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December 27, 2019
Issue 38, Volume 12
It's All About the Choices!
Greetings and Happy Holidays to All!
Please enjoy our abbreviated Winter Holidays Newsletter. There will be no issue next week so our families can celebrate a week off between holidays. . Happy New Year. We will see you again on the 10th!
News Items:
- Bilingual Kids' Language Just As Strong & Creative in Storytelling
- Exposure to Smoking in Early Childhood Linked to Hyperactivity and Conduct Problems
- Trump Signs Education Spending Bill Funding 29 Programs He Sought to Abolish
- MRI Study Finds Brain Structure Differences in Teens with Mental Health Issues
- Google Seeks Help From People With Down Syndrome
PediaStaff News and Hot Jobs
- Hot, New Job! Pediatric Outpatient SLP-CF - Woodbridge, VA
- Hot, New Job! School Psychologist - Chicago, IL
Therapy Activities, Tips and Resources
- Sparkly Ball and Q-Tip Fireworks for New Year's
- New Year's Bingo on Speaking of Speech
- Paper Plate Noise Maker for New Year's
Articles and Special Features
- Worth Repeating: The Snowy Day - Use This Classic Winter Themed Book Inspire Conversation about MLK
- Book of the Week: Splat the Cat - and a Lesson Plan
- Pediatric Therapy Corner: The Vestibular System
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Heidi Kay and the PediaStaff Team
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Bilingual Kids' Language Just As Strong & Creative in Storytelling
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[Source: Psych Central]
A new Canadian study shows that French-English bilingual children use just as many words while telling a story in either language as do children who only speak English.
The findings, published in the journal Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, also show that bilingual children also demonstrated high levels of cognitive flexibility, the ability to switch between thinking about different concepts.
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Exposure to Smoking in Early Childhood Linked to Hyperactivity and Conduct Problems
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[Source: Psych Central]
A new study has found that children exposed to smoking in the first four years of life were more likely to exhibit symptoms of hyperactivity and conduct problems.
"There is a lot of emphasis on the dangers of smoking during pregnancy, but our findings indicate that children continue to be vulnerable to the adverse effects of nicotine exposure during the first several years of life," said lead author Lisa Gatzke-Kopp, Ph.D., of Pennsylvania State University.
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Trump Signs Education Spending Bill
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[Source: Education Week]
The bill funding the U.S. Department of Education signed by President Donald Trump on Friday marks the third straight time he has unsuccessfully sought to cut the department's overall budget.
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MRI Study Finds Brain Structure Differences in Teens with Mental Health Issues
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[Source: Psych Central]
A new Canadian study has found brain structure differences between adolescents struggling with mental health issues and their healthy peers.
The study involved teens, ages 14-17 who had a history of mental health problems, including depression, anxiety and attention-deficit disorder (ADHD).
The study participants received magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans designed to examine the white matter of their brains. The findings were then compared to scans from a second set of adolescents in the same age range who did not have a history of mental health issues.
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Google Seeks Help From People With Down Syndrome
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[Source: Disability Scoop]
From Siri to Alexa, voice assistants are everywhere, but the technology tends to miss every third word that people with Down syndrome say. Now a new effort is underway to change that.
Google is partnering with the Canadian Down Syndrome Society to collect voice samples from adults with Down syndrome in order to program its algorithm to better decipher the unique speech patterns of this population.
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Are you looking to work full time as a School Psychologist for the rest of the school year? We have a need for a School Psychologist to work near the Evergreen Park area of Chicago. This School Psychologist position will be for a full school year and possibly beyond. If you are already looking to secure a great position for the fall, apply to this one!
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Are you looking for a great place to complete your clinical fellow? We are seeking a pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist Clinical Fellow for a private pediatric outpatient clinic in Woodbridge, VA.
* Full-time Speech-Language Pathologist Clinical Fellow opportunities to cover existing caseloads
* CF-SLP hours are 11 to 7 pm Monday through Friday and some Saturday hours.
* You will treat children ages birth - 21 so some experience with pediatric therapy is required
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Sparkly Ball and Q-Tip Fireworks for New Year's
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Q-Tip Fireworks!
[Source: BusyBeeKidsCrafts.com] - Cut your Q Tips in various sizes. You can actually break them off pretty easily with your hands. Put some water in a small container and add
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New Year's Bingo on Speaking of Speech
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'Speaking of Speech always has Great Thematic Materials for any time of year. Check out their New Year's Bingo game!
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Paper Plate Noise Maker for New Year's
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[Source: Kix Cereal]
Shake things up at celebrations with a fun, easy paper plate noisemaker you can personalize for the occasion! Whether it's a family gathering (complete with all-generation
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Worth Repeating:
The Snowy Day - Inspire Conversation about MLK
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[Source: Not Just Cute]
In the muggy heat of the summer of 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the now famous
"I Have a Dream"
speech. He spoke of his dream for a future where children of all races could walk together and "not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character". This speech, this man, and this movement are all iconic pieces of American History.
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Book of the Week:
Splat the Cat - and a Lesson Plan
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[Source: Play on Words.com]
This winter just never seems to end (we're home AGAIN with schools closed and this beautiful fluffy stuff coming down all day), so the opportunity is ripe for a story about snow! I love Splat the Cat books because they have a simple but relevant story line and lots of humor-poor Splat.
"Splat the Cat and the Snowy Day Surprise" had Splat and Seymour getting ready for a snowy adventure, making a snow cat. After getting on all their snow gear ( good
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Pediatric Therapy Corner:
The Vestibular System
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[Source: the Inspired Treehouse]
We're happy to be partnering up with
Dayna at Lemon Lime Adventures for the second post in our series together on
sensory processing. Today's post is all about the vestibular system - what is it, why is it important to
growth and development, and what can you do to support it in your child? At The Inspired Treehouse, we write about sensory processing from our point of view as
occupational therapists, using our training and experience in the field to break information down into terms everyone can understand. Dayna, an early childhood educator and a homeschooling mom of 3 , including a little guy with Sensory Processing Disorder, writes about
Sensory Processing Disorder and sensory activities for kids from a mom and teacher's point of view.
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Teaching Kids with Special Needs How To Dress Appropriately for the Weather
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by Dr. Anne Zachry OTR/L
Picking out the appropriate clothing for a child can be a challenge, especially for those who have can difficulty understanding cold vs. hot and rainy vs. sunny. A student that I see for therapy uses this nifty worksheet, and it has proven to be very effective. If you're child is struggling when picking out appropriate clothes for the weather, try having him fill out this worksheet every evening before bed and pick out his clothes for the next day. For younger children, add some fun by including a sunny/snowy/rainy coloring sheet, depending on the weather forecast.
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