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October 12, 2018
Issue 40 , Volume 11
It's All About the Choices!
Greetings and Happy Friday
Please enjoy our weekly newsletter!
News Items:
- Teen Cannabis Use Linked to Impaired Cognitive Development
- Autism Prognosis: Parental Genes 'Incredibly Useful'
- Study: Specialized Teacher Training Yields More Success For Kids With ASD
- Sexual Abuse as a Child Changes the Body's Biochemical Response to Stress
- New Screening Tool Improves Outcomes for Kids with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Brain Circuits for Successful Emotional Development Established During Infancy
PediaStaff News and Hot Jobs
- Hot, New Job! Pediatric Occupational Therapist - Coeur d'Alene, ID
- Hot, New Job! School Based ASL Interpreter - Portsmouth, VA
- Hot, New Job! Pediatric Physical Therapist - San Clemente, CA
Therapy Activities, Tips and Resources
- Monster Fine Motor Game
- Maple Syrup Play Dough Recipe
- Halloween Shaving Cream Sensory
- Orange Pumpkin Book-Revised; Get Ready for Halloween!
Articles and Special Features
- SLP Corner: The Couple Who Helped Decode Dyslexia
- OT Corner: Interview with Lindsey Biel, Author of Raising a Sensory Smart Child
- Pediatric Therapy Corner: How to Start A Blog as a Rehabilitation Professional
- PT Corner: Working On Balance Reactions
- School Psych Corner: Friendship Barriers and Solutions for Kids with ADHD
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Teen Cannabis Use Linked to Impaired Cognitive Development
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[Source: Psych Central]
A new study shows that the lasting effects of adolescent cannabis use can be observed on important cognitive functions and appear to be more pronounced than those observed for alcohol.
Beyond acute intoxicating effects, alcohol and cannabis misuse has been associated with impairments in learning, memory,
attention and decision-making, as well as with lower academic performance.
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Autism Prognosis: Parental Genes 'Incredibly Useful'
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[Source: Medical News Today]
While one main risk gene may make an individual susceptible to autism or another neurodevelopmental disorder, it is the whole collection of associated changes in their DNA that decides whether they develop it and how severe it becomes.
This was the conclusion that researchers arrived at after analyzing developmental, cognitive, and genome sequencing data of hundreds of people with known risk genes together with that of their parents and siblings.
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Specialized Teacher Training Yields More Success For Kids With ASD
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[Source: Disability Scoop]
Training public school teachers specifically to work with students who have autism makes a big difference, new research suggests, helping kids on the spectrum excel in mainstream classes.
A new study looking at elementary schools in districts across the country finds that providing teachers with just a little bit of extra knowledge about how to work with children with the developmental disorder can yield significant results.
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Sexual Abuse as a Child Changes the Body's Biochemical Response to Stress
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[Source: Medical X-Press]
]Anxious depression, often resulting from childhood trauma, causes body changes which mean that standard depression treatments are often ineffective, according to new research presented at the ECNP in Barcelona.
Major depressive disorder (MDD) affects up to 20 percent of Europeans, and around half of these people have "anxious depression" (psychological anxiety like high levels of anxiety and nervousness, plus somatic anxiety, such as gastrointestinal symptoms); which
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New Screening Tool Improves Outcomes for Kids with FASD
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[Source: Medical X-Press]
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) has often been called the 'invisible disability' due to its high rate of non- or misdiagnosis among children. Now, a new screening tool being developed by the University of South Australia will enable earlier detection and much needed support for thousands of families affected by this condition.
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Its playtime, all the time! The Coeur d'Alene area is surrounded by more than 55 lakes within easy driving distance. Come join a therapist-owned multidisciplinary private practice specializing in the evaluation and treatment of children from birth through adolescence. PediaStaff is looking for a full-time pediatric Occupational Therapist.
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Enjoy a waterfront community and a little bit of "old school" for your next assignment! Great opportunity for an American Sign Language Interpreter in the Portsmouth, VA area this coming 2018/19 School Year. This old Virginia seaport city thrives on its rejuvenation, inviting people from all over the world to call it home. Portsmouth's center holds the largest collection of antique homes between Alexandria, Virginia, and Charleston, South Carolina, plus a bundle of early 20th-century buildings that either has been restored or are in the process of being renovated.
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We are hiring in San Clemente, "The Spanish City by the Sea" in Orange County, California. We're in search of a Pediatric Physical Therapist for this family-centered private practice with two locations.
* Full-time Pediatric Physical Therapist needed for pediatric clinic
* Clinic hours are 8:00 a.m. until 6:30 and offers a flexible schedule
* 2-years experience preferred but new grads with prior pediatric fieldwork are welcome to apply.
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Monster Fine Motor Game
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[Source: Your Therapy Source]
It's MONSTER TIME! Halloween is at the end of this month and monsters are a fun way to incorporate the theme into fine motor practice. This monster fine motor game requires fine motor skills to fill in the adorable green monster and you can download it for FREE. Plus, you can watch a video of the game in action.
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Maple Syrup Play Dough Recipe
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Make some maple syrup play dough for Autumn play and learning, this amazingly easy, sweet-smelling recipe! No-cook, easy prep and wonderfully scented, this play dough is wonderful for sensory play for all ages!
Having already made almost every single play dough recipe and variation of play dough theme known to mankind, I was just going to remake an old favourite for the kids this week. But THEN I was looking in the cupboard and spotted the maple syrup and my mind started ticking!
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Halloween Shaving Cream Sensory
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[Source: Hands on As We Grow]
I love a good sensory activity! Halloween is a great time of year to get a little messy, too.
This fun Halloween shaving cream sensory activity is the perfect combo of messy fun and holiday spirit!
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Orange Pumpkin Book-Revised; Get Ready for Halloween!
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[Source: Chapel Hill Snippets]
Back in 2012, I found an awsome Hallowee book on Tarheel Reader, and after adding interactive icons, put it up on my blog. It has been a huge hit, and when I was working in the schools, my students read it year after year. Today, I decided to actually look at the book and my blog entry. I still liked it, but when I took a look at the photo credits on Tarheel Reader, I found that some of the photographers had changed their usage rights,
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SLP Corner:
The Couple Who Helped Decode Dyslexia
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[Source: New York Times]
By now, Sally and Bennett Shaywitz might have retired to a life of grandchild-doting and Mediterranean-cruising.
Instead, the Shaywitzes - experts in dyslexia at Yale who have been married to each other for 55 years - remain as focused as ever on a research endeavor they began 35 years ago.
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OT Corner:
Interview with Lindsey Biel, Author of Raising a Sensory Smart Child
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Editor's Note: Congratulations to friend of PediaStaff, Lindsey Biel on the publication of the Revised and Updated Edition of Raising a Sensory Smart Child! Here is a podcast interview with Lindsey that recently aired on Atomic Moms.
[Source: Atomic Moms]
Pediatric occupational therapist Lindsey Biel, M.A. OTR/L shares how parents can build their 'sensory smarts' and identify our children's sensory needs. We're talking about self-regulation, early signs of sensory processing differences, why we should all get dancing in the kitchen, and how to get through hairwashing with fewer tears. We also talk about creative ways to help our kids release all that pent up energy. Wanna go for a monster walk, anyone? (We'll explain).
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PTC:
How to Start A Blog as a Rehabilitation Professional
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[Source: Pink Oatmeal]
I have several questions that land in my inbox on a daily basis. One of the big ones I've been getting lately is how did you start your blog? Can you give me some tips on how to start mine? How did you do it with kids? How much time does it take? Since this seems to be a common theme lately, I figured now is the time to share how you can get started.
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PT Corner:
Working On Balance Reactions
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[Source: Starfish Therapies]
I was walking around the clinic yesterday and noticed a therapist getting a child to stand in a bucket. I of course had to stop and see what they were doing because I was intrigued. I had all sorts of ideas in my own mind as to why they were doing this but I wanted to see what was happening in reality, not just in my imagination!
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School Psych Corner:
Friendship Barriers & Solutions for Kids w/ADHD
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[Source: Psychology Today]
Helping children with ADHD learn to get along better with their peers is very difficult. Research shows that medication and reward systems can cut down on their inappropriate behavior, but these changes don't necessarily lead to greater peer acceptance or making friends.
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