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April 17, 2020
Issue 15, Volume 13
It's All About the Choices!
Greetings and Happy Friday
Please enjoy our weekly newsletter coming to you from quarantine! We have retooled it in order to provide all the home-based activities, and COVID-19 related information you need to stay on top of things in this strange time.
News Items:
- Ask Congress for IDEA Funding in Next COVID-19 Stimulus
- Parents of Disabled Students Act as Teachers, Therapists
- The Disparities in Remote Learning Under Coronavirus (in Charts)
- New Website Offers Tips for Teachers About Virtual Special Education
- DeVos Could Recommend Waiving IDEA Protections
- Educators Get Creative To Serve Students With Disabilities
- In Research and Other News
PediaStaff News and Hot Jobs -- WE ARE HIRING NOW!
PediaStaff is interviewing now!. For 14 years, our trusted clients have looked to PediaStaff to help them serve special needs children. When schools, clinics and EI providers reopen, they will rely on us more than ever to get services kick-started.
With that in mind, please consider the following (anticipated) opening we are currently looking to fill with a quality therapist like you:
- Hot, New Job! Deaf and Hard of Hearing Special Education Teacher - Alaska
- Hot, New Job! Pediatric Outpatient SLP - Crossville, TN
- Hot, New Job! School Psychologist - Buckley, WA
Stay-at-Home Therapy Activities and Resources
- FREE Web Conference: Teletherapy Bootcamp Presented by CSHA
- For Parents: The NCLD's Parent's Guide to Virtual Learning
- Speech Therapy at Home! Mr. Potato Head
- Free Subscriptions to TpT School Access for Affected Schools in the U.S.
- Sensory Play: At Home! Shaving Cream Tracks
- Six Age-Appropriate Books and Resources for Teaching Kids about COVID-19
Articles for School-Based/Pediatric Clinicians and Special Educators
- Special Ed Corner: How to Serve Students with Disabilities During the COVID-19 Crisis
- SLP Corner: Social Skills Projects for Home
- Opinion: COVID-19 Crisis Is an Opportunity to Flip the Script on Special Education
- PT Corner: At Home Activity Round Up
- For All: Dear Students, Colleagues and Friends Save
- Issue Number Four! Teaching & Therapy Resources for Homebound Families
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Have a great weekend and Take Care!
Heidi Kay and the PediaStaff Team
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Ask Congress for IDEA Funding in Next COVID-19 Stimulus
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Ensure Future COVID-19 Legislation Recognizes the Needs of Audiologists, SLPs, and Those They Serve! Tell Congress that any future COVID-19 legislation should provide:
- an additional $12.8B in funding for IDEA;
- a solution to ensure that budget neutrality for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule does not result in reimbursement cuts to audiologists and SLPs in 2021 and beyond;
- permanent authority to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary to allow audiologists and SLPs to bill Medicare for telehealth services; and
- hazard pay for front line SLPs who work in settings such as hospitals and skilled nursing facilities
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Parents of Disabled Students Act as Teachers, Therapists
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[Source: Greenville News, via AP]
The hardest part of being out of school for Diquaris Johnson has been adjusting to a new routine. Routines are important to Di, a 16-year-old student at the Washington Center who has autism and a developmental disorder.
He's never liked change.
"He does so much better with schedules that are really tight, and it's just difficult," said Valerie Allen, Di's grandmother and caregiver. "His routine has been thrown off completely, and he doesn't understand why he's not going to school and seeing the people that he would normally see."
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The Disparities in Remote Learning Under Coronavirus (in Charts)
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[Source: Education Week]
The messy transition to remote learning in America's K-12 education system as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has been marked by glaring disparities among schools, according to nationally representative surveys of U.S. teachers and school district leaders administered by the EdWeek Research Center.
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New Website Offers Tips for Teachers About Virtual SpEd
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[Source: Ed Source]
Teachers can share ideas online for serving students with disabilities during the pandemic
To help teachers better serve special education students during the school closures, a coalition of more than 30 disability and education groups has created a digital one-stop shop of teaching resources.
Educating All Learners
includes specific guidance on how teachers can deliver lessons online to students in special education, which has been a challenge as schools transition to online learning during the coronavirus pandemic. Special education students include those with physical disabilities, emotional challenges and dyslexia.
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DeVos Could Recommend Waiving IDEA Protections
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[Source: Disability Scoop]
As schools remain closed due to COVID-19, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is weighing whether they should be temporarily freed of some of their special education obligations.
DeVos must decide in the coming weeks whether to recommend that Congress allow portions of special education law to be waived in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Educators Get Creative To Serve Students With Disabilities
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[Source: NPR]
Despite cranky computers, conflicting schedules, shaky Internet connections and stubborn software glitches, Danielle Kovach got her whole class together a few Fridays ago for a video chat.
Kovach teaches special education in Hopatcong, N.J., and this Friday class session was a celebration: They'd made it through the first few weeks of distance learning.
Throughout those weeks, she'd maintained her 8:30 a.m. morning meeting over the computer, she was adhering to each student's IEP, or Individualized Education Plan, and juggling new lessons with old routines, as she adapted to the coronavirus crisis. She was exhausted.
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In Research and Other News
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Editor's Note: Due to our current focus on Home Education/Therapy and COVID-19, please enjoy this summary page with links to other interesting research that we wanted to share!
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Hiring now for the 2020-21 School Year! Position available for a Special Education teacher with training and experience working with deaf and hard of hearing students. You'll work among a dedicated staff of faculty in a beautiful area of Alaska located about 45 minutes outside of Anchorage.
Position Description:
* You will implement appropriate individualized education plans for deaf education students as defined by the IEP Team.
* You will be an advocate for students with special needs, and provide quality services to eligible individuals based on current research and technology.
* You'll assist the Student Support Services Department in meeting audit and compliance standards, and promote positive attitudes about and toward Special Education.
Learn About / Apply for This Job on our Blog |
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This successful private practice is hiring a Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist to serve clients in Crossville.
* Full-time Position
* Pediatric outpatient clinic for ages Birth to 21
* Clinic hours are 8-5 or 9-6 Monday - Friday ... no weekends!
* Supportive management and team
* Great benefits include Medical, PTO, Paid Holidays, Continuing Education, 401k
To apply for this job a Speech-Language Pathologist will need a Masters or above and a current TN state license (or be eligible for same). CCC or 1+ years of therapy experience as an assistant.
Learn About / Apply for This Job on our Blog |
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Looking to work in a smaller town that is still close to Tacoma and Seattle? We need a wonderful School Psychologist (or two - bring a friend!) for the 2020-2021 school year to work in the Buckley area! The School Psychologist would be working at a couple of school sites and be joining a great team environment. We have a full-time opportunity for 37.5 hours a week.
Learn About / Apply for This Job on our Blog |
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FREE Web Conference:
Teletherapy Bootcamp Presented by CSHA
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[Source: Speech Therapy PD.com]
In collaboration with the California Speech Language Hearing Association, please learn all you need to know about Teletherapy in "Teletherapy Bootcamp!"
Teletherapy Bootcamp is a 7-hour web conference addressing all things Teletherapy for Speech-Language Pathologists - Early Intervention, Pediatric, School-Based and Adult Therapy.
This web conference is available for speech-language pathologists around the globe FREE OF CHARGE!
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For Parents:
The NCLD's Parent's Guide to Virtual Learning
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[Source: The National Center for Learning Disabilities]
COVID-19 has catapulted us all into a new reality: Workplaces are closed, social
distancing is the "new normal," and kitchen tables have replaced classrooms.
The sudden shift from in-person to online learning has not been easy for all
parents and kids. And for those who are entitled to (and depend upon) specialized
instructional services and supports to deal with disabilities, the transition is even
more complicated.
Read the Rest of this Article Through a Link on our Blog
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Speech Therapy at Home!
Mr. Potato Head
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He may seem like just an ordinary guy but Mr. Potato Head has a secret. He is the life of the party in so many clinics, homes and schools around the world. He has proven to be extremely useful so far as a valuable resource for speech and language intervention. Therefore he gains the title of "Resource of the Week!" I thought I'd share with you readers 4 different ways in which I used good old Mr. PH today in my therapy sessions.
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FREE Subscriptions:
to 'TpT School Access' For Affected U.S. Schools
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[Source: Teachers Pay Teachers]
Starting today, we're offering free subscriptions to TpT School Access for U.S. schools affected by coronavirus. TpT School Access is a school-wide subscription that gives teachers access to a library of more than 3 million teacher-created, teacher-tested educational resources.
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Toddler Sensory Play At Home:
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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Six Age-Appropriate Resources for Teaching Kids about COVID-19
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[Source: MindShift]
Schools are closed, teachers are adapting to distance learning, and many parents are juggling child care with remote work. Meanwhile, kids are at home navigating lots of news, as well as plenty of hoaxes, about the global pandemic that has radically altered their days. What do they need to know to understand current events without being overwhelmed?
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SpEd Corner: How to Serve Students with Disabilities During the COVID-19 Crisis
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[Source: NCLD.org]
During this unprecedented situation, two things are clear: students with disabilities still have their right to a free appropriate public education (FAPE), and educators and families must work together to ensure students with disabilities keep learning. It isn't easy, and there is still much to learn. But we must work together to do as much as we can for all students.
NCLD has compiled common questions, emerging best practices, and examples of how educators, schools, districts, and states can and should move forward during this challenging time without stepping back from IDEA or civil rights.
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SLP Corner: Social Skills Projects for Home
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[Source: Activity Tailor]
Don't get me wrong, I love nearly everything within my field that comes my way, but my true sweet spot is early language skills and social skills for children of any age. When it comes to working on social skills, I do a lot of super targeted lessons and explicit learning, but I also include long(er)-term or group projects whenever I can. Not only does this give us lots of real world practice in negotiating social skills in real-time, but they also address executive function skills-an area that many children, especially those struggling with social skills need help with.
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Opinion: COVID-19 Crisis Is an Opportunity to Flip the Script on SpEd
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[Source: The 74]
by Kathleen Callahan
As a former teacher and coach of children with special needs, as a sister to someone with Down syndrome, and as an education policy wonk, I am bewildered by our government's inadequate response to accommodating students with disabilities during COVID-19.
Read the Rest of this Article Through a Link on our Blog
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PT Corner: At Home Activity Round Up
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[Source: Starfish Therapies]
With so many schools cancelled we wanted to pull together some of our blog posts to give you some ideas of activities you can do with your little ones! I will try to give age ranges with the following codes, but check some of the activities out that may not be in the age range because it can often spark and idea or be modified (and I often try to share modifications in the posts).
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For All: Dear Students, Colleagues and Friends
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Editor's Note: We saw this post today and thought it was one of the best things we have read so far. Please follow Dr. Hammonds' Facebook page and share this post from her page with your students, and their parents/guardians and caregivers.
#InThisTogether
by Dr. Dominique Hamonds
Students, colleagues and friends:
-This is why it's been hard to focus.
-This is why it feels like it takes you twice as long to get things done.
-This is why you've been consumed with ensuring that you have the right "stuff" to sustain your physiological needs.
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Issue Number 4 Teaching & Tx Resources for Homebound Families
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For over 14 years, PediaStaff has brought you resources so that you may be your students' best advocates. Now, with these sudden changes in our lives, we are doubling down on that promise to keep you up to speed with all the teaching/therapy ideas, resources and news you need.
Each week, this e-mailer will feature something new for all to consider as we collaborate to provide students with some consistency during this unusual time. Remember, we are all in this together!
Read Issue 4 of our new Weekly E-Letter on our Blog
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