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August 31, 2018
Issue 35, Volume 11
It's All About the Choices!
Greetings and Happy Friday!
Please enjoy this week's newsletter!
News Items:
- The Brain Uses its 'Autocorrect' Feature to Make Out Sounds
- Sensitivity to How Others Evaluate you Emerges by 24 Months
- Test-Maker Sued Over Divulging Students' Disabilities
- State May Need Billions To Bring IDEA Services Up To Standards
- Gross Motor and Social Skills in Boys with Autism
- Inclusive Water Park Named To 'World's Greatest Places' List
PediaStaff News and Hot Jobs
- Hot, New Job! School-Based PT - Yelm, WA
- Hot, New Job! School Social Worker K-5 - Joliet, IL
- Hot, New Job: Pediatric OT - Part-Time, Short-Term - Novato, CA
Therapy Activities, Tips and Resources
- Still Summer...So Want Some Lemonade - Speechy App Fun
- Bathroom Routine Visual Cards
- Word Family and Color Slam - Back to School Basics
- Volume Game for Kids
Articles and Special Features
- OT Corner: Did We All Give Up on Shoe Tying?
- SLP Corner: What My Son's Autism Diagnosis Taught Me as an SLP
- Autism Corner: How to Teach a Child with Autism to Blow Their Nose
- Bilingualism Corner: Diversity in Speech-Language Pathology - We Need More Diverse SLPs
- Social Skills Corner: 9 Tips for Talking to Parents About Their Child's Social Challenges
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The Brain Uses its 'Autocorrect' Feature to Make Out Sounds
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[Source: Medical News Today]
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae."
You, like many others, were probably able to read the above sentence without a problem - which is the reason for the mass online appeal this meme had more than a decade ago.
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Sensitivity to How Others Evaluate you Emerges by 24 Months
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[Souce: Science Daily]
The journal Developmental Psychology is publishing the results, documenting that toddlers are sensitive to the opinions of others and that they will modify their behavior accordingly when others are watching.
"We've shown that by the age of 24 months, children are not only aware that other people may be evaluating them, but that they will alter their behavior to seek a positive response," says Sara Valencia Botto, an Emory PhD candidate and first author of the study.
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Test-Maker Sued Over Divulging Students' Disabilities
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[Source: Disability Scoop]
A major standardized test-maker is being accused of illegally disclosing students' disabilities.
In a class action lawsuit filed this month, a group of students is accusing ACT, Inc. of sharing information about their disabilities on score reports sent to colleges as well as wrongly selling the information.
"ACT flags students' test scores, discloses their confidential information to colleges pre-admission and stigmatizes students with disabilities in the admissions process," said
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State May Need Billions To Bring IDEA Services Up To Standards
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[Source: Disability Scoop
Texas needs to find up to $3.2 billion in the next three years to provide special education services to students who were previously denied them.
A 2016 Houston Chronicle investigation and a subsequent federal audit found that the Texas Education Agency illegally set up an 8.5 percent benchmark, or de-facto cap, on the number of students receiving special education services. The cap was in place for more than a decade, and was well below the national average of 13 percent.
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Gross Motor and Social Skills in Boys with Autism
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[Source: Your Therapy Source]
Pediatric Physical Therapy published research on the relationship between gross motor and social skills in boys with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Previous research has indicated that gross motor deficits were related to ASD symptom severity in toddlers and adolescents although there has not been a clear relationship between these areas across 4- to 12.5-year-olds. The participants in this study included 21 boys with ASD ages 4 to 5 years old.
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Inclusive Water Park Named To 'World's Greatest Places'
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[Source: Disability Scooop]
Time Magazine says that a first-of-its-kind water park designed to be fully accessible to people with special needs is among the top 100 places in the world for 2018.
The magazine included Morgan's Inspiration Island in San Antonio on its iinaugural list of the "World's Greatest Places." Other landmarks to make the cut include an underwater art museum, a hotel where guests stay alongside giraffes and a cruise ship featuring the
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Want to work within view of breathtaking Mt. Ranier? We have a wonderful opportunity for a School Physical Therapist to work a full-time position in Yelm for the 2018-2019 school year. We can interview quickly!
* You will work with elementary through high school aged students
* You will see children with a broad range of diagnoses
* Physical Therapist will report to the Director of Special Education
* Work in a smaller town that is growing quickly - you can't beat this view!
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Do you enjoy working with K-5 students? PediaStaff is hiring a School Social Worker for an immediate opening near southeastern Joliet.
* K-5 including general education kids with IEPs and an Emotionally Disabled program
* Kids in the behavior and emotionally disabled program aren't physically abusive, only verbally
* School Social Worker will provide Tier 1 and Tier 2 support to classroom teachers
* You'll help 5th graders prepare for middle school
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Are you looking for part-time, short-term work? This pediatric clinic in Novato, California is in need of a Pediatric Occupational Therapist for a small after-school caseload.
* Part-time, short-term (2-3 months) OT mainly needed from 3:00-6:00 (or 7:00, if preferred)
* Caseload includes 10-12 kids mainly after school except for some feeding cases
* OT will work in an established private outpatient pediatric clinic
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Still Summer...So Want Some Lemonade - Speechy App Fun
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[Source: Speech Techie]
They say August is one long Sunday. Here in Massachusetts we still have about a month left until school even starts, so its difficult to see posts from friends across the country who have already started, as well as the ubiquitous "back to school" and "summer's almost over, so..." ads. It pulls you out of it a bit, you know? I've spent my summer working on getting fit, hiking and doing some traveling, so it's been great. But HOT!
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Bathroom Routine Visual Cards
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[Source: Teaching Mama]
f you've ever potty trained a child, you know that it's not always easy! It takes time, patience, and a whole lot of grace! One request I've had is to create a bathroom visual routine cards. Since creating my toddler visual routine cards and my before and after school routine cards, I figured I should add one more! I hope you find the bathroom routine visual cards helpful!
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Word Family and Color Slam - Back to School Basics
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[Source: Toddler Approved]
Back to School Basics posts review simple skills for preschoolers and pre-k students. Today I am sharing this simple word family and color slam game. We typically try and come up with games or activities that can work for both my son (entering pre-k this year) and my toddler daughter. This game actively kept them both involved and was a lot of fun!
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Volume Game for Kids
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[Source: The Inspired Treehouse]
Bringing kids' awareness to how they can use their voices to create different volumes and styles of speaking is a great way to teach kids to regulate their volume levels and to use an appropriate voice for any given situation.
I recently came up with this volume game to use with our kids at The Treehouse and it was a bit hit!
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OT Corner:
Did We All Give Up on Shoe Tying?
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[Source: The Anonymous OT]
Times change, sure. We adapt to a new way of doing things, new technology, and different expectations. But what about when entire skill groups seem to disappear? As a therapist working directly with families and young children, I have a front row seat to observe skills being overlooked for the sake of convenience.
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SLP Corner:
What My Son's Autism Diagnosis Taught Me as an SLP
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[Source: ASHA Leader Blog]
Communication sciences and disorders professionals are often planners and fixers. We like to prepare for everything, and we want to "fix" everyone's communication disorders. We got into this field because we wanted to help people, after all!
Late last year, I found myself in a personal situation for which I hadn't prepared and I couldn't "fix." My son was diagnosed with autism at age 4.
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Autism Corner:
How to Teach a Child w/Autism to Blow Their Nose
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[Source: Mary Barbera.com]
Before I had a son with autism and then became a Behavior Analyst, I never imagined how hard it would be to teach a child to blow his nose. Today I'm going to break down the steps and give you some easy strategies to help you teach your client or child with autism to blow their nose.
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Bilingualism Corner:
We Need Diversity in Speech-Language Pathology
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[Source: Bilinguisitics]
I realized last night that I have never had a teacher who looked like me. With 19.5 years of education, there was not one single teacher with eyes and dark hair like mine. Did this impact my academic performance? I don't know. Did it contribute to my narrative? Absolutely. Let's talk about diversity in speech-language pathology.
There is a term in the world of psychology, mirroring. It means that there are those of us who had the privilege of seeing ourselves in our role models in books, movies, TV shows and everyday activities. Then, there are those of us who do not have this benefit. In other
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Social Skills Corner:
9 Tips for Talking to Parents About Their Child's Social Challenges
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[Source: Social Thinking]
by Michelle Garcia Winner
I recently gave a full-day training to the entire teaching and specialist staff for the Lafayette School District in California to help them learn how to teach students to relate more effectively in peer-to-peer project-based learning situations, working as a classroom group, etc. It was a pleasure to work with and continue to learn from the teachers, specialists and parents. Throughout the day one sentiment surfaced again and again: that
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