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July, 31, 2020
Issue 30, Volume 13
It's All About the Choices!
Greetings and Happy Friday
Please enjoy our weekly newsletter! Like the rest of America we at PediaStaff are navigating the "new normal". Our newsletter will continue to feature home-based activities,and COVID-19 related information as it pertains to pediatric therapy that you need to stay on top of things in this new normal.
News Items:
- Special Educators Consider How To Make Up For Lost Time
- School Districts Need Better Information to Help Improve Access for People with Disabilities
- Mouse Study IDs Potential Brain Mechanism Behind Autism Traits
- High School Concussions Linked to Myriad of Cognitive, Behavioral Issues
- Betsy DeVos Backtracks on Remote Learning Options She Had Championed
- Stability Balls in the Classroom: Do They Really Help?
PediaStaff News and Hot Jobs:
- Hot, New Job! School-Based SLP - Green Bay, WI
- Hot, New Job! School-Based Physical Therapist - Rockford, IL
- Hot, New Job! Pediatric Home Health SLP - Mineral Wells, TX
Therapy Activities and Resources:
- July is National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month.
- Simon Says Fitness Game
- High Wire! Socially Distanced Game for the Classroom
- Socially Distant Kindness Activities
- Wash Your Hands With Peppa Pig
- My Hero is You: Storybook for Children on COVID-19
Articles for Clinicians and Educators
- OT Corner: Keyboarding and Occupational Therapy
- SpEd/School Psych Corner: The Pandemic's Impact on Special Education Evaluations and SLD Identification
- SLP Corner: Four Early Intervention Teletherapy Activities
- School Nurse Corner: Not Just Face Masks & Hand Sanitizer, But Counseling and Care
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Heidi Kay and the PediaStaff Team
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SpEducators Consider How To Make Up For Lost Time
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Source: Disability Scoop]
Kelli Weaver found herself fumbling as she tried to apply teaching guides from her second-grade son's classroom to math and reading lessons at home. The effort would often end in meltdowns rather than learning.
Parker, an 8-year-old in a high-performing autism class at the Yakima School District's Gilbert Elementary School, was accustomed to a certain structure in his classroom. He didn't understand why he couldn't be in school suddenly when buildings statewide closed
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Districts Need Better Info to Improve Access for Students with Disabilities
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[Source: GAO]
Two-thirds of U.S. public school districts have schools with physical barriers that may limit access for people with disabilities, according to GAO's survey of district
officials.
Barriers, such as a lack of accessible door hardware and steep ramps, can make it challenging for students, teachers, and others with disabilities to use public school facilities (see fig.). In 55 schools across
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Mouse Study IDs Potential Brain Mechanism Behind Autism Traits
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[Source: Psych Central]
A new study has identified brain circuitry that plays a key role in the dysfunctional social, repetitive, and inflexible behavioral differences that characterize autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
The findings, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, could lead to new treatments for people with ASD.
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High School Concussions Linked to Myriad of Cognitive & Behavioral Issues
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[Source: Psych Central]
A new study shows that concussions in young people can lead to various long-term cognitive, behavioral, and emotional health consequences.
A concussion is the most common form of traumatic brain injury, caused by a mild blow to the head. Common symptoms include a headache, ringing in the ears, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, drowsiness, and blurry vision.
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Betsy DeVos Backtracks on Remote Learning Options She Had Championed
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[Source: Education Week]
Has Education Secretary Betsy DeVos cooled on remote learning?
DeVos has recently called for school buildings across the country to fully reopen, threatened to find ways to withhold funding from schools that stick with full-time remote learning, and derided the Fairfax County district in Virginia for its plan to combine in-person and virtual instruction.
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Stability Balls in the Classroom: Do They
Really Help?
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[Source: Your Therapy Source] :
Flexible seating in classrooms is becoming more and more popular to encourage improve posture, attention and behavior. It also allows for increased movement through the school day and student choice.
Stability balls in the classroom are one of the most common choices. Recent research was conducted to help determine using stability balls in the classroom actually help the students.
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New opportunity for an SLP-CCC or SLP-CFY to join a team oriented district north of Green Bay, WI for the 20-21 school year!
*You'll work with mostly elementary aged students, grades 1-4 in two buildings
*You'll also see some kids in the high school
*Total caseload is about 40 students in a combination of consult, direct services and some speech only case management
*You'll work alongside a paraprofessional that will assist you with delivery services
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Are you a licensed Physical Therapist that would like to work an LOA (leave of absence) position in a school for about three months this Fall in the vicinity of Rockford, IL? We need a great therapist to work with a pediatric population ranging from Early Childhood to High School ages. So, if you are a licensed Physical Therapist looking for a short term full-time position, apply today!
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Are you a Speech-Language Pathologist looking to work with a pediatric population? We are in need of SLP's to work High PRN with a thriving pediatric home health care company in the Mineral Wells area of Texas. If you are seeking a great new Speech Therapist position, please apply today!
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July is Nat'l Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month
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[Source: NCCAPM]
Every year in the United States, about 7,000 babies (or 1 out of every 600) are born with a cleft lip and/or a cleft palate. These are two of the most common birth defects found in the US.
A cleft lip occurs when the lip does not completely form, leaving an opening in the lip. The opening can range from a small notch to a large opening from the lip up through the nose. A cleft palate occurs when the roof of the mouth (palate) does not completely close,
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Easy at Home
Simon Says
Fitness Game
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[Source: Dr. Patricia]
When it comes to exercising, there are many popular games that we can turn into a fun fitness activity.
Simon Says is a classic game that kids have been playing for a very long time. It is a perfect game to play with three or more people, and it can last a very long time depending on how you play it!
By using the photo for reference, you can get kids to do many different fitness exercises. Have fun with it, and don't be afraid to do multiple rounds of the game!
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High Wire! Socially Distanced Game for the Classroom
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Source: Asphalt Green]
Players: 2+
Time: 10 minutes+
Where: Auditorium, cafeteria, classroom, gymnasium, hallway, library, playground
Equipment: Tape
How to Play: Players line up and stand 6 feet away from each other.
Players imagine they are in the circus on the high wire (line of tape)!
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Socially Distant
Kindness Activities
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[Coffee and Carpool]
The other day, my kids were complaining they missed their friends. Of course, they miss their friends.
We're on week 8 of social distancing (with no end in sight)... we're home with very little interaction with the outside world.
No playdates. No sleepovers. No recess at school. Sure our kids can see each other on Zoom calls and chat during Fortnight games (ugh) and can wave as we walk past their friends' houses, but they wanted to connect more.
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Wash Your Hands With Peppa Pig
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As part of ongoing collaborations with children's entertainment and education platforms, the World Health Organization (WHO) partnered with preschool animated television series Peppa Pig to launch the "Wash Wash Wash Your Hands" sing-along video.
Peppa and her friends show the fun in safe hand hygiene by encouraging children and families to wash their hands for 40-seconds.
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My Hero is You: Storybook for Children on COVID-19
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[Source: Interagency Standing Committee]
My Hero is You is a book written for children around the world affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. It is intended to be read to children aged 6-11 years, by a parent, caregiver or teacher.
Feedback from more than 1700 children, parents, caregivers and teachers from around the world about how they were coping with the COVID-19 pandemic was taken into consideration during the development process.
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OT Corner:
Keyboarding and
Occupational Therapy
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[Source: Your Therapy Source]
As our schools become more and more technology based with 1:1 devices, keyboarding has become an even more important skill for ALL students to master and this skill is sometimes addressed in occupational therapy. When students struggle with handwriting such as decreased legibility or slow writing speed,
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SpEd/School Psych Corner:
COVID-19's Impact on SpEd Evaluations & SLD ID
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[Source NASP]
School psychologists spend almost 60% of their time assessing and serving students with special needs (Benson et al., 2019), which does not stop in the face of a global pandemic.
Thus, it is likely that the single issue about which school psychologists are most concerned is
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SLP Corner: Four Early Intervention Teletherapy Activities
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[Source: Lessons in Speech with Nanette]
Early Intervention services are appropriate for children from birth until their third birthday. This service delivery model is rooted in training parents to work on developmental goals from speech to physical motor skills during everyday play routines. My experience has taught me that the more practice a child has of any target, the quicker you will witness developmental gains and progress.
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School Nurse Corner: Not Just Face Masks & Hand Sanitizer, But Counseling and Care
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[Source: School Based Health Care Alliance]
While school district leaders across the country urgently seek protective gear and cleaning supplies, redesign classrooms and bus schedules to enable social distancing, and take other preventative safety measures, they must also place an equally high priority on protecting the mental, emotional, and social health of students-an issue often overlooked in the current debate about school re-openings.
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