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September 29, 2017
Issue 28, Volume 10
It's All About the Choices!
Greetings and Happy Friday!
Please enjoy our weekly newsletter!
News Items:
- Too Much Manganese May Lower Children's IQ
- UK Study: Nearly 1 in 4 Girls Depressed at Age 14
- Head Start May Offer Next-Generation Benefits, Researchers Say
- PTSD in Preschoolers After Hurricane Andrew
- Adults Who Were Preterm Babies Have 'Older' Brains, Finds Study
PediaStaff News and Hot Jobs
- Hot, New Job: Pediatric SLP - Napa, CA
- Hot, New Job - Pediatric Occupational Therapist - Greater Portland, OR
- Hot, New Job! - School-Based SLP - Itasca, IL
- Hot, New Job! - School Psychologist - Tacoma, WA
Therapy Activities, Tips and Resources
Articles and Special Features
- Literacy Corner: How to Teach Fluency So That It Takes
- OT Corner: Progression of Tactile Input Using Sensory Bins
- SLP Corner: 7 Grant Writing Tips Every SLP Needs to Know!
- School Nurse's Corner: School Nurses Are My Superheroes!
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Too Much Manganese May Lower Children's IQ
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[Source: Medical News Today]
New research recently published in the journal NeuroToxicologysuggests that excessive exposure to air manganese might have adverse neurodevelopmental effects; children exposed to the metal were found to have lower IQ scores.
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new study - which was led by Dr. Erin Haynes, an associate professor in the Department of Environmental Health at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in Ohio - was carried out among the residents of East Liverpool, OH.
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UK Study: Nearly 1 in 4 Girls Depressed at Age 14
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[Source: Psych Central]
A large study on more than 10,000 children born in 2000-01 reveals a significant rate of
depression among teen girls and boys.
Researchers from the University of Liverpool and University College London analyzed responses from the Millennium Cohort Study and discovered a quarter of girls (24 percent) and one in 10 boys (nine percent) are depressed at age 14.
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Head Start May Offer Next-Generation Benefits, Researchers Say
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[Source: Education Week]
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new study now awaiting publication says the benefits of Head Start extend well beyond the children enrolled in the federal early-childhood program. The researchers say they have found a connection between students' participation in Head Start and positive outcomes for their own children in the future.
The study, which is undergoing the formal peer-review process by a leading economic journal, found, for example, that the children of Head Start students were more likely to go to college and avoid teenage parenthood and crime than their low-income peers.
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PTSD in Preschoolers After Hurricane Andrew
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[Source: Psych Central]
Since 1992, the year that Hurricane Andrew struck South Florida, Annette M. La Greca has been investigating how best to define post-traumatic stress disorder (
PTSD) in children.
Dr. La Greca, distinguished professor of psychology and pediatrics at the University of Miami (UM) has been trying to gain a better understanding of how disasters impact the mental health of children, to identify which children in particular may need support services post-disaster, and to know which key factors help most with recovery.
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| Adults Who Were Preterm Babies Have 'Older' Brains, Finds Study |
[Source: Medical News Today]
Researchers identified changes in the brain structure of adults born between 28 and 32 weeks gestation that corresponded with accelerated brain aging, meaning that their brains appeared older than those of their non-preterm counterparts.
Lead study author Dr. Chiara Nosarti, of the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King's College London in the United Kingdom, and colleagues recently reported their findings in the journal Neuroimage.
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PediaStaff is hiring a Speech-Language Pathologist in wine country-Northern California. This area is beautiful and rich in activity, families, friendships and fun. PediaStaff has local representation to help you flourish through your contract. We are always available to you to make yours a memorable contract experience.
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PediaStaff is seeking a full-time Occupational Therapist 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 have the opportunity to treat children ages 3 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.
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Brand new opportunity for a Speech-Language Pathologist to work with a K-8 population north west of the city of Chicago in Itasca. Itasca is a bedroom community just west of the Chicago O'Hare International Airport. It's one of the Villages of DuPage county and offers a revitalized town center and residents who place a high priority on quality of life and a strong sense of community. It has its own Metra station with an easy commute into the city.
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PediaStaff needs a great School Psychologist (or two!) to work part-time or full-time hours with a district in the beautiful Tacoma area. The Psychologist would work with either elementary-aged students or high-school aged students, depending on hours they are willing to work.
* Great location, easy commute south of Tacoma
* Quick interview process!
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[Source: NPR.org]
Some people have an aversion to poetry. They think it's got rules. You know, like, it's got to rhyme. Moon, June, croon a tune to a raccoon and an old spittoon. Blah, blah, blah. Chris Harris, who's never written a children's book before, has produced a new book that children may enjoy so much, they may not realize that they're actually reading - let me say this quietly - poetry. The book is called "I'm Just No Good At Rhyming: And Other Nonsense For Mischievous Kids And Immature Grown-Ups." And Chris Harris, who was also a writer and executive producer for "How I Met Your Mother," joins us from NPR West. Thanks so much for being with us.
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Sticky Note Collage
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[Source: Brick by Brick]
Making a collage is a standard type of activity in preschool and kindergarten rooms. Assembling a lot of different materials to create a larger visual item is a time-honored art form. In fact it is so familiar that often we overlook it as a creative endeavor. But preschoolers still enjoy making collages and experimenting with this visual art form.
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Fine Motor Fall Yarn Wrapping
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[Source: Paper and Glue.com]
These beautiful yarn wrapped fall shapes are a wonderful craft for older toddlers, preschoolers, or elementary kids to make as the weather starts to turn cooler.
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Best Books About Kindness for Kids
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[Source: The Imagination Tree]
Here are 20 of the very best books about kindness for kids! Absolutely perfect for teaching the most important lessons in life about values, character development and showing empathy towards others, in a world that seems increasingly scary and uncertain. Now more than ever, these are the values we wish to instill in our children. What better place to start than with some inspirational story books?!
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Literacy Corner:
How to Teach Fluency So That It Takes
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[Source: Reading Rockets]
by Timothy Shanahan
Teacher question:
I have a question regarding my school's reading program. My question today is about the reading portion of our literacy block and most specifically the partner reading and independent reading.
I'm finding that my homogenous group of fourth-grade students aren't fluent readers. The routine expectation is that partners take turns reading a paragraph at a time. The partner who is following along and not reading aloud is to provide a brief summary of what was read by the partner before reading the next paragraph. I love this, except that my students aren't fluent readers, so I feel that first the comprehension is low because of non-fluent
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OT Corner:
Progression of Tactile Input Using Sensory Bins
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[Source: Your Therapy Source]
The tactile system provides information to the brain on light touch, pain, temperature, and pressure. Children can experience decreased ability to interpret tactile input or can be oversensitive to tactile input. Many early childhood classrooms and parents provide children with sensory bins to explore various types of tactile input. Some children LOVE it, some children HATE it and many children fall in between the two extremes. When introducing
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SLP Corner:
7 Grant Writing Tips Every SLP Needs to Know!
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[Source: Live, Love Speech]
Let's be real for a minute...We all know how incredibly expensive it can be to create amazing activities, lessons, etc. for our students and/or clients. Sure, maybe you grab some great supplies at the Target DOLLAR spot, Dollar Tree {my FAV!}, and 5 Below here and there. But when you actually add it all up after a few months, your eyes might pop out of your head!
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School Nurse's Corner:
School Nurses Are My Superheroes!
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[Source: NASN]
We asked a bunch of real people, from kids to parents to school nurses themselves: "What do school nurses do?" The answers might surprise you! The folks at Found Sound Puppets bring these answers to life by transforming everyday school supplies into puppets that animate the audio in crazy ways.
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