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February 10, 2017
Issue 6 Volume 10
It's All About the Choices!
Greetings and Happy Friday
Please Enjoy our Weekly Newsletter
News Items:
- Is Licorice Intake During Pregnancy Linked to ADHD in Offspring?
- New Strategy Possible to Treat Juvenille Batten Disease
- Preschoolers May Come to Share Personality Traits
- New Brain Target May Provide Hope for Treatment of Social Abilities in Autism
- Winning the War: How to Persuade Children to Eat More Veggies
- Math Learned Best When Children Move
PediaStaff News and Hot Jobs
- Hot Job: Bilingual SLP for 2017/18 SY - Glen Ellyn, IL
- Hot Job: Special Education Teacher - Phoenix, AZ
- Hot Job: School Psychologist - Camden, NC
Why We Do What We Do
- Why We Do What We Do: Teacher Has Personalized Handshake for Every Student
Therapy Activities, Tips and Resources
- Sensory Activity of the Week: Shaving Cream Tracks
- Stuffed Hearts Fine Motor Skills Craft
- Reviews: Zones of Regulation Apps
Articles and Special Features
- Autism Corner: For Those With Autism, Fixations Can Be Beneficial
- School Nurse Corner: Why Did Evan Stop Growing? A Crohn's Disease Story
- SLP Corner: Literacy and Children with Down Syndrome: Strategies for Home
- OT Corner: Teaching Kids How to Use Glue
- PT Corner: Why Crossing Midline is Important for Development
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Is Licorice Intake During Pregnancy Linked to ADHD in Offspring?
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[Source: Medical News Today]
There is an abundance of foods that should be avoided during pregnancy, and a new study suggests that licorice should sit firmly in this category. Researchers have found that children born to mothers who consume large amounts of licorice during pregnancy may be more likely to develop behaviors associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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New Strategy Possible to Treat Juvenille Batten Disease
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[Source: Medical X-Press]
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's Hospital and King's College London have discovered a treatment that improves the neurological symptoms in a mouse model of juvenile Batten disease. This discovery brings hope to patients and families affected by the disease that a treatment might be available in the future. The study appears in Nature Communications
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Preschoolers May Come to Share Personality Traits
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New research finds that when preschoolers spend time around one another, they tend to take on each other's' personalities.
The Michigan State University study suggests personality is shaped by environment and not just genes.
"Our finding, that personality traits are 'contagious' among children, flies in the face of common assumptions that personality is ingrained and can't be changed," said Dr. Jennifer Watling Neal, associate professor of psychology and co-investigator on the study.
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New Brain Target May Provide Hope for Treatment of Social Abilities in Autism
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[Source: Medical X Press]
Researchers at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science have induced empathy-like behavior by identifying then manipulating a brain circuit in an experimental model, an indication that new strategies may help people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) gain social abilities.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, one in 68 children is living with an ASD, the fastest-growing developmental disorder in the U.S., with associated costs estimated at
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Winning the War: How to Persuade Children to Eat More Veggies
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[Source: Science Daily]
Getting children to eat their vegetables might not be an endless battle if parents follow some research-based advice from a nutrition expert at Kansas State University.
Getting kids used to vegetables can start in the womb, said Richard Rosenkranz, associate professor of food, nutrition, dietetics and health.
Rosenkranz said research on pregnant rodents' eating habits and their offspring's taste preferences shows that children's tastes start being shaped while they are still in the womb. Studies also show that pregnant women who eat more foods with bitter polyphenolics, such as kale and Brussel sprouts, have children who are more receptive to them when they try them for the first time.
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Math Learned Best When Children Move
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Editor's Note: Yet More peer reviewed evidence that movement is essential for academic achievement.
[Source: Science Daily]
Children improve at math when instruction engages their own bodies. This is one of the findings from a recent study coming from the University of Copenhagen's Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports. The results also document that children require individualized learning strategies.
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Thinking about next school year? Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist needed in Glen Ellyn vicinity!
* Full time
* CF eligible
* Fluency in Spanish and English required
* PEL (Professional Educator's License) required
* Caseload specifics under review
Qualifications: Must hold appropriate Degree in Communications Sciences Disorders, or Speech Language Pathology; and a current state license (or be eligible for same).
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PediaStaff has an immediate opening for a Special Education Teacher in a Behavior Classroom ( 6th-8th grade) self contained starting ASAP through May 25th, 2017.
* You'll work with 11 students, and have 2 paraprofessionals in the classroom
* Immediate opening, start right away
* Potential for follow-on assignment in SY 17/18 (preference given to current employees)
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Excellent contract School Psychologist opportunity for this 2016/17 school year in a place known for excellent schools and a strong community spirit. With miles of waterfront, large farms, and wild swamps, Camden County offers a paradise for both the hunter and fisherman along with the birder and animal photographer.
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Editor's Note:
Love this idea!
Seems to me that this or a similar idea could be adapted for ANY sort of classroom or even one on one therapy session! What other personalized greeting or interactive "thing" could YOU come up with to help engage and excite your students?
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Watch this Video on our Blog and Be Inspired to Engage Your Students
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Sensory Activity of the Week: Shaving Cream Tracks
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[Source: Your Therapy Source]
Shaving Cream Tracks is a fun activity to set up that encourages fine motor skills, tactile input and crossing midline. You will need plates, toy cars and shaving cream for this activity. This idea is from Therapeutic Play Activities for Children.
Place the plates in front of the child or one large tray. Squirt shaving cream on each tray. Put a toy car in the shaving cream. Demonstrate driving one toy car in the shaving cream leaving tracks.
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Stuffed Hearts Fine Motor Skills Craft
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[Source: School Time Snippets]
Hubby usually does the grocery shopping around here- I think it is because I spend too much money, but that is a story for another day. On his last trip, I requested he ask for some paper bags at the check out line.
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[Source: Omazing Kids]
Most of the patients that I see have Autism or other special needs that make emotional self regulation challenging for them. It's the main reason that I sought out training in kids yoga several years ago and why I am always looking for additional tools in this area. When kids are experiencing either extreme of
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Autism Corner:
For Those With Autism, Fixations Can Be Beneficial
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[Source: Occupational Therapy in Mental Health via Disability Scoop]
Abstract
This descriptive study examined the role that preferred interests played in an adult population with autism spectrum disorders-how preferred interests are viewed retrospectively during childhood, as well as how adults on the spectrum have incorporated these interests into their current lives. Results showed that participants have a positive view of preferred interests, view preferred interests as a way to mitigate anxiety, and engage in vocational and avocational pursuits around their preferred interests.
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School Nurse Corner:
Why Did Evan Stop Growing? A Crohn's Disease Story
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[Source: The Washington Post]
Why is he so tired, Jackie Mann wondered, not for the first time, as Evan, the middle of her three children, wandered off to his bedroom to take an after-school nap.
Small for his age, the 12-year-old seemed to fall asleep easily and anywhere: in the car on the way to soccer or gymnastics, on the afternoons he came straight home from school, while doing his homework and, once, while waiting to see the pediatrician.
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SLP Corner:
Literacy and Children with Down Syndrome: Strategies for Home
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[Source: Gravity Bread]
As a speech language pathologist that works with children and adults with Down Syndrome, I wanted to take a look at some research about how literacy is affected in this population. I also wanted to find some valuable and evidenced based information to share with the families that I work with to help their children develop more advanced literacy skills.
I found an interesting article titled The Development of literacy skills with Down Syndrome: Implications for Intervention (April, 2008) by Margaret J Snowling, Hannah N Nash and Lisa M Henderson.
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OT Corner:
Teaching Kids How to Use Glue
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[Source: The Inspired Treehouse]
If you've worked with or lived with young kids, you're familiar with this scene...
You find a new craft on Pinterest that you know your little ones will love. You head to the craft store, gather up the supplies, and round everybody up at the kitchen table to get started.
Everyone is enjoying themselves - cutting, coloring, painting. And then, it's time for the glue. "It's ok," you think. "This time, I'm just going to let it go. If she makes a huge mess...no big deal. I'm not going to freak out."
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PT Corner:
Why Crossing Midline is Important for Development
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Editor's Note: This article is directed at parents and is a great article for sharing.
[Source: North Shore Pediatric]
As babies grow and develop certain milestones are often celebrated, such as rolling, sitting, crawling, and walking. As a pediatric occupational therapist, one of the milestones I always celebrate might not be visible to the untrained eye. Crossing midline, defined as the ability to reach across the body's invisible midline with your arms or legs to perform tasks on the opposite side of the body, is a required skill for many higher level coordination activities.
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