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November 17, 2017
Issue 35, Volume 10
It's All About the Choices!
Greetings and Happy Friday
News Items:
- CVS Opening Mock Stores To Train People With Disabilities
- Congress May Revisit Autism Tracking Devices
- Prenatal Exposure to ADHD Meds Tied to Neonatal Morbidity
- Potential New Autism Drug Shows Promise in Mice
- Special Ed Enrollment Surges In Texas
PediaStaff News and Hot Jobs
- Hot, New Job! School Psychologist - Northbrook, IL
- Hot, New Job! Pediatric Home Health - OT - Tyler, TX
- Hot, New Job: Early Intervention SLP - Myrtle Beach, SC
Therapy Activities, Tips and Resources
- Did You Know that PediaStaff is a Certified Women's Owned Business?
- Beads and Feathers for Fine Motor and Color Learning
- Free Printable: Thanksgiving Cootie Catcher
- The Stuff the Turkey Game!
Articles and Special Features
- School Psych Corner: Educating an Original Thinker
- Sensory Corner: Epic Messy Play List that's Sensory-filled, Inspiring, and Easy!
- SLP Video Corner: Teaching Social Skills in Mixed Group Therapy
- OT/PT Corner: Alternative Seating Options
- Pediatric Therapy Corner: The Thought Bubble Technique
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Heidi Kay and the PediaStaff Team
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CVS Opening Mock Stores To Train People With Disabilities
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[Source: Disability Scoop]
CVS is ramping up its efforts to hire people with disabilities with a slew of new mock stores designed to help train this traditionally-underemployed demographic.
The pharmacy chain said it will open at least eight mock stores by spring.
Each site features equipment characteristic of a typical CVS location. People with disabilities participate in classroom and hands-on training in both life and job-related skills, learning the tasks required for working in a CVS store or as a pharmacy
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Congress May Revisit Autism Tracking Devices
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[Source: Disability Scoop]
Less than a year after fizzling, federal legislation designed to provide tracking devices and other resources to those with developmental disabilities at risk of wandering is back on the table.
Members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have reintroduced a bill known as Kevin and Avonte's Law.
The proposal, which originated nearly four years ago, would reauthorize and expand an existing federal program aimed at helping people with Alzheimer's disease who tend to bolt to include children with autism and other developmental disabilities.
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Prenatal Exposure to ADHD Meds Tied to Neonatal Morbidity
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[Source; Medical X-Press]
Ulrika Nörby, Ph.D., from Lund University in Sweden, and colleagues examined perinatal outcomes for singletons born between 2006 and 2014 in Sweden after maternal use of ADHD medication during pregnancy. Infants exposed to ADHD medication during pregnancy were compared with infants whose mothers never used these drugs and infants whose mothers used ADHD medication before or
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Potential New Autism Drug Shows Promise in Mice
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[Source: Science Daily]
NitroSynapsin is intended to restore an electrical signaling imbalance in the brain found in virtually all forms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
"This drug candidate is poised to go into clinical trials, and we think it might be effective against multiple forms of autism," said senior investigator Stuart Lipton, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Hannah and Eugene Step Chair at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), who is also a clinical neurologist caring for patients.
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Special Ed Enrollment Surges In Texas
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[Source: Disability Scoop]
Texas enrolled its largest number of students in special education programs last school year, the same year the state's education department officially got rid of an arbitrary cap it put in place more than a decade ago.
In the 2016-17 school year, 477,281 students received special education services, an increase of about 14,000 students compared to the previous school year. That's about 8.9 percent of Texas students receiving special education resources, according to the latest data from the state's Public
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A School Psychologist is needed to fill a leave of absence beginning in January 2018 for 12 weeks or more. This full time position is in a school located near Glenview, IL.......More details to come!
* Short term assignment to fill a LOA
* Begins in January 2018
* Position is for 12 weeks or slightly longer
* Full time schedule 8:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.
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Are you looking for an established home health agency to call home? This pediatric home health agency has been providing quality pediatric home health care since 2003. They seek a full time occupational therapist to join their team in Tyler, TX. Caseload includes children birth to 21 with the majority of the caseload ranging in ages from 3-7. This could turn into a lead role if you have enough experience.
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Think sparkling waters, white sands, and endless possibilities. Exciting full-time Early Intervention Speech-Language Pathologist opportunity with a well-known and respected pediatric outpatient clinic located in Myrtle Beach. Young professionals, growing families and empty nesters are drawn to Myrtle Beach for its stunning beaches, mild weather, countless activities and relatively low cost of living.
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PediaStaff is a Certified Women's Owned Business!
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Yep. That is right. PediaStaff has just completed the re certification process with the Women's Business Enterprise National Council.
WBENC Certification validates that the business is 51 percent owned, controlled, operated, and managed by a woman or women. WBENC's world-class certification is accepted by more than 1,000 corporations representing America's most prestigious brands, in addition to many states, cities and
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Beads and Feathers for Fine Motor and Color Learning
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[Source: Sugar Aunts]
If you need a quick and easy little activity for the kids while you are making dinner, or just something fun for the kids to keep practice a few fine motor skills, then this is a great activity for you. Simple to set up and easy to clean up, this one will get those little muscles going and moving with fine motor dexterity!
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[Source: Bren Did]
Gratitude or thankfulness is a skill that can be learned through repetitive behavior. This free gratitude activity for kids is an easy way to practice thankfulness with your kids. Plus kids love the fun folded paper cootie catchers / fortune tellers.
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The Stuff the Turkey Game!
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[Source: Kid Friendly Things to Do]
Boy oh boy, my kids have plum worn out this turkey bag. They have thrown stuffing (paper balls) into it for three days now. They just don't get tired of it! It's the perfect game for your Thanksgiving parties. It's so, so super simple to make, and a lot of fun for everyone. Here's how you can make your own Stuff The Turkey Game!
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School Psych Corner:
Educating an Original Thinker
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[Source: The Atlantic]
In his new book, Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World, the writer, Wharton professor, and erstwhile magician Adam Grant explores the circumstances that give rise to truly original thinkers. Through stories of business "originals" such as the Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio, and the Warby Parker co-founder Neil Blumenthal, he explains how unorthodox thinking can result in unprecedented success or-if shaped by groupthink or myopic vision-miserable failure.
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Sensory Corner:
Epic Messy Play List
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[Source: Your Kids Table]
Sam, that's my oldest son, was around 16 months old and I can remember thinking, "Is he old enough?" I stood there staring at the finger paints and then at him, wondering if he would be able to actually participate in this messy play activity without just trying to eat the paint the entire time. I was REALLY anxious to try because I'm a pediatric OT (occupational therapist) this was actually a rite of passage, of sorts, for both of us.
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SLP Video Corner:
Teaching Social Skills in Mixed Group Therapy
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[Source: Speech and Language Kids]
Do you have children who need to work on social skills mixed in with other students? Lauren DiBiase from At the Heart of Speech Therapy joined us live on October 23rd to share her 5 tips for working on social skills in speech therapy with mixed groups.
Watch this Video Through a Link on our Blog
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OT/PT Corner:
Alternative Seating Options
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[Source: Dinosaur PT]
As a Pediatric Physical Therapist, I am always looking for new ways to encourage carry over of the work during our individual PT sessions. Especially in regards to postural awareness, trunk strength, & promoting lower body weight bearing to facilitate upper body activation.
Alternative seating options can provide opportunities for movement while promoting postural control, balance, coordination, strength & endurance. When a child is actively enaging their
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Pediatric Therapy Corner:
The Thought Bubble Technique
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[Source: Lynne Kenney.com]
Thinking, speaking or acting impulsively without planning or thinking things out poses social challenges for children. We can help children better manage their impulsive thoughts, words, and actions by using a storytelling activity we call The Thought Bubble Technique. In this visual conversation activity, we help children think, write, draw, and talk about what characters in a story might be thinking, feeling, saying or doing. The Thought Bubble Technique encourages children to use their imaginations while building their thinking skills.
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