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December 29, 2017
It's All About the Choices!
Greetings and Happy Friday
Please enjoy our abbreviated, holiday week newsletter! Happy New Year, everyone!
News Items:
- Parent Training Can Improve Behavior, Social Skills for Kids with ADHD
- Boys Read Better When There Are More Girls in Class
- Motor Overflow in Preschool Children
- Young Man With Autism Finds His Calling in Dog Shows and Art
- New Analysis Finds Long-Lasting Benefits to Early-Childhood Education
PediaStaff News and Hot Jobs
- Hot, New Job: Pediatric Outpatient SLP - Houston, TX
- Hot, New Job: School-Based Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst - CT
Therapy Activities, Tips and Resources
- Paper Plate Noise Maker for New Year's
- Q-Tip Painted Snowflakes
- 30+ Free Wintery Resources for Speech and Language Therapy
Articles and Special Features
- Pediatric Therapy Corner: When Students' Trauma Weighs You Down
- SLP Corner: Language Development in Children with Down Syndrome
- OT Corner: The Essential Professional Triad: Passion, Nurturance, and Advocacy
- PT Corner: What Contributes To Your Child's Balance?
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Parent Training Can Improve Behavior, Social Skills for Kids w/ADHD
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[Source: Psych Central]
New research finds a program that focuses on strengthening parenting skills improves symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in three to eight year-olds.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill investigators performed a rigorous review of the "Incredible Years® Basic Parent Program," a training tool designed for parents of high-risk children and those who display behavioral problems.
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Boys Read Better When There Are More Girls in Class
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[Source: Education Week - Inside School Research]
Having more girl classmates may help boys and girls alike boost their reading skills, according to a new study in the Journal of School Effectiveness and School Improvement.
Using data from the 2009 Program for International Student Assessment, a benchmarking test of 15-year-olds in 33 countries, the researchers looked at how school resources and social characteristics affected boys' and girls' reading performance. In each school, the researchers analyzed the concentration of poverty, the percentage of teachers with a college degree, and the proportion of girls to boys.
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Motor Overflow in Preschool Children
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[Source: Your Therapy Source]
When observing preschoolers complete complex motor tasks, you may observe an increase in motor activation displayed as extraneous movements in body parts not actively involved in the current task. These extraneous movements are sometimes called motor overflow, mirror movements or associated movements.
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Study Finds Long-Lasting Benefits to Early-Childhood Education
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[Source: Education Week]
High-quality early-childhood programs boost graduation rates, reduce grade retention and cut down on special education placements, according to a new analysis of several other early-education research studies that adds fresh fuel to long-running policy debates about the effectiveness of pre-K.
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"I'd love to work in a team atmosphere with pediatric therapists in an outpatient setting.
I'd love the flexibility to create my own schedule.
I want an atmosphere where I can grow as a therapist and have a management team that fosters my desire to learn."
Do any of these statements ring true for you?
We have an immediate need for a full time Speech-Language Pathologist to work with a diverse group of children who are challenged primarily with neuro-developmental work on receptive
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We're hiring a BCaBA to work for the balance of the school year in a full time position
* Great location north of Manchester
* You'll work with six Elementary School students
* Full time, 35 hours a week
* Would you like a job with good pay and potential for long term employment?
* This is a contract position that may convert to a school district employee for next school year
* Do you love helping children and seeing real progress?
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Paper Plate Noise Maker for New Year's
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Editor's Note: New Year's Eve is over, but the kids just got back! Here is a fun activity to help them ring in the new year in school!
[Source: Kix Cereal]
Shake things up at celebrations with a fun, easy paper plate noisemaker you can personalize for the occasion! Whether it's a family gathering (complete with all-generation dance party) or the New Year's countdown, these inexpensive party favors are great for keeping little ones busy before and at the big event.
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Q-Tip Painted Snowflakes
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[Source: No Time for Flashcards]
This is a simple winter craft that I have planned for my class of two and three year olds. I often test out my lesson plans on my 4 year old and today when she asked what I was going to do with my class I told her we were going to make Q-tip painted snowflake crafts and she asked if she could make one too. Of course! Since she is older she glued her paper strips down herself and if you are going to do this activity one on one with a toddler I would encourage them to do it too. For my class I glued them down and they will focus on painting.
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30+ Free Wintery Resources for Speech and Language Therapy
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Editor's Note: Diana over at the Budget SLP seriously outdid herself with this compilation of New Year's and Winter Themed Activities for Speech and Language! Please go straight to this link for a motherlode of great resources!
[Source: The Budget SLP]
If you are looking for something to do on those first few days back, check out these New Year's Day activities.
- Fun Facts for New Year's Day (aka I Mustache You to Recall Details for New Year's Day) is a FREE packet, made by The Thrifty SLP, to get her older students back into
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Pediatric Therapy Corner:
When Students' Trauma Weighs You Down
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[Source: Edutopia]
Alysia Ferguson Garcia remembers the day two years ago that ended in her making a call to Child Protective Services. One of her students walked into drama class with what Garcia thought of as a "bad attitude" and refused to participate in a script reading.
"I don't care if you've had a bad day," Garcia remembers saying in frustration. "You still have to do some work."
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SLP Corner:
Language Development in Kids with Down Syndrome
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{Source: North Shore Pediatric Therapy]
Language development for children diagnosed with Down Syndrome can be challenging and confusing. Factors such as cognitive and motor delays, hearing loss and visual problems can interfere with language acquisition. It's important that a child's caregivers provide a variety of opportunities to increase language development.
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PT Corner:
What Contributes To Your Child's Balance?
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[Source: Starfish Therapies]
There are three main components that make up a person's balance. These include: vision, somatosensation, and our vestibular system. These components need to work seamlessly together in order to allow both adults and children to maintain their balance in all different environments and scenarios.
Vision is pretty simple: what you're able to see with your eyes allows you to keep your balance. You may notice that your young child needs to look down more frequently, especially in newer
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OT Corner:
The Essential Professional Triad
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Editor's Note: We first published this article in 2012 for Occupational Therapy Month. It's definitely worth repeating any time of year!
by Angela Hissong, DEd, OTR/L,CMCP
The celebration of April is Occupational Month has been a constant in my life since 1987; the year occupational therapy became my official career path. This article will encourage occupational therapy practitioners to pause and take a moment to ponder their OT Core Story. This encompasses how passion, nurturance, and advocacy fit into their journey within the occupational therapy. From the first day occupational therapy found me, I have had a passion for the philosophy of engaging others in meaningful occupational to
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