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August 25, 2017
Issue 23, Volume 10
It's All About the Choices!
Greetings and Happy Friday!
Please enjoy our weekly newsletter!
News Items:
- What is the Global Prevalence of FASD?
- Both Chimpanzees and Humans Spontaneously Imitate Each Other's Actions
- Cyberbullying Tops Parents Back-to-School Worries
- Target Unveils Clothing For Kids With Special Needs
- Research Points To Genetic Link To Cerebral Palsy
- Disability Suits Fuel Rise In Civil Rights Claims Against Schools
PediaStaff News and Hot Jobs
- Hot Job: Full time School Psychologist - Mokena, IL
- Hot Job: Special Education Teacher - Arlington, WA
- Hot Job: Pediatric Outpatient OT - Charlotte, NC
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Therapy Activities, Tips and Resources
- Book Review: "The Day I Ran Away By Holly Niner"
- 45 Essential Vestibular Activities and Input Ideas
- 10 Games to Practice Crossing the Midline
- Back to School WH- Game Board
Articles and Special Features
- OT Corner: 20 Awesome DIY Fidget Toys
- School Psych Corner: Rebuilding Self-Esteem in Discouraged Asperger's and HFA Teens
- Pediatric Therapy Corner: When Students Feel Sad
- SLP Corner: 12 Easy Ways to Use Common Objects in Stuttering Therapy
- Sensory Corner: Sensory-Based Interventions in School-Based OT
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What is the Global Prevalence of FASD?
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[Source: Science Daily]
Alcohol consumption during pregnancy can cause a wide range of adverse health effects. The effects of prenatal alcohol exposure can have lifelong implications so FASD is costly for society. Updated prevalence estimates are needed to prioritize, plan and deliver health care to high-needs populations, such as children and young people with FASD.
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Both Chimpanzees & Humans Spontaneously Imitate Each Other's Actions
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[Source: Science Daily]
A new study from Lund University, published in the journal Primates, has instead targeted the interactive side of imitation directly, and finds that the divide between humans and chimpanzees is less clear cut. By systematically observing the spontaneous interactions between zoo visitors and chimpanzees at Furuvik Zoo in Sweden, researchers found that both species imitated to a similar extent. About 10% of the actions produced by either species was an imitation of the other species' actions.
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Cyberbullying Tops Parents Back-to-School Worries
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Source: Psych Central]
While it is common for kids to experience anxiety as they go back to school, new research finds parents also experience a variety of stress provoking concerns.
University of Michigan researchers polled 2,051 adults - including 1,505 parents of children ages zero to 18 - from a nationally representative household survey, and discovered bullying and cyberbullying were the major source of parents' list of worries.
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Target Unveils Clothing For Kids With Special Needs
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[Source: Disability Scoop]
Target is rolling out a collection of sensory-friendly apparel for children and says adaptive clothing for those with disabilities is on the way too.
The new offerings are part of the retailer's house brand Cat & Jack and are available exclusively on the store's website.
Beginning this week, Target is marketing a selection of t-shirts and leggings with flat seams that are free from bothersome tags and embellishments in order to "minimize discomfort when in contact with the skin," the company said. In addition, the retailer's sensory-friendly leggings include extra room in the hips and a higher rise to accommodate older kids who wear diapers.
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Research Points To Genetic Link To Cerebral Palsy
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[Source: Disability Scoop]
A new study finds a stronger genetic link to cerebral palsy than previously thought prompting researchers to recommend genetic testing for those with the most common form of the condition.
More than 20 percent of kids with hemiplegic cerebral palsy have rare copy-number variations - or structural alterations to their DNA - affecting genes instrumental in brain development, according to
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Disability Suits Fuel Rise In Civil Rights Claims Against Schools
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[Source: Disability Scoop]
Civil rights lawsuits against schools are on track to double compared to four years ago thanks in large part to disability-related claims, according to a new review of federal court filings.
So far this year, 497 suits have been filed in federal courts across the country involving schools or universities that allege various civil rights violations.
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School Psychologist needed to work full time in a school for the upcoming school year in the vicinity of Mokena, IL
* School hours are 8:00-3:30
* Caseload is 4th and 5th graders and some EC testing
* Position starts asap
* Toni Lindner model is used
* Work with a team of other specialist
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PediaStaff has a need for a full-time Special Education Teacher/Life Skills Teacher for a district north of Everett for the 2017-2018 school year. We need someone to work with high school aged children. Experience highly preferred.This is an amazing location with Puget Sound to the west, the mountains to the east, the city of Seattle to the South and Canada to the North!
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Full-time Pediatric Occupational Therapist opportunity with a therapist/family-owned pediatric outpatient clinic in Charlotte.
* Facilitate the development of age-appropriate skills through meaningful activities and play.
* 2-3 years of pediatric occupational therapeutic experience required.
* Experience preferred in The Alert Program, Brain Gym, Superflex, Handwriting Without Tears, and S-cool Moves.
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[Source: Omazing Kids]
I love using great picture books in OMazing Kids speech therapy and kids yoga! Guess what this book is fun for both. I love the colorful illustrations, facial expressions of the characters, how the color of the text changes to help depict which character is talking, logical consequences for behaviors, offering
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45 Essential Vestibular Activities and Input Ideas
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[Source: Your Kids Table]
Vestibular input is incredibly powerful and can have amazing or surprising effects. Vestibular processing is nearly always at work in everything we do, arguably more than any other sensory system. Vestibular activities, when used correctly, have the ability to calm and soothe a child, as well as improve many aspects of development like coordination, handwriting, attention, and even reading!
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10 Games to Practice Crossing the Midline
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[Source: Your Therapy Source]
Crossing midline is the ability to cross over an imaginary line down the center of your body from head to toes, separating the body into a left and a right side. This skill requires that the right and left sides of the brain work together to create a motor action. Here are 10 games to play to practice crossing midline:
Participating in a tug of war. A fun game of tug of war encourages hands to midline, hands to cross the midline and excellent proprioceptive input.
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Back to School WH- Game Board
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[Source: Speech Time Fun]
I still have another 3-4 weeks left of summer but I know some of you are coming close to that back to school season. I want to try and post back to school ideas to help get you prepared! Since my game boards have been popular in the past, I created one with the back to school theme! Not only will these questions work on increasing utterance length and distinguishing between question forms, but it will also work on school vocabulary and elicit conversation.
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OT Corner:
20 Awesome DIY Fidget Toys
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[Source: The Inspired Treehouse]
One of the most challenging things about being a school-based therapist is that we're often faced with very large caseloads and very limited resources.
The good news is that, as therapists, we are trained to problem solve situations and use what we have on hand to conquer just about any roadblock. Therapists tend to be creative types!
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School Psych Corner:
Rebuilding Self-Esteem in Discouraged Asperger's and HFA Teens
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Editor's Note: This article was written for parents and guardians. Would be an excellent share for our School Psychologist readers!
[Source: My Aspergers Child]
"Dustin, my son with high functioning autism, recently turned 13. He started back to school this week (8th grade) and we are already having some issues. He still has a hard time engaging with other classmates, his personal hygiene is lacking (e.g. hates to shower or comb his hair), and he's simply not interested in the current fads or topics of conversation
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Pediatric Therapy Corner:
When Students Feel Sad
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[Source: Doyle Speech Works]
Recently I experienced a deep sadness with someone I care about. It wasn't my sadness, but hers. To see tears and self-doubt, a turning inside out was so incredibly difficult. I felt a strong feeling of helplessness when wanting to remove all the hurt from her heart. Of course, that is neither realistic nor helpful. Encountering and coping with sadness is crucial and I contend that the desire to not feel is why so many Americans are on antidepressants, but that's a different
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SLP Corner:
12 Easy Ways to Use Common Objects in Stuttering Tx
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[Source: SLP Natalie Snyders]
Sometimes, we don't always have a lot of time or materials available to us as busy school speech-language pathologists.
The great news is that there are plenty of common objects that we can utilize for different therapy goals, including things like post-it notes, paper clips, and file folders!
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Sensory Corner:
Sensory-Based Interventions in School-Based OT
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[Source: Fab Strategies.org]
School occupational therapists apply sensory-based interventions (SBIs) providing specific sensory input for improved classroom behavior. SBIs can include school occupational therapy teacher consultation, environmental adaptations, adaptive equipment, and the use of specific sensory activities. It is important to differentiate
occupational therapy SBIs using individualized
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