March 3, 2017
Issue 8, Volume 10
It's All About the Choices!     
          
Greetings and Happy Friday
Please enjoy our weekly newsletter.
 
News Items:
  • Pediatricians Revise Guidelines for Teen Victims of Sexual Assault
  • Study Proposes New Theory For Evolution of the "Lullabye"
  • Supreme Court Sides With Family In Service Dog Case
  • ADVOCACY ALERT - Tell the US Senate - DO NOT Overturn ESSA Regulations
  • Horse Riding Can Improve Children's Cognitive Abiliity
  • Exercise and Working Memory in School Children
PediaStaff News and Hot Jobs 
  • Hot Job: Pediatric Home Health OT - Tyler, TX
  • Hot Job: Pediatric Home Health COTA - San Antonio, TX
  • Hot Job: Pediatric SLP - Eugene, OR
Therapy Activities, Tips and Resources
  • Why We Do What We Do!  Celebrating Dr. Seuss Week in the Community!
  • Cut, Sequence, Paste and Draw Butterfly
  • Game Review: IQ Steps
  • St. Patrick's Day Freebie -  Looks Like Language
Articles and Special Features 
  • SLP Corner: Teaching Body Parts for Language Development
  • Sensory Corner: Sensory Smart Self-Care
  • School Psych Corner: CEN, A Surprising, Hidden Cause of Depression
  • Autism Corner: How to Help Your Student with ASD Tell You About Their Day
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Heidi Kay and the PediaStaff Team
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Pediatricians Revise Guidelines for Teen Victims of Sexual Assault
[Source: Medical X-Press]
 
Pediatricians should be comfortable with treating and screening for sexual assault-and they should know where to send their teenage patients for any additional help they might need.
 
Those are some of the major points in updated recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on helping teens who've been sexually victimized.
 
The last time the group published guidelines on the issue was 2008. Since then, the problem of sexual assault-particularly on college campuses-has gained more public attention, explained Dr. Elizabeth Alderman, lead author of the new recommendations.
 
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Study Proposes New Theory For Evolution of the "Lullabye"
[Source:  Science Daily]
 
These days, it's a territory mostly dominated by the likes of Raffi and the Wiggles, but there's new evidence that lullabies, play songs, and other music for babies and toddlers may have some deep evolutionary roots.
 
A new theory paper, co-authored by Graduate School of Education doctoral student Samuel Mehr and Assistant Professor of Psychology Max Krasnow, proposes that infant-directed song evolved as a way for parents to signal to children that their needs are being met, while still freeing up parents to perform other tasks, like foraging for food, or caring for other offspring. Infant-directed song might later have 

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Supreme Court Sides With Family In Service Dog Case
[Source: Disability Scoop]

Wonder the goldendoodle will get another shot in court.
 
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously ruled that the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals should reconsider whether Ehlena Fry and her family can sue a Michigan school district for its decision years ago to tell Ehlena, who has cerebral palsy, that she couldn't bring her service dog to school.

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Exercise and Working Memory in School Children
[Source: Your Therapy Source]

Pediatric Exercise Science  published research examining the role of exercise on the cognitive development in children including working memory (WM)  and inattentiveness in a large sample of 2897 schoolchildren (7-10 years old).  Data was collected using the n-back task (2- and 3-back), the attentional network task (ANT) and parent questionnaire with information about the extracurricular exercise of their child and commuting to school.

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[Source:  Council for Exceptional Children]
 
YOUR URGENT ADVOCACY IS NEEDED.  Please call both of your Senators, ASAP.

The US House of Representatives recently voted to overturn the U.S. Department of Education's regulation implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act's (ESSA) core requirement that schools be held accountable for the performance of historically marginalized students, including students with disabilities. Congress has never before voted to overturn an education regulation. The U.S. Department of Education issued this regulation after the public, including both educators and students and their families, filed over 21,000 comments. The U.S. Senate will vote soon on whether to follow the House and overturn the regulation. We ask you to write your Senators today to vote "no" and protect all students and particularly those with disabilities.

Horse Riding Can Improve Children's Cognitive Ability
[Source: Medical X-Press]
 
Recent research published in Frontiers in Public Health shows that the effects of vibrations produced by horses during horse-riding lead to the activation of the sympathetic nervous system, which improves learning in children.
 
"We wanted to look into these effects because previous studies have demonstrated the benefits of horseback riding with respect to enhancing physical health and the mental effects, but few studies have addressed the effects of horseback riding on children and the mechanisms underlying how riding 

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Hot Job: Pediatric Home Health OT - Tyler, TX

Are you looking for an established home health agency to call home?  This pediatric home health agency has been providing quality pediatric home health care since 2003. They seek a full time occupational therapist to join their team in Tyler, TX. Caseload includes children birth to 21 with the majority of the caseload ranging in ages from 3-7.  This could turn into a lead role if you have enough experience.

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Great new opportunity for motivated Occupational Therapist in San Antonio, Texas!
 
*  Pediatric Home Health company looking for a full time Occupational Therapist.
*  Small home health family owned organization experiencing growth throughout San Antonio
*  You'll help kids in the following areas: Self-Care, fine motor control, handwriting, gross motor, executive functioning, peer interaction, sensory processing and more
*  Caseloads available in several areas of San Antonio and surround areas

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We are searching for a speech therapist for a pediatric outpatient clinic practice located in Eugene, OR. 

This clinic provides children and families with holistic, direct therapy services that improve their quality of life.
 
* Observe and evaluate children to determine current level of ability or deficiency
* Plan and implement treatment according to the Plan of Care.
* Document accurate daily notes, evaluation and progress reports and accurate codes for billing insurance companies
* Adhere to established rules, regulation and laws
* Work cooperatively with families and fellow staff members

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Why We Do What We Do:  Dr. Seuss Week in the Community!
It's Dr. Seuss's Birthday and Read Across America Week!
 
This morning, Bess Robbins of our PediaStaff Career Center made a classroom visit to the children of the King Early Childhood Education Center at Tupelo Public Schools.
 
She read Ten Apples Up on Top, to these adorable four and five year-olds.  
 
Attaway, Bess!  I am certain the kids just loved it!   That books is one of my favorites for sure!

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Cut, Sequence, Paste and Draw Butterfly
[Source:  Your Therapy Source]
 
Here is a freebie from the latest download - Cut, Sequence, Paste and Draw Bugs and Butterflies.   It is perfect for Spring time which is right around the corner.   This activity encourages: scissor practice, fine motor skills, sequencing and visual motor skills.
 
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Game Review: IQ Steps
[The Playful Otter]
 
Work on visual discrimination, visual closure, figure ground, visual form constancy, spatial relations, executive functions, manual dexterity, in-hand manipulation, frustration tolerance, process skills, play and leisure exploration and participation
  
In the box: Plastic playing board/carrying case, puzzle booklet with 120 challenges, 8 plastic pieces
 
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St. Patrick's Day Freebie -   Looks Like Language
[Source:  Classroom Freebies]
 
Open ended game sets are a great activity to keep around for your therapy room or classroom! If you laminate them, you can use the game cards from year to year!

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SLP Corner: Teaching Body Parts for Language Development
[Source:  Crazy Speech World]
 
Every new class of preschool students brings new vocabulary that we need to teach, and this year I have had a lot of kids who are working on identifying and labeling body parts.  I have been trying to find many different ways to incorporate these goals into various kinds of activities to engage my friends with the short attention spans   SO, I'm bringing you a list of some of my favorite activities and games that have helped me to accomplish these goals...hello, mastery!


Sensory Corner: Sensory Smart Self-Care
[Source:  Sensory Smarts.com]

by Lindsey Biel, MA, OTR/L

When it comes to self-care tasks, as with everything sensory, you'll need to analyze the underlying sensory challenges, determine what can and needs to be changed, and increase the ability to handle a wide variety of experiences. Self-care tasks such as brushing teeth, washing 


School Psych Corner: CEN, A Surprising, Hidden Cause of Depression
[Source: Psych Central Blogs]
 
by Jonice Webb, PhD
 
Until unexpectedly their job changes, or their child has a significant problem, or someone they love moves away or passes away. Maybe it's a problem in their marriage, or a rejection or a hurtful action directed at them, but something happens to throw them off their game.
But they are intelligent and competent and likable, and so they do okay. They put one foot in front of the other, and take life step by step; doing what is expected, and providing what is needed, with no idea that they're more vulnerable to life's challenges than other people are.

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Autism Corner: How to Help Your Student with ASD Tell You About Their Day
[Source: Autism Classroom]
 
Ever asked one of your students about what they did at home last weekend and got a blank stare? Ever asked your own child with ASD about what happened at school? More interestingly, have you ever gotten an answer to those questions but then not been sure if it was accurate? 

Even our highly verbal kids have a hard time communicating about experiences.  That include telling you about their trip to Disney, a fight they had with someone, or a field trip they took.  Or it could be as simple as talking about what they had 

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