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October 7, 2016
Issue 40, Volume 9
It's All About the Choices!
Greetings and Happy Friday
Please enjoy our weekly newsletter. Our thoughts and prayers are with those in the Southeast affected by Hurricane Matthew. Be Safe.
News Items:
- Mindfulness Can Help Young Kids Manage Emotions
- Do Children with Tourette Syndrome Have an Advantage at Language?
- Autism: Disruption of a Uniquely Human Developmental Program
- U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Level of 'Benefit' Special Education Must Provide
- Feds Order State To Comply With Special Ed Laws
- Concussion Can Now Be Diagnosed with 95% Specificity
PediaStaff News and Hot Jobs
- ASHA 2016 is Coming! Join PediaStaff in Philadelphia, PA!
- Hot Job! Pediatric Outpatient PT - North Houston, TX
- Hot Job: School based Physical Therapist - Palatine, IL
Therapy Activities, Tips and Resources
- Speechie Freebie: Cut and Glue Articulation Sampler for Fall
- Books About Pumpkins
- Hand Strengthening Activity: Syringe Painting
Articles and Special Features
- Pediatric Therapy Corner: Understanding Behavior
- Sensory Corner: Engaging Reluctant Children in Art Play
- Awareness Corner: October is Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
- National PT Month- What does a Pediatric PT Do?
- School Psych Corner: NIH Pathways to Prevention Workshop: Advancing Research to Prevent Youth Suicide
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Heidi Kay and the PediaStaff Team
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Mindfulness Can Help Young Kids Manage Emotions
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[Source: Psych Central]
Mindfulness has been found beneficial for stress reduction, anxiety and depression, dietary challenges, addiction recovery, and many other conditions. Now it has found its way into a classroom where children as young as 3 are using its techniques to manage emotions and stay calm.
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Do Kids with Tourette Syndrome Have an Advantage at Language?
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[Source: Science Daily]
Researchers from Newcastle University UK, and Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Georgetown in the USA, found that children with the neurological disorder were faster at assembling sounds into words - the part of language called phonology -than typically developing children. They believe this is linked to abnormalities in the brain that underpin the disorder.
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Autism: Disruption of a Uniquely Human Developmental Program
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[Source: Medical News Today]
Every time a child or adult learns something new, new contacts form between neurons in the brain. This process (synaptogenesis) is especially active in children during the first 10 years of life. What's more, such long period of active neuronal plasticity is unique to humans as a species: even in some of our closest relatives, chimpanzees and macaques, it ends within several months or a year after birth.
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Supreme Court to Decide Level of 'Benefit' Special Ed Must Provide
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[Source: Education Week]
By Mark Walsh
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday granted review in a case about the level of education benefit a child must receive for a school district to have provided an appropriate level of service under the main federal special education law.
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Feds Order State To Comply With Special Ed Laws
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The federal government on Monday told Texas state officials that they must eliminate their special education enrollment target unless they can prove that it has not kept children with disabilities from getting services.
The U.S. Department of Education gave the officials a month to either provide the evidence or outline a plan to end so-called "PBMAS Indicator 10," which penalizes school districts that give specialized education to more than 8.5 percent of students.
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Concussion Can Now Be Diagnosed with 95% Specificity
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[Source: Medical X-Press]
A team of researchers from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has shown that the I-Portal Neuro Otologic Test, which uses the head-mounted goggle that gauged eye movement through video cameras and computers, can successfully diagnose concussion with 95 percent specificity and 89 percent sensitivity. These findings illustrate how use of the I-Portal goggle can better identify oculomotor, vestibular and reaction time (OVRT) differences between those with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and non-affected individuals.
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The 2016 ASHA Convention will be held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 17-19, 2016, and PediaStaff will be there to talk with YOU about your pediatric or school-based Speech-Language Pathology career.
Come visit us at Booth #835. We are very proud to announce we are a sponsor again this year. And, YES, we will have our signature Toobaloos for giveaway while supplies last!!
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Established pediatric therapy clinic in a thriving area of northeast Houston seeks a Physical Therapist to join their team on a full or part time basis.
* They are interested in both experienced therapists as well as new grads with pediatric fieldwork
* You'll work as part of a team of 15 therapists in a large and modern facility
* The staff is outgoing and passionate about providing therapy and they take pride in their open door policy allowing for great communication and mentoring opportunities
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Immediate need for a pediatric Physical Therapist in a school setting in the Palatine area full time short term!
* now through November 7, 2016
* short term
* full time (5 days/wk)
* position between 7 schools
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Source: Word Nerd Speech Teach via Speechie Freebies
Hello again! It's Lindsey over at Word Nerd Speech Teach bringing you my newest FREE product called, "Cut and Glue Articulation Sampler for Fall"
This product is a selection of a larger activity, "Cut and Glue Articulation for Fall". This product includes pages for /p/, /b/, /t/, and /d/ in the initial and final positions of words
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Fall is a great time to read about pumpkins. Pumpkins connect with a farm or harvest theme, can connect with Halloween, and can even lead to talking about Thanksgiving. Here are some favorite books about pumpkins to build background knowledge and encourage literacy skills in the process.
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[Source: Hands On As We Grow]
This simple syringe painting is a fun and easy way to create abstract art with your preschooler.
When I opened the cupboard to check our medicine expiration dates (since cold and flu season is upon us), I was pleasantly surprised to see how many syringes I had on-hand.
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Pediatric Therapy Corner:
Understanding Behavior
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[Source: Dr. Lisa, School Psych Blog]
Now that the school year is underway, the students with behavior problems are starting to test everyone's limits. When I first begin working on a new case, I want to know not only what the student is doing, but why. In this two-part series, we'll start with the what. Teachers and other educators can be a great support if they provide information on the ABCs- antecedent, behavior, and consequence. Need to learn or refresh on your ABCs? Read below.
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Sensory Corner:
Engaging Reluctant Children in Art Play
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[Source: Special-ism]
One of the concerns repeatedly raised by parents is their child's lack of interest and willingness to engage in art play, especially coloring, drawing and beginning writing activities.
Often this is the parent of a child, typically a boy, who is very active, demonstrating greater interest in running, jumping, climbing than in sitting down to draw.
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Awareness Corner:
October is Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
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National PT Month-
What does a Pediatric PT Do?
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[Source: Beyond Basic Play]
As National Physical Therapy Month continues, I wanted to share details on what a Pediatric Physical Therapist does. When people ask what I do, and I say that I'm a pediatric physical therapist, I usually get the response, "Kids need PT? For what?!" When I say I also work with infants/toddlers, people then get thoroughly confused.
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School Psych Corner:
NIH Paper Advancing Research to Prevent Youth Suicide
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[Source: NIH via the Annals of Internal Medicine / ACP]
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Pathways to Prevention Workshop "Advancing Research to Prevent Youth Suicide" was cosponsored by the NIH Office of Disease Prevention, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, and National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. A multidisciplinary working group developed the agenda, and an evidence-based practice center prepared an evidence report that addressed data systems relevant to suicide prevention efforts through a contract with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. During the workshop, experts discussed the evidence and participants commented during open
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