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February 28, 2020
Issue 8, Volume 13
It's All About the Choices!
Greetings and Happy Friday!
Please Enjoy our Weekly Newsletter!
News Items:
- Developmental Disability Diagnosis More Likely in Rural Children
- Ed Department: More Students Being Served Under IDEA
- In Lab, An Antidepressant Shown to Harm Baby Neurons
- OT in the School Can Help with Academics, Learning and Participation
- Machine Learning Identifies Personalized Brain Networks in Children
- Autism Eye Scan Could Lead to Early Detection
PediaStaff News and Hot Jobs
- Hot, New Job! School-Based SLP - Vancouver, WA
- Hot, New Job! School-Based Social Worker - Country Club Hills, IL
- Hot, New Job! Early Intervention SLP-CF - Sonoma, CA
Therapy Activities, Tips and Resources
- Do You Like Free Lesson Plans? I Do, I Like Them, Sam I Am!
- Whole Pinboard of Ideas for Dr. Seuss Week!
- Seasonal Activity of the Week: Green Eggs & Ham!
- Basketball Themed Gross Motor Ideas
Articles and Special Features
- Pediatric Therapy Corner: The Thought Bubble Technique
- SLP Corner: Using Your Cell Phone Photos as Speech Therapy Story Starters
- Autism Corner: Why "High Functioning" Autism Is So Challenging
- OT Corner: Benefits of Yoga for Kids with Special Needs
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Heidi Kay and the PediaStaff Team
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Developmental Disability Diagnosis More Likely in Rural Children
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[Source; Medical X-Press]
Children living in rural areas are more likely to be diagnosed with a developmental disability compared with those living in urban areas, according to a study published online Feb. 19 in National Health Statistics Reports, a publication from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Ed Department: More Students Being Served Under IDEAs Article
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[Source: Disability Scoop]
The number of American schoolchildren receiving special education services is on the rise and they're increasingly being served in mainstream classrooms at least part of the day.
More than 6.1 million students across the country ages 6 to 21 - or 9.2 percent of all kids - were served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in 2017, the most recent year for which data is available. That's up from 8.6 percent of children in 2008.
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In Lab, An Antidepressant Shown to Harm Baby Neurons
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[Source: Psych Central]
Fetuses exposed to the common antidepressant paroxetine (Paxil and Seroxat) may experience harmful effects to the brain, according to a new lab study at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
For the study, the researchers used stem-cell-derived "mini-brains," miniature human brain models, developed with human cells and barely visible to the human eye, whose cellular mechanisms mimic those of the developing human brain.
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OT in the School Can Help with Academics, Learning & Participation
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[Source: Your Therapy Source]
Recent research explored occupational therapy in the school setting and how it can help with academics, learning and participation. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy completed a systemic research review on the topic.
The goal of the research was to determine the effectiveness of occupational therapy interventions to improve academic participation of children and youth ages 5-21 yr.
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Machine Learning Identifies Personalized Brain Networks in Children
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[Source: Science Daily]
Machine learning is helping researchers identify the size and shape of brain networks in individual children, which may be useful for understanding psychiatric disorders. In a new study published in the journal Neuron, a multidisciplinary team showed how brain networks unique to each child can predict cognition. The study is the first to show that functional neuroanatomy can vary greatly among kids, and is refined during development.
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Autism Eye Scan Could Lead to Early Detection
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[Source: Medical X-Press]
A new eye scan could help identify autism in children years earlier than currently possible.
The non-invasive eye scan utilises a hand-held device to find a pattern of subtle electrical signals in the retina that are different in children on the autism spectrum, which are directly linked to differences in their brain development.
The scan was tested on about 180 people with and without autism between the ages of 5 and 21 in collaboration with Yale University in the US, University College London and Great Ormond Street Hospital in the UK, as part of a study published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
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Looking to work in Vancouver with a wonderful school district? We are searching for a WA licensed and ESA-certified (or eligible for both) Speech-Language Pathologist for a contract assignment beginning as soon as possible and running through the end of the school year. You would be joining a fun team of multi-modality therapists, and enjoying an excellent pay rate while doing so!
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Are you looking for a full-time School Social Worker position to begin now and work
through the current school year?
We have an immediate opening in the vicinity of Country Club Hills, IL for a licensed School Social Worker to work with K-12 high-risk population. So, if you are interested, please apply right away!
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Would you like to explore the Sonoma Valley's wineries that make this region legendary? If so we have the place for you. We are seeking a Speech-Language Pathologist Clinical Fellow for an early intervention position in Sonoma Valley.
* Full-time SLP-CFY opportunity providing care for "itty bitties" in their homes
* Early Intervention speech-language pathologist clinical fellow working with ages 0-3
* Build your own caseload with full caseload within 1 to 3 months
* Openings in Solano and Sonoma Counties.
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Do You Like Free Lesson Plans? I Do, I Like Them, Sam I Am!
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[Source: Homeschool Share]
Dr. Seuss's birthday is March 2nd!
Grab this mother-lode of FREE, colorful printable activities and lesson plans for plenty of classroom speech-language and occupational therapy fun from HomeSchoolShare.com!
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Whole Pinboard of Ideas for Dr. Seuss Week
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Dr. Seuss's birthday is just around the corner on March 2nd! Do You Love celebrating it with your students and clients?
If so, you will love our Pinterest Pinboard of free activities, ideas and treats all with a Dr. Seuss theme!
We have over 325 pins for you to browse through with book companion activities, fine motor crafts, word games and puzzles, classroom and take-home treats, behavior helpers, and of course rhyming lesson ideas!
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Editor's Note!
Please enjoy this oldie but goody that we originally posted five years ago!
The Easter stuff is already out, so it should be easy to find plenty of green plastic eggs for this adorable activity.
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Basketball Themed Gross Motor Ideas
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[Source: Pink Oatmeal]
In March, it's tournament time. If you live in the same type of home that I do, there is no doubt you are aware of this. Our television is flipping from one tournament game to another and even high school basketball tournaments.
Every once in a while I'll even get in on a bracket. The good news is that basketball is easy to apply to gross motor games and can easily be incorporated into gross motor planning this time of the year. Check out some of these great Basketball Themed Gross Motor Ideas.
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Pediatric Therapy Corner:
The Thought Bubble Technique
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[Source: Lynne Kenney.com]
Thinking, speaking or acting impulsively without planning or thinking things out poses social challenges for children. We can help children better manage their impulsive thoughts, words, and actions by using a storytelling activity we call The Thought Bubble Technique. In this visual conversation activity, we help children think, write, draw, and talk
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SLP Corner:
Using Your Cell Phone Photos as Speech Tx Story Starters
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by Erik Raj, M.S., CCC-SLP
What is one thing that all of us speech-language pathologists have in common? If you answered that we're all awesome, you're right, but that's not exactly the response I was looking for, haha! The one commonality that I believe we all share is the fact that we all have a cell phone in our pockets. And I am willing to bet that not only does your cell phone house the phone numbers of your favorite contacts, but it also contains a massive amount
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Autism Corner:
Why "High Functioning" Autism Is So Challenging
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[Source: The Temple Grandin School via About.com]
By Lisa Jo Rudy, Autism Spectrum Disorders Expert
The autism spectrum is very large. If you think of it as a rainbow (or a bell curve), you'll note that there's an awful lot of the spectrum that is at neither one end nor the other - but somewhere in the middle. At this point in history, we don't have good information to tell us whether MOST people on the autism spectrum are "somewhere in the middle," but it is
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OT Corner:
Benefits of Yoga for Kids with Special Needs
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by Sari Ockner, OTR/L
Occupational therapists help children with special needs build the underlying skills necessary to promote their success and independence in daily activities. This includes building their physical strength and endurance, while regulating their activity level, behavior, and emotions. Additionally, occupational therapy facilitates and feeds each child's creativity and imagination.
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