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January 27, 2017
Issue 4, Volume 10
It's All About the Choices!
Greetings and Happy Friday
Please enjoy our weekly newsletter! It is slightly abbreviated, since this week, our staff is in Rosemary Beach, AL for our annual company retreat.
You may also recognize a few of these articles from previous volumes of this newsletter. Please enjoy them one more time, as we felt they were definitely "Worth Repeating."
News Items:
- 'Teashirt' Gene Links Autism and Kidney Problems, New Study Finds
- Sisters Undeterred After American Girl Rejects Doll With Disability
- Hypertension in Children, Teens Linked to Poorer Cognitive Skills
- Body Image Issues May Begin in Preschool
- Analyzing Picture Books for Nutrition Education
Therapy Activities, Tips and Resources
- Pinterest Pinboard of the Week: Groundhog Day Activities for Therapy
- Instagram Therapy Idea of the Week! - Valentines Bug for Speech and Fine Motor Practice
- PediaStaff Job Search/Interview Tip: Be a Good Steward of Others' Time
Articles and Special Features
- School Nurse's Corner: NASN Radio
- SLP Corner: This is a Reminder that Speech Therapy is in Your DNA
- Toys in the Speech Room: 30 Speech and Language Goals for Thomas the Tank Engine
- Pediatric Therapy Corner: By Hand
- OT/PT Corner: The Pieces of Motor Planning
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Heidi Kay and the PediaStaff Team
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'Teashirt' Gene Links Autism and Kidney Problems, New Study Finds
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[Source: Medical News Today]
A gene dubbed the 'Teashirt' by its discoverers has been identified as a link between children with kidney problems and autism, in a new study which has implications for how doctors working on both conditions administer tests to their patients.
The new paper, published in the journal Nature Genetics, was led by the Developmental Biology Institute of Marseille, collaborating with The University of Manchester, and it describes the effects of mutations of Teashirt in people and mice.
The gene, formally named Tshz3, had already been implicated by the joint research team in 2008 as being essential for development of smooth muscle in the wall of the ureter. Mutant mice were born with 'blown-up' kidneys because their ureters failed to actively propel urine down to the bladder.
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Sisters Undeterred After American Girl Rejects Doll With Disability
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[Source: Disability Scoop]
Melissa Shang's transformation from a quiet Pennsylvania fifth grader into a national disability advocate began with a battle over a doll.
Born with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a neurological disorder that causes muscular atrophy in her legs and arms, Melissa wanted to see herself in her favorite toy. Almost three years ago, when she was 10 and her sister, Eva, was 17, they started a widely shared online
petition asking the maker of American Girl dolls to design one with a physical disability and feature it as Girl of the Year, with an accompanying book.
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Hypertension in Children, Teens Linked to Poorer Cognitive Skills
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[Source: Medical News Today]
While high blood pressure, or hypertension, is perceived by some people to be a condition that only affects adults, studies have shown that it affects around 3-4 percent of children and adolescents aged 8-17 years.
A child's blood pressure is calculated differently to that of adults; in general, a child is considered to have hypertension if their blood pressure is the same as or higher than 95 percent of children of the same age, sex, and height.
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Body Image Issues May Begin in Preschool
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[Source: Psych Central]
New research suggests young children develop body image much earlier than parents believe.
Parents therefore, often miss opportunities to promote positive body-image formation in their children.
University of Illinois eating disorders and body-image expert Janet Liechty, who led the study, said young children are forming their body images - positive or negative - far earlier than many parents expect and largely outside of parental awareness.
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Analyzing Picture Books for Nutrition Education
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[Source: Science Daily]
Feeding children can be a challenging process for many parents. A previous study found 46% of preschoolers were picky eaters and 40% of picky eaters remained picky for two or more years. Nutrition education and recommended feeding practices may help parents deal with feeding problems and shorten their duration. Books may be used as resources to help teach children to overcome poor eating habits. Thus, a content analysis was conducted to assess messages about dietary behaviors and feeding strategies in a set of picture books.
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Virtual World Shows Promise For Teaching Social Skills
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[Source: Disability Scoop]
Engaging in social situations in a virtual environment may significantly improve real-world interactions for young people with autism, new research suggests.
Kids and teens on the spectrum who participated in a series of computer-based training sessions showed improved social skills and reported that personal relationships changed for the better, according to findings published this month in the journal Computers in Human Behavior.
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Pinterest Pinboard of the Week: Groundhog Day Activities
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Groundhog Day is fun. Well, maybe not for Bill Murray but the kids really love it.
Groundhog Day is a fun theme which can advance many therapy goals with children. The holiday's interesting history and tradition lend themselves to a variety of conversations about prediction, teaching about shadows and more
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Instagram Idea of the Week! - Valentines Bug for Speech & Fine Motor
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Instagram Therapy Idea of the Week! - Valentines Bug for Speech and Fine Motor Practice.
Start by cutting out paper hearts in several colors. Print and cut out pictures of each student's target sounds & glue the pictures to the hearts.
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PediaStaff Job Search/Interview Tip:
Be a Good Steward of Others' Time
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Here at PediaStaff, we set up a LOT of interviews. An interview is your chance to impress a prospective employer with your skills and personality so you can hopefully land the job of your dreams. Make sure, however, that when you accept an interview (be it face-face or over the phone) that you are truly serious about the position (or making a change in the first place) before you take up the interviewer's valuable time.
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School Nurse's Corner:
NASN Radio! Check it Out!
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[Source: NASN Radio]
NASN Radio helps school nurses stay on top of hot topics in student health and professional development
Each brief segment provides expert information and practical suggestions that busy school nurses need.
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SLP Corner:
This is a Reminder that Speech Therapy is in Your DNA
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by Erik X. Raj - MS, CCC-SLP
Some school-based speech-language pathologists work in school districts that have a large amount of money allocated to speech therapy materials. These are the districts that give each clinician a yearly spending budget in order to purchase new materials. I'd imagine that this budget, no matter how big or small, often invokes a feeling comparable to winning the lottery. "OMG, I just won $100 speech therapy dollars from this speech therapy slot machine! Sweet! I can't wait to buy some new materials that I know all my kiddos will adore!"
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Toys in the Speech Room:
30 Speech/Language Goals for Thomas the Tank Engine
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Editor's Note: Thomas the Tank Engine is still a hot commodity with the kiddie set. Check out this great article on how you can meet speech and language goals with this popular toy.
[Source: Advance for Speech Language Pathologists]
After working in home-based early intervention for many years, one of the most common and challenging toys I have worked with has been the Thomas the Train™ Table. Children consistently gravitate to the table, and it has been a struggle at times to work on activities that do not involve it.
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By: Loren Shlaes, OTR/L
"Man, through the use of his hands, as they are energized by his mind and will, can influence the state of his own health." {Mary Reilly, 1962}
In order to do and be our best, everyone needs plenty of sleep, fresh air, exercise, and healthy food.
We also have needs that are less tangible, but no less important, as one of my young friends reminded me this past week. She is a little girl who strikes me, in addition to her sensory processing issues, as being lost and depressed. Her parents are divorced, her father lives far away, and her mother travels all over the world for her work. She is often in the care of nannies. Her attitude is habitually one of indifference, which I think she adopts
as a form of emotional
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OT/PT Corner:
The Pieces of Motor Planning
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by Stacy Menz, DPT, Board Certified Pediatric Clinical Specialist
At Starfish Therapies, we find that many of the children we work with have difficulty with motor planning for various reasons. You may have heard this term during your child's therapy session. Hopefully this article will provide you with a better understanding of what this term means and why it is important.
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