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December 13, 2019
Issue 48, Volume 12
It's All About the Choices!
Greetings and Happy Friday!
Please enjoy this week's newsletter!
News Items:
- Investigation Finds Significant Barriers To Pursuing IDEA Disputes
- Common Genetic Link Between Autism and Tourettes Impairs Brain Communication
- Playing Sports Can Tune The Brain to Pick Up External Sounds Better
- Pencil Grasp, Legibility and Muscle Activation
- Brain Differences May Be Tied to Obesity, Kids' Study Says
- How Does Language Emerge?
PediaStaff News and Hot Jobs
- Hot, New Job! School Speech-Language Pathologist - CFY - Everett, WA
- Hot, New Job! School Psychologist - Phoenix, AZ
- Hot, New Job! Early Childhood SLP - McMinnville, OR
Therapy Activities, Tips and Resources
- Pinterest Holiday Pin of the Week: Hand Santa Falling Down the Chimney
- Pinterest Resources of the Week: Hanukkah and Kwanzaa Too!
- SLP Activity of the Week: Articulation Christmas Tree
- Christmas Pictures Using Duplo Blocks
Articles and Special Features
- School Psych Corner: Was Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Bullied?
- SLP Corner: Christmas / Holiday Lights Scavenger Hunt
- OT Corner: I Have A Little Dreidel (An SPD Hanukkah)
- Worth Repeating: All I Want for Christmas is My G-Tube Out
- OT/PT Corner: December Gross Motor Planning
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Investigation Finds Significant Barriers To Pursuing IDEA Disputes
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[Source: Disability Scoop]
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act provides parents certain options if they're unsatisfied with the education that their children with disabilities are receiving, but government investigators say only some families are able to take advantage.
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Common Genetic Link Between Autism and Tourettes Impairs Brain Communication
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[Source: Medical X-Press]
Lancaster University researchers have discovered, for the first time, how a genetic alteration that increases the risk of developing Autism and Tourette's impacts on the brain.
Their research also suggests that ketamine, or related drugs, may be a useful treatment for both of these disorders.
Autism affects an estimated 2.8 million people in the UK while Tourette's Syndrome-a
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Playing Sports Can Tune The Brain to Pick Up External Sounds
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[Source: Psych Central]
New research finds that college athletes have an enhanced ability to filter out background electrical "noise" in the brain to better process external sounds.
Northwestern University investigators say their findings hold for football, soccer and hockey. "No one would argue against the fact that sports lead to better physically fitness, but we don't always think of brain fitness and sports," said senior author Dr. Nina Kraus. "We're saying that playing sports can tune the brain to better understand one's sensory environment."
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Pencil Grasp, Legibility and Muscle Activation
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[Source: Your Therapy Source]
A recent study was published on pencil grasp, legibility and muscle activation. The researchers evaluated differences in the handwriting characteristics of thirty-four 18-22-year-old subjects when using the four primary handwriting grip styles: dynamic quadrupod, dynamic tripod, lateral quadrupod, and lateral tripod.
All of the participants completed three protocols involving tests of handwriting legibility on paper. Consistency and metric testing were performed using surface electromyography
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Brain Differences May Be Tied to Obesity, Kids' Study Says
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[Source: Medical X-Press]
New results from the largest long-term study of brain development and children's health raise provocative questions about obesity and brain function.
Does excess body weight somehow reduce brain regions that regulate planning and impulse control? Is obesity a result of that brain difference? Or are eating habits, lifestyle, family circumstances and genetics to blame?
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How Does Language Emerge?
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[Source: Science Daily]
How did the almost 6,000 languages of the world come into being? Researchers have tried to simulate the process of developing a new communication system in an experiment - with surprising results: even preschool children can spontaneously develop communication systems that exhibit core properties of natural language.
How the languages of the world emerged is largely a mystery. Considering that it might have taken millennia, it is intriguing to see how deaf people can create novel sign languages spontaneously. Observations have shown that when deaf strangers are brought
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How would you like to work in a city surrounded by water and mountains in the beautiful Pacific Northwest? We have a need for a wonderful Speech-Language Pathologist near Everett for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year and would love to talk with you!
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Are you interested in a position where you can motivate and encourage students to want to learn and make a difference in the life of a child?
PediaStaff is searching for a School Psychologist to work at a unified school district in the Phoenix, AZ area. The School Psychologist is a full- time position and you can start work through the 2019-2020 school year.
Under general direction, you will provide psychological services to include evaluation, consultation and program development to benefit students and their families who require special education or are at risk.
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Do you love working with Preschool children? We are seeking a Speech-Language Pathologist to work with 3-5 year-olds in speech groups and preschools in the McMinnville, Oregon area for the remainder of this 2019-20 SY.
* Full-time Speech-Language Pathologists for 3-5-year-olds
* Speech-Language Pathologist will start January 6 and work thru June 9, 2020
* SLP services in speech groups and preschools
* Homebase will be at the Yamhill Center in McMinnville
* Explore the scenic wonders, drive one hour to the beach, mountains, or progressive large cities.
Qualifications: You will need to hold a Master's Degree in Communications Sciences Disorders or Speech-Language Pathology, and a current state license (or be eligible for same).
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Holiday Pin of the Week: Hand Santa Falling Down the Chimney
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I fell in love with this one the minute I saw it, and while it might not be the very most repinned
Pinterest
pin of the week it is certainly quite popular and definitely the cutest! We f0und it from
Holly Garner
, and it was originally found on a website called
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Pinterest Resources of the Week: Hanukkah and Kwanzaa Too!
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Christmas-time is a wonderful time of year, but it is also a time for other celebrations as well., Rather than lumping all of the holidays into a mush of "Holiday" celebrations that lose the essence of each individual traditions, how about celebrating diversity with some activities for the other holidays celebrated this time of year? We have already featured
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Editor's Note: This week's pin of the week is from a currently inactive blog. I believe Speech Lady Liz is not currently working in pediatrics. Regardless, this blog still has some fantastic ideas for school based speech and language clinicians.
[Source: Speech Lady Liz]
We made Christmas trees out of articulation words
that are winter themed. Colored the pictures green, added a star on top and these labels
so parents knew what this activity was all about.
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Christmas Pictures Using Duplo Blocks
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[Source: Teaching Mama.org]
Do your kids like Lego Duplo blocks? My 3-year-old LOVES them! They are perfect for his little hands to manipulate and build things with. While he was playing with them the other day, I came up with an activity for them for Christmas! I created Christmas pictures for him to create using Duplo blocks. He LOVED it!!
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School Psych Corner:
Was Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Bullied?
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Editor's Note: Political correctness gone too far or real food for thought? You decide. It is important to note that this article refers to the original 1964 cartoon story. In my opinion, the song is a wonderful story of everyone coming around to celebrate Rudolph for the special gifts he has.
[Source: ABC]
Most people think of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Raindeer as a cute little story about a cute little reindeer with a cute shiny nose and a happy ending.
Think again, says George Giuliani, a special ed professor at Long Island University in New York, who has written an alternative to the Christmas classic called "No More Bullies at the North Pole."
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SLP Corner:
Christmas / Holiday Lights Scavenger Hunt
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[Source: Scanlon Speech]
Tradition! It's part of what makes the holidays so special. For many of us, getting in the spirit entails taking out the lights and displays and festively decorating our homes while playing Christmas carols and sipping eggnog.
Or, it involves, frantically dragging out the decorations and quickly tossing on lights in the bitter cold swearing that next year you'll be more organized like your neighbor, George.
With the addition of our beautiful baby boy (our rainbow, our blessing), the holidays have been more hectic than usual.
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OT Corner:
I Have A Little Dreidel (An SPD Hanukkah)
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[Source: The SPD Blogger Network]
Happy Hanukkah!
It's my kids' favorite holiday, and we're getting ourselves ready for eight nights full of celebration. This year, Hanukkah starts at sundown on December 8th, so we've just barely had time to change gears from eating Thanksgiving turkey to decorating the house with dreidels and menorahs.
For those of you who don't know, Hanukkah is a celebration of the Jews' victory in a battle to reclaim their temple from the Syrian army. In order to rededicate their temple, the Jews needed oil to light their "eternal flame" candle. They thought they only had enough oil to burn for one day. However, a miracle occurred and the oil lasted for eight days, giving the Jews enough time to make more oil. This is why the holiday is called the "Festival of Lights" and is celebrated by lighting candles for eight nights.
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Worth Repeating:
All I Want for Christmas is My G-Tube Out
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[Source: ASHAsphere]
by Melanie Potock, CCC-SLP
A Parent's Expectations and an SLP's Goals
As a pediatric SLP who focuses on feeding, I guide families through the process of transitioning from g-tube feedings to 100% oral feeds and ultimately, removal of the g-tube. This year, I had the unique experience of learning more about the emotional process through the eyes of one mom who happened to be an SLP, too. In the course of nine months of feeding therapy, her daughter Payton has taught us both that goals and expectations aren't always met on the SLP's or parent's timeline and that most importantly, the child sets the pace. Payton's mom graciously shared her thoughts on the process:
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OT/PT Corner:
December Gross Motor Planning
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[Source: ASHAsphere]
by Melanie Potock, CCC-SLP
[Source: Pink Oatmeal]
December is one of my favorite months for gross motor planning. With the holidays upon us there are so many fun themed gross motor activities that you can try! Everything from The Gingerbread Man to Christmas themed games are perfect this time of the year! Check out these ideas for your December gross motor planning!
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