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April 19, 2019
Issue 16, Volume 12
It's All About the Choices!
Greetings and Happy Friday
Please enjoy our weekly newsletter!
News Items:
- Kids Living Near Major Roads at Greater Risk for Developmental Delays
- Meditation Enhances Social-Emotional Learning in Middle School Students
- CDC Finds More Preschoolers Have Autism
- New Role for Sensory Signals in the Brain
- Self Care in Preschool Children with Cerebral Palsy
- Simple Test can Indicate Prolonged Symptoms Following Pediatric Sports-Related Concussion
PediaStaff News and Hot Jobs
- Hot, New Job! Pediatric Outpatient SLP - Fredericksburg, VA
- Hot, New Job! Full Time School-Based Social Worker - Chicago, IL
- Hot, New Job! 2019-2020 Early Childhood SpEd Teacher - Salem, OR
Therapy Activities, Tips and Resources
- Don't Jiggle the Spiders!! Obstacle Course Fun for Kids
- Dye Easter Eggs in Cool Whip for Finger Lickin' Sensory Fun!
- Practice Scissor Skills for Spring
- Would You Rather Questions for Spring and Easter
Articles and Special Features
- OT Corner: Calm Down with Friends
- PT Corner: Teaching Children to Jump
- SLP Corner: Every Day Language Learning: Dishwashers and Socks
- School Psych Corner: Students Write a Guide to Teen Psychology
- School Nurse Corner: Talking to Teens About Risky Behaviors
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Kids Living Near Major Roads at Greater Risk for Developmental Delays
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Source: Psych Central]
Young children who live near a major highway are twice as likely to score lower on tests of communications skills, compared to kids who live farther away from a major roadway, according to a new study published in the journal Environmental Research.
The findings also show that kids born to women exposed during pregnancy to higher-than-normal levels of traffic-related pollutants - ultra-fine airborne particles and ozone - had a small but significantly higher likelihood of developmental delays during infancy and
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Meditation Enhances Social-Emotional Learning in Middle School Students
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[Source: Psych Central]
New research finds practicing meditation as part of a school Quiet Time program helps middle school students enhance social-emotional competencies and reduce psychological distress.
Social-emotional learning (SEL) is gaining increased recognition as an important goal of education. Competencies include self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and goal-directed behavior. Developing these skills may help students perform better academically and enjoy enhanced emotional and social well-being.
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CDC Finds More Preschoolers Have Autism
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[Source: Disability Scoop]
New federal figures indicate that autism prevalence among young children is on the rise.
The number of 4-year-olds with the developmental disorder increased from 1 in 75 children in 2010 to 1 in 59 kids in 2014, according to data
published late last week in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
The findings are the latest to emerge from the CDC's Autism and Developmental Disabilities
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New Role for Sensory Signals in the Brain
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[Source: Science Daily]
Learning how to tie a shoe or shoot a basketball isn't easy, but the brain somehow integrates sensory signals that are critical to coordinating movements so you can get it right. Now, scientists have discovered that sensory signals in the brain's cerebral cortex, which plays a key role in controlling movement and other functions, have a different pattern of connections between nerve cells and different effects on behavior than motor signals. The motor area of the cortex sends signals to stimulate muscles.
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Self Care in PreSchool Children with Cerebral Palsy
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[Source: Your Therapy Source]
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology published a longitudinal study on 290 children with cerebral palsy aged 18 months to 5 years of age. The study examined the relationship of self-care in preschool children with cerebral palsy and manual ability.
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Simple Test Can Indicate Prolonged Symptoms Following Pediatric Sports-Related Concussion
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[Source: Science Daily]
Researchers have found that abnormal performance on the Romberg balance test can indicate that children and adolescents will experience prolonged symptoms following sports-related concussion.
Concussion is a mild form of traumatic brain injury. In most cases, symptoms of concussion (headaches, dizziness, confusion, loss of memory, and others) subside within four weeks after injury. In some cases, however, symptoms do not resolve for months. Early recognition of predictors of lengthy recovery periods can help clinicians refer these patients for special therapies that may aid in the healing process.
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Excellent Opportunity for a Speech-Language Pathologist at a therapist-owned, multidisciplinary state-of-the-art outpatient clinic. This clinic has an established client base, so you'll be able to start full-time.
* Direct-hire long term position for a Pediatric SLP in an outpatient clinic setting
* Treat children from birth to 21 years of age
* Diagnoses include minor language delays as well as more severe diagnoses, autism, etc.
* Choice of schedules either Monday - Friday or Tuesday - Saturday
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2019-2020 Licensed School Social Worker is needed to work full time for the upcoming school year in the north Chicago area near Belmont Gardens!! If you are looking to work in a great high-performing public charter school creating a new school model along with great staff, this is the job for you.
* You will work with 7th -12th graders from 8:00-4:00 with a 30-minute unpaid lunch, Mon through Fri
* You will begin in mid-August with some training days and work through June 19, 2020
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Want a location that has something for just about everyone? We are seeking a Full-Time Early Childhood Special Education Teacher for a beautiful district in the Salem, Oregon area for the 2019-2020 SY. Explore the scenic wonders, drive one hour to the beach, mountains, or progressive large cities.
* Full-Time Early Childhood Special Education Teacher
* The assignment is from August through June;190-day calendar
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Don't Jiggle the Spiders!! Obstacle Course Fun for Kids
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[Source: Childhood 101]
This simple obstacle course has been a source of so many laughs with both of my girls since we set it up under our backyard patio. The idea is to travel through the web inspired series of obstacles without jiggling the spiders - and each is attached to a jingle bell to make it extra tricky! Perfect for family fun, Halloween parties or as a physical education activity for preschoolers and grade schoolers.
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Dye Easter Eggs in Cool Whip for Finger Lickin' Sensory Fun!
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[Source: Passion for Savings.com]
If you are looking for a fun way way to dye Easter Eggs here's
How to Dye Easter Eggs with Cool Whip! This is a fun way to get the kids involved and a twist on a classic Easter tradition! We had so much fun making these in our how, and I am excited to share this activity with you. Easter is such a fun holiday for us, and I love that it brings all things spring with it!
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Practice Scissor Skills for Spring
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[Source: Your Therapy Source]
Grab some scissors, print out this free 3 page packet in black and white and practice scissor skills during Spring time. This scissor skills packet includes a butterfly, ice cream cone and a snail. Children can practice cutting straight lines, curved lines and circles. Once the pieces are cut out, the child can assemble and glue the Spring picture. Can they match the picture on the page? This skill requires visual spatial skills, figure ground skills and more.
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Would You Rather Questions for Spring and Easter
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[Source: Minds In Bloom]
Would you rather....Have flowers growing out of the top of your head, or...Have butterflies constantly flying in a circle around your head?
Would you rather....Have a magic Easter Basket that produces ten chocolate eggs each morning, or...Have a bunny that can talk?
Kids love Would You Rather questions like these and now you can get 20 of them, themed for spring and Easter for free! These make terrific discussion prompts or journal
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OT Corner:
Calm Down with Friends
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[Source: All 4 My Child]
Fidget toys are supposed to help kids who... well, fidget a lot. True confession: I find them often more distracting to the child, other children and adults than helpful. One day our group kids entered the room in a loud, active whirlwind. Although they often enter this way, this particular day they were not able to hear the adult voices and were literally bouncing off the walls, the chairs and tables. In an act of desperation, I brought out my bag of fidget toys.
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PT Corner: Teaching Children to Jump
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[Source: Dinosaur Physical Therapy]
Jumping is a motor milestone that requires strength, balance, coordination, body awareness and motor planning. When practicing jumping we want to be sure to expose our children to different environments around them, with feet bare the child is able to interact with the unique texture of the ground surface. Practice on soft grass, padded mats, carpet and hardwood. Each surface offers its own challenges to the child as they begin practicing jumping! Use other children as models, as peer play is essential to the acquisition of motor milestones. Children observe and learn from others.
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SLP Corner: Every Day Language Learning: Dishwashers and Socks
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Editor's Note: This article was written for parents rather than clinicians. We often like to feature articles for parents that you might like to share with the caretakers of your kiddos.
By: Becca Jarzynski, MS, CCC-SLP
As a working mom, life is a perpetual balance of domestic duties, professional tasks, and child-related entertainment. When my son was young, I often attempted to maintain this balance by entertaining him with toys, books, and activities while he was awake and then feverishly trying to get all of the household chores done while he napped or after he went
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School Psych Corner: Students Write a Guide to Teen Psychology
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[Source: Edutopia]
It's always awe-inspiring when students take hold of a project and are given the power to lead it. They set goals, delegate, lead discussions, and critique each other's work as if that were a normal process. I've just seen this with the eighth-grade social studies students at Shanghai American School. The students at my school have been engaged in a project in their class around the topic of psychology.
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School Nurse Corner: Talking to Teens About Risky Behaviors
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[Source: School-Based Health Alliance]
Dr. Jennifer Salerno has learned a lot about connecting with teens through her clinical work as a nurse practitioner in school-based health centers (SBHCs). She's created trainings and online content to help professionals talk to teens and help them make healthier decisions. And, after her trainings, she kept hearing a consistent piece of feedback: this will help me with my own kids!
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