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January 11, 2019
Issue 2, Volume 12
It's All About the Choices!
Greetings and Happy Friday!
Please enjoy this week's newsletter.
News Items:
- Survey of Life with Down Syndrome
- Researchers Suggest Ways to Reduce Head Impacts in Youth Football
- ADHD Drugs are Unlikely To Cause Cardiac Damage in Children
- Trump Administration Rescinds Guidance Amid Objections From Disability Advocates
- Home Videos May Speed Autism Diagnosis
- Ayres Sensory Integration for Children with Autism
PediaStaff News and Hot Jobs
- Hot, New Job! Pediatric Occupational Therapist - Milford, PA
- Hot, New Job - Pediatric SLP - Ithaca, NY
- Hot, New Job! Pediatric Physical Therapist
Therapy Activities, Tips and Resources
- Pinterest Pinboard of the Week - Chinese New Year!
- Seasonal Resource: 90+ Winter Themed Activities
- Seasonal (Interdisciplinary) Activity of the Week: SOUND-Flakes!
- National Handwriting Day is Coming Up!
Articles and Special Features
- PTC: Classic Games to Strengthen Executive Function (Ages 7+)
- School Psych Corner: Guidelines for Responding to Death of a Student or School Staff
- SLP Corner: Do's and Don'ts of Sign Language with Young Children
- OT Corner: Improve Handwriting with Tangrams
- Behavior Corner: Strategies to Address Challenging Behavior in Young Children with Down Syndrome
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Heidi Kay and the PediaStaff Team
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Survey of Life with Down Syndrome
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[Source: Your Therapy Source]
Recent research indicates that functional skills continue to improve throughout life with Down Syndrome. The American Journal of Medical Genetics published research examining the range of functional abilities found in people with Down syndrome in order to help parents and clinicians.
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Researchers Suggest Ways to Reduce Head Impacts in Youth Football
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[Source: Medical X-Press]
The high head impact and concussion rates in football are of increasing concern, especially for younger players.
Recent research has shown that limiting contact in football practice can reduce the number of head impacts bu
t what is the correct formula to lessen exposure while still developing the skills necessary to safely play the game?
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ADHD Drugs are Unlikely To Cause Cardiac Damage in Children
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[Source: Science Daily]
With more than 1.8 million children in the U.S. being treated annually with drugs for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the possibility that such drugs could damage their hearts has been a significant cause of concern for parents and physicians alike.
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Guidance Rescinded Amid Objections From Disability Advocates
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[Source: Disability Scoop]
Guidance issued during the Obama administration, which was aimed at ensuring that minorities and students with disabilities weren't unfairly disciplined, is no more.
The U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Education indicated in late December that a 2014 "Dear Colleague" letter informing schools of their responsibilities when meting out discipline has officially been rescinded.
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Home Videos May Speed Autism Diagnosis
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[Source: Disability Scoop]
Short home videos may provide enough information to determine whether or not a child is on the autism spectrum, a new study suggests.
By analyzing one- to five-minute videos of young children, researchers say that they were able to distinguish those with autism from typically-developing kids with nearly 90 percent accuracy.
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Ayres Sensory Integration for Children with Autism
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[Source: Your Therapy Source]
Autism Research published a review to evaluate the effectiveness of Ayres Sensory Integration for children with autism. Using the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Standards for Evidence-based Practices in Special Education, a systemic review was conducted from 2006 to 2017 on Ayres Sensory Integration for children with autism.
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Are you looking for a position that allows you to really make a difference? Do you enjoy working with very young children? We are searching for an Occupational Therapist to work with children and their families in Pike County, PA. Children on your caseload will range in age from birth to three and are treated in the home, or in natural settings.
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We are searching for a Speech-Language Pathologist to work with children ages birth-21 in both early intervention and school-based settings in Cayuga and/or Tompkins Counties. Part-time or full-time therapists will be considered. The hours are flexible.
As a member of the Speech-Language Pathologist team, you'll have the opportunity to:
* Work either full-time or part-time
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'This is not your average therapy clinic! We have a need for a dynamic Physical Therapist with afternoon and weekend hours. You would be joining a pediatric facility that uses a nonclinical model. There is no traditional therapy equipment - they believe in helping children in the natural environment and showing parents what they can be working on during the week with the children. Here you will find a synthetic ice rink, bike riding,
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Pinterest Pinboard of the Week - Chinese New Year
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Looking for activities to celebrate the Chinese New Year with your kiddos later this month?
Check out Our Chines New Year Pinboard Through a Link on our Blog |
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Seasonal Resource: 90+ Winter Themed Activities
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[Source: Inner Child Fun]
Need some ideas for what to do with the kids during Winter? These books, crafts, and activities are perfect for celebrating snow whether you are stuck inside during a blizzard, outdoors playing in the snow, or wishing you had snow, you will find lots ideas to inspire plenty of Winter-themed creative play fun! In case of a snow emergency, you'll want to pin this post as your ultimate resource for snow day fun for all ages!
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Seasonal (Interdisciplinary) Activity of the Week: SOUND-Flakes!
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Editor's Note: As you know, we are really getting "into" Instagram for its ability to "paint a thousand words" with just a single image. This morning I was browsing the PediaStaff Instagram feed and saw this gem. I messaged Amy through her post and asked her if we might feature it as an "activity of the week." She agreed, and now you have it - SOUND-flakes!
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National Handwriting Day is Coming Up!
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January 23rd is National Handwriting Day. Here are some great activities compiled from around the internet to help you celebrate with your students:
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PTC:
Classic Games to Strengthen Executive Function (Ages 7+)
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by Jennifer Hatfield CCC-SLP
If you've been following me a while, you know that I'm a BIG...let's say HUGE...fan of games for developing Executive Function skills. I remember the giddiness that I felt when I read my first research article on how great game playing is for developing cognitive/EF skills {speech and language of course too!}. From that point on, my therapy and coaching took on an entirely new look/feel.
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School Psych Corner:
Guidelines for Responding to Death of a Student or School Staff
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[Source: National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement via Cincinnati Children's Hospital]
These guidelines are designed to help school administrators, teachers, and crisis team members respond to the needs of students and staff after a loss has impacted the school environment, such as after the death of a student or staff member or when deaths occur that affect many people in the community. These guidelines are not intended to provide guidance on clinical care or bereavement counseling and are not intended to address personal losses that impact only one or a few members of the school community.
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SLP Corner:
Do's and Don'ts of Sign Language with Young Children
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[Source: Sprout Peds]
If you are a parent or professional working with typically developing young children or children who are challenged, you have probably been introduced to the notion of using sign language with them. As a pediatric team of professionals, we find sign language to be the one of the most exciting skills children learn and grow from using. We use sign language with our late talkers, our children who have signs of Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Down Syndrome, Autism, and many other developmental and genetic disorders. Here are some do's and don't of using sign language with young children.
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OT Corner:
Improve Handwriting with Tangrams
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[Source: Sugar Aunts]
I kind of love to share tricks for improving handwriting. There are so many "parts" to written work. There's fine motor dexterity, pencil grasp, strength, endurance, visual perceptual skills, cognitive skills among other parts to handwriting. You can see more about these topics on our Handwriting page. One big way to develop the skills needed in written work is to address visual perception.
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Behavior Corner:
Challenging Behavior in Young Children with DS
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[Source: Down Syndrome Online]
Children with Down syndrome are at an increased risk for engaging in challenging behaviour that may present problems within community, leisure, and educational settings, and, in many instances, precludes them from accessing these environments. Factors contributing to the occurrence of challenging behaviors include characteristics associated
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