, the nation's largest employer will require that all of its health insurance plans cover applied behavior analysis for kids with autism beginning next year.
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management said all health plans within the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program - which covers federal employees, retirees and their dependents - must include the behavior therapy starting in 2017.
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ADHD Medication and Low Bone Density: Are Kids at Risk?
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[Source: Medical News Today]
Of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is typically treated with behavioral therapy and medication. But a new study reveals a link between decreased bone density and such medications, prompting researchers to warn physicians of the potential threat these drugs can pose to kids' developing bones.
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Congratulations to Naomi M., on her new position with PediaStaff's client in Indiana!
Naomi will be working in a private outpatient clinic practice located near Avon, IN and will treat children ages birth to 21 who display a wide variety of disabilities.
The practice provides rehab therapy services in an outpatient clinic setting, schools, hippotherapy, and home based settings. An important aspect of the position is educating parents and other family members for carry over therapy.
Great job, Naomi!
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PediaStaff is seeking a Speech-Language Pathologist for the beautiful Medford/Ashland area of Oregon. The position begins as soon as possible and ends in mid-June. We can offer excellent compensation based on your experience.
Qualifications - Masters in Communication and Speech Disorders. Oregon SLP license or eligible.
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PediaStaff is seeking a full time Speech-Language Pathologist for the bustling Greater Portland area to work in an early intervention setting between now and the end of the school year. What greater reward than helping a child during his/her first few years of life? You will be assigned a caseload of children ages birth to 5. Your role will be to work collaboratively with parents and other caregivers to incorporate intervention strategies into the child's daily routines through education, training, and support. The end goal will be to foster the growth and developmental potential for each child. The work is done in home
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[Source: Minds in Bloom]
Here are 20 Fun St. Patrick's Day themed Would You Rather Questions from Rachel Lynette of Minds in Bloom to use with your students.
These are great discussion starters for when you have a few extra minutes.
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Erin Go Bragh! Here are some excellent sites with St. Patrick's therapy activities and others that can be adapted for therapy!
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This week's Therapist Resource of the Week comes from Judith Kuster's Wonderful website at Minnesota State University
We do not have permission to reprint it here, but please click here to see: A Great List of Children's Books that Focus on Language Goals, compiled by Dr. Bonnie Lund of Minnesota State University
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[Source: Growing a Jeweled Rose]
We love coming up with new ways to make slime in our house. Slime is so OoEy and Gooey and FUN! It is surprisingly easy to make as well. Today, we tried making bubblegum slime, and I can not believe how neat it turned out!
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SLP Corner:
Using Presidential Debates To Teach Social Language
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[Source: ASHA Leader Blog]
As a speech-language pathologist fascinated by social language, I recently thought about how I might incorporate the language from the presidential debates into treatment. The debates and campaign ads provide an engaging way to work with older students on reading nonverbal language, identifying emotions and connecting the race to the Common
Core State
Standards, particularly in social studies. You can search YouTube (of course, preview videos first!) For local and national campaign commercials or the complete debates.
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OT Corner:
10 Fun Ways to Use Toothpicks for Fine Motor Practice and Grasping Skills
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By: Dana Elliot, OTR/L
Another great household object that can be used to build sensory-motor skills is a toothpick. Toothpicks are great for building fine motor and grasping skills. Their small size encourages the child to use and strengthen their fingertips. Challenge your little one to hold the toothpick with their thumb, index, and middle fingers only.
You can have them hold a cotton ball or another small object with their ring and little fingers if they are having difficulty separating the two sides of their hand. Toothpicks are also great for building visual motor skills and eye-hand coordination as you use the toothpicks to manipulate other objects.
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Special Ed Corner:
Two Part Story on Special Ed Reform in LA
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[Source: Education Week and PBS News Hour]
Public schools in Los Angeles have experienced rapid change in the last decade, and graduation rates for the city's 80,000 special needs students have nearly doubled since 2003. But greater transitions lie ahead: the district plans to transfer these students from special education centers to neighborhood schools. Special correspondent John Tulenko of Education Week reports.
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School Psych Corner:
Why Social Media Education Is Needed In Schools
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Editor's Note: Thank You, @ariyares on Twitter for sharing this article!
[Source: User Generated Education]
Social media is an intimate part of a large majority of tweens' and teens' lives. The following graphs about teens' social media use come from Pew Research's Teens, Social Media & Technology Overview 2015:
For young people, social media is not an add-on nor an extracurricular activity. Social media is like eating, bathing, talking. It is intertwined in everything they do. It is a part of their identity . . .
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PT Corner:
Participation and Children with Coordination Challenges
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[Source: Starfish Therapies]
by Stacy Menz
I was recently at our Combined Sections Meeting for the American Physical Therapy Association and I sat in on a talk called 'Developmental Dyspraxia: Sensory Considerations for Motor Skill Development'. It was presented by a PT and an OT. It was a great presentation and looked at some of the various types of dyspraxia that are out there and how they are similar and how they are different.
Here is the definition of Developmental Dyspraxia that they used: 'the failure to have acquired the ability to perform age appropriate complex motor functions.' The definition of Participation
they used is: involvement in life situations and includes physical, social, and self-engagement in activities.'
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