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September 23, 2016
Issue 38, Volume 9
It's All About the Choices!
Greetings and Happy Friday!
Please enjoy our weekly newsletter offering!
News Items:
- 'Speechless' Looks To Get People Talking
- Healthy Diet Can Aid Kids' Early Reading Skills
- Link Discovered Between Touch and Level of Social Difficulty in Autism
- Scientists ID Concussion Treatment for Persistant Childhood Cases
- Similarities/Differences Between Children and Adolescents Who Commit Suicide
PediaStaff News and Hot Jobs
- Hot Job! School-Based SLP - Salinas, CA
- Hot Job: Pediatric OP Physical Therapist - Fairbanks, AK
- Placement of the Week! Pediatric PT on the Panhandle!
Therapy Activities, Tips and Resources
- Best Bulletin Boards to Try this Year
- Dot to Dot 1-10 and 1-20 Freebies
- Torn Paper Autumn Tree Craft for Kids
- Blaine Blows His Top Book Review and Printable
Articles and Special Features
- PT Corner: Football Relay
- SLP Corner: Attention SLPs: It's OK to Not Know the Answer Sometimes
- School Nurse/Psych Corner: Talking to Teens About Risky Behaviors
- Pediatric Therapy Corner: Strategies for Students With Scattered Minds
- School Psych Corner: How Domestic Violence In One Home Affects Every Child In A Class
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Heidi Kay and the PediaStaff Team
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'Speechless' Looks To Get People Talking
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[Source: Disability Scoop]
When it comes to writing, people love to advise "write what you know."
But Scott Silveri, creator and showrunner of ABC's new family comedy "Speechless," would be the first to tell you that crafting a narrative out of your own experiences is nowhere near as easy as it seems.
"It's like where comedy meets therapy," Silveri said of the series, based on his life growing up in a family that included his brother, who has special needs.
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Healthy Diet Can Aid Kids' Early Reading Skills
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[Source: Psych Central]
A new Finnish study suggests a healthy diet is linked to better reading skills in the first three years of school.
The study involved 161 children aged six to eight years old, with researchers following the students from the first grade to the third grade.
The quality of their diet was analyzed using food diaries, and their academic skills with the help of standardized tests.
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Link Discovered Between Touch and Level of Social Difficulty in Autism
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[Source: Medical News Today]
The sense of touch may play a more crucial role in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) than previously assumed. The main findings of the doctoral research of Eliane Deschrijver, which are now published, show that individuals with ASD may have difficulties to determine which tactile sensations belong to the action of someone else.
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Scientists ID Concussion Treatment for Persistant Childhood Cases
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[Source: Medical X-Press]
Concussions can create a host of symptoms-headache, dizziness, moodiness, upset stomach and other issues. In most cases, those symptoms eventually dissipate, but about 15% of young people who get concussions struggle with persistent symptoms despite seeing doctors and receiving medical care. The ongoing symptoms interfere with school, social life and physical activity.
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Similarities/Differences Between Children and Adolescents Who Commit Suicide
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[Source: Science Daily]
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), suicide was the 10th leading cause of death for children ages 5 to 11 in 2014. This was the first time suicide had shown up in the CDC's top ten leading causes of death for children in this age group.
A recent study from Arielle Sheftall, PhD, a postdoctoral research fellow in the Center for Suicide Prevention and Research at Nationwide Children's Hospital demonstrates that some individual characteristics and precipitating circumstances may be more prominent in children who die by suicide compared with early adolescents who die by suicide. It is the first study to exclusively focus on precipitating circumstances of suicide in children and
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Fantastic opportunity for a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist this 2016-2017 School Year. The Monterey area has a world-class aquarium, stunning redwood forests in Big Sur, a historic boardwalk in Santa Cruz, and some spectacular drives in Carmel and Pacific Grove.
* We offer excellent pay rates based on your experience.
* Great location with picturesque views
* Position starts August and ends in May.
* Monday through Friday; 7.5 Hours
* Rate is negotiable, based on several factors.
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Privately owned pediatric therapy clinic is a growing practice in Fairbanks, AK and seeks a pediatric physical therapist to join her team.
* Approach to therapy is a bit different than the norm.
* Offers intensive therapy sessions at few weeks at a time for her patients and has seen great results.
* Position is W-2
* Eligible for $2000+ CE stipend to be used for approved CE courses. The money can be used for course fees, hotel cost, airline tickets, etc.
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Congratulations to Amy H, on her new position on the Florida Panhandle with one of PediaStaff's Outpatient Therapy clients!
Amy will be joining a team focused on treating young people from Birth to 3 years of age in homes, charter school and clinic.
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Pensacola boasts the most beautiful "sugar sand" beaches, a wide variety of restaurants, university and college, VERY low cost of living coupled with NO state personal income tax...and a wonderful beach lifestyle!
Enjoy, Amy and Congrats!
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[Source: We Are Teachers]
Whether you're still looking for ideas, or you're a super teacher who had their classroom planned out since the end of last year (high five super teacher!), we think these bulletin board ideas are some of the best.
Take a Look at These Great Ideas on Our Blog |
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[Your Therapy Source]
Connect the Dot activities are great fun for children the only problem is sometimes they can just be way TOO hard! Here are two free dot to dots from the latest download, Connect the Dots. There is an owl dot to dot with numbers 1-10 and a pony dot to dot with numbers 1 -20.
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[Source: Hands on As We Grow]
This Fall tree craft is a fun way to sneak fine motor strengthening into a Fall craft with the kids.
Colorful leaves make this tree a project that can be hung up on walls and will make kids proud as they admire their work.
Or, create the torn paper tree on the front of a card for a Fall kid-made greeting card.
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Book Review:
Blaine Blows His Top-Book review & Free Printable
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[Source: Chapel Hill Snippets]
School has started down here in NC, along with the passage of tropical storm remnants. Life goes on as usual!
A speech-language pathologist, Bethany Vigilante, asked me to take a look at her book,Blaine Blows His Top, and review it. This seemed like a great book to use with a social skills group (4/5th grade and middle school) so I did!
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PT Corner:
Football Relay
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[Source: Pink Oatmeal]
It's hard to believe that football season is just around the corner. The teams are already in training camps and the news is already reporting on the upcoming season. Football is a great theme to incorporate into gross motor play. A fun way that I like to incorporate football into gross motor play is through the football relay.
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SLP Corner:
It's OK to Not Know the Answer Sometimes
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by Eric X. Raj
Let me walk you through a scenario that I think a lot of us speech-language pathologists have been in before. You're having a meeting about a student with a parent or another educator and someone asks you a question. However, as smart as you are (and trust me, I know you're VERY smart), you might not actually KNOW the answer to this specific question off the top of your head.
What do you do in a scenario like this?
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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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Pediatric Tx Corner:
Strategies for Students With Scattered Minds
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[Source: Edutopia]
Imagine a team without a coach guiding players toward working together to execute a winning strategy. Imagine a company without a leader to make sure that employees across departments are equipped and organized to collaborate on continually improving products and increasing sales. Imagine a marching band without a drum major to lead musicians through their complicated maneuvers while staying on beat.
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chool Psych Corner:
How Domestic Violence In One Home Affects Every Child In A Class
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[Source: Mind Shift]
Part of our NPR Ed series on mental health in schools.
Every Monday morning at Harvie Elementary School, in Henrico County, Va., Brett Welch stands outside her office door as kids file in.
"The first thing I'm looking for are the faces," says Welch, a school counselor. She's searching for hints of fear, pain or anger.
"Maybe there was a domestic incident at the house that weekend," says Welch. "That's reality for a lot of our kids."
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