Sertraline, Improves Functioning in Young Children With Fragile X

Motor Performance & Social-Communicative Impairment in Kids with ADHD

1. Children with ADHD-CT displayed greater variability in their movements, as seen with increased error variance over repeated aiming trials compared with TD controls.
2. Motor performance variability was associated with social-communicative deficits in the ADHD-CT but not in the TD group.

Mindfulness Skills Show Promise in Treating Kids' Anxiety

Dogs Can Ease Stress in Families with Autistic Child

IDEA Applies To Online Schools Too

Infants Develop Early Understanding of Social Nature of Food

Hot Job:  School SLPA - Shelton, Washington  

* Location is Shelton, WA, west of Olympia and commutable from there
* Beautiful small waterfront town close to all of the outdoor recreation for which Washington is 

  known - a dream job for any SLPA
* Great hourly pay rates based on your experience, plus benefits

Hot Job:  Pediatric OT - Hot Springs, Arkansas  

Here are some details to consider:
*  OTR will join PT, and SLP in a team approach to treating children from Birth - 21 years of age
*  New clinic with open gym area and several private treatment  rooms if needed
*  Co-located with Outpatient Sports Medicine Clinic...you can use some of their area and equipment

    if needed

Hot Job:  School-Based SLP - Westminister, California  

* Employee or Independent Contractor Option (for part time) is available
* Caseloads and locations to be determined based on your background and preferred  geography
* Generous Pay Rates, Medical Benefits or stipend offered, Sign-on Bonus in some areas
* Bilingual Spanish Caseloads in some areas.
* Experienced SLP or CFY positions are available

SLP Idea of the Week:  Sight Word Lunchbox Notes  

Editor's Note:  Here is a great activity to share with the parents and caregivers of your students/clients!

[Source:  No Time For Flashcards]

Packing school lunches is not my favorite job as a mom but it's more fun when you add a little flair. As you might imagine my idea of flair also comes with a learning agenda. Yep, lunchbox notes packed with sight words! When 3M asked me to share a back to school idea in a sponsored post using their products I had 1000 ideas because I use Post-it® Notes like crazy (seriously, here's the proof). But I settled on this simple idea because my daughter loves lunchbox notes.

Resources of Week:  Thanksgiving Ideas and Freebies from Chapel Hill Snippets

Printable Emotions Mix-Up Game

[Article and Image Source:  733 blog.com]

As a mom of an adopted child that has a hard time recognizing and expressing negative emotions, I am all about finding ways to talk about emotions with my children, so I really am looking forward to checking out this new movie with her. We have an emotion wheel that we use when discussing her day, and she has a journal that she has to write in each night to help her determine how her day went and what emotions she experienced, but I am always looking for other ways to discuss emotions with not only her, but with my younger two as well. 

After seeing the fun facial expressions on the Inside Out Plush Dolls and in the movie trailer, I started thinking that it would be neat to create a game that the kids could play on the gloomy, rainy days that we've been having. After a bit of brainstorming I came up with this fun Emotions Mix-Up Game.

Find the Differences Visual Discrimination Freebie

[Source:  Your Therapy Source]

Can you use your visual discrimination and visual scanning skills to find and circle the five differences in this picture?

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The best thing about this puzzle is that it is not too difficult.  Some of the puzzles that are available for children to spot the differences are very hard to complete and children get frustrated.  These puzzles are all in black and white and present a child with a "just right" challenge.