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June 26, 2020
Issue 25, 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 have started to emerge from quarantine. That said, we are all staying safe by staying home frequently. 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:
- Ed Department Issues New Guidance On Special Education During Pandemic
- How The Brain Controls Our Speech
- Children's Temperament Traits Affect Their Motor Skills
- Classes Set By Ability Can Hurt Students' Self-Confidence
- Amazon Orders Comedic Drama Starring Actors With Autism
- Many Kids With Autism Had Sleep Problems as Infants
PediaStaff News and Hot Jobs
- Hot, New Job! School Psychologist - Riverdale, IL
- Hot, New Job! Birth-5 Speech-Language Pathologist - Salem, OR
- Hot, New Job!! Pediatric Physical Therapist - Greenville, SC
Stay-at-Home Therapy Activities and Resources
- Activity of the Week: Top 6 Kids Yoga Poses for Bedtime: A Calming Sequence
- Carly's Voice {A Collaborative Book Review}
- Easy at Home: Printable Summer Inspired Sewing Cards
- Easy at Home: Fine and Visual Motor Ice Cream Activities
- Game Review: Rush Hour
- 101 Games and Activities for Children with Autism, Asperger's and Sensory Processing Disorder
Articles for School-Based/Pediatric Clinicians and Special Educators
- Autism Corner: 5 Things to Keep in Mind When Potty Training a Child with Autism
- Peds Therapy Corner: Down Syndrome: Behavioral Problems?
- OT/PT Corner: 10 Games to Practice Crossing the Midline
- Sensory Corner: Fun with Ice and Water
- SLP Corner: Silly Sentences Reading Game with Jenga Blocks
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Have a great weekend and Take Care!
Heidi Kay and the PediaStaff Team
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DOE Issues New Guidance On Special Education During Pandemic
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[Source: Disability Scoop]
The U.S. Department of Education is offering up details about how states and schools can address special education disputes in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The federal agency issued two question-and-answer documents Monday - one outlining considerations for Individuals with Disabilities Education Act dispute resolution procedures for services for
kids ages 3 to 21 and another for
younger children.
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How The Brain Controls Our Speech
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[Source: Science Daily]
Speaking requires both sides of the brain. Each hemisphere takes over a part of the complex task of forming sounds, modulating the voice and monitoring what has been said. However, the distribution of tasks is different than has been thought up to now, as an interdisciplinary team of neuroscientists and phoneticians has discovered.
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Children's Temperament Traits Affect Their Motor Skills
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[Source: Science Daily]
A recent study among 3- to 7-year-old children showed that children's motor skills benefitted if a child was older and participated in organized sports. Additionally, the study provided information about the importance of temperament traits for motor skills. More specifically, traits such as activity and attention span persistence were found to be positively associated with motor skills. This was a rather novel result, as the association between motor skills and temperament during early childhood is not
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Classes Set By Ability Can Hurt Students' Self-Confidence
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[Source: PsychCentral]
A new U.K. study reveals that grouping children into classrooms based on ability can severely affect their self-confidence.
Researchers from the University College London (UCL) Institute of Education, Queen's University Belfast and Lancaster University, looked at more than 9,000 adolescents (ages 12-13) who participated in 'setted' math and English classes (when classes are grouped by children's ability).
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Amazon Orders Comedic Drama Starring Actors With Autism
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[Source: Disability Scoop]
The creator of "Parenthood" is bringing a new series about the experiences of three young adults with autism to Amazon.
Amazon Studios said this week that it has ordered a "coming-of-age comedic drama" from Jason Katims that will stream on the company's Prime Video service.
Based on an Israeli series, the show is about "three 20-something roommates on the autism spectrum, striving for the same things that we all desire: To get a job, keep a job, make friends, fall in love and navigate a world that eludes them."
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Many Kids With Autism Had Sleep Problems as Infants
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[Source: Psych Central]
In a new study of more than 400 young children, those who were diagnosed with autism were more likely to have had difficulty falling asleep as infants. This sleep difficulty was associated with altered growth trajectories in the hippocampus.
The findings are published in the American Journal of Psychiatry.
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We are looking for a licensed School Psychologist that is interested in working in either an elementary or middle school in the vicinity of Riverdale/Dolton, IL. You will be working the SY 2020-2021. If you are willing to work full time with this population for the upcoming school year, please apply today!
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Do you love working with children ages birth to five? We are seeking a Speech-Language Pathologist to work with Birth-5 year-olds in their natural environments in the Salem, Oregon area for the upcoming 2020/21 SY.
* Two Full-time Speech-Language Pathologists for Birth-5-year-olds
* Speech-Language Pathologist May start July 6 or August 31 and work through June 2021
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Are you a Physical Therapist who loves working with kids? We are in need of a full-time Physical Therapist to take over a full-time pediatric caseload in Greenville and Anderson counties. This is a pediatric speciality practice with three outpatient clinic sites, offering speech, physical and occupational therapy services. These are all home-based visits mostly 0-3-year-olds with a few school-aged kids. This is a chance to become part of an active, growing practice. Greenville is a
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Top 6 Kids Yoga Poses for Bedtime: A Calming Sequence
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[Source: Sing Song Yoga]
Ahhhh! Summer is here. After long lovely days at the beach, at the ballpark, on the playground and running around the neighborhood, kids tend to remain wired when heading to bed. Unless of course a calming activity is deliberately infused into the routine leading up to bedtime.
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Carly's Voice - A Collaborative Book Review
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By Kristin Cummings, SLP
Hi everyone, this is Kristin Cummings, author of the Simply Speech Blog! This summer, I started a book club. A few years ago I made a New Year's resolution to read a new book each month. Well that didn't work out too well, so I decided to invite other bloggers and readers to join my book club to help keep me motivated!
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Easy at Home: Printable Summer Inspired Sewing Cards
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[Source: Kids Activities Blog]
A fun set of three little sewing cards your children will love...... all the while being an excellent activity for developing fine motor skills and improving hand-eye coordination and concentration.
A quick download, paper punch, thread and a kid-safe needle is all it takes for elemental age children to enjoy this fun activity. They make for a great 'take-along' activity for family holidays and road trips too.
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Easy at Home: Fine and Visual Motor Ice Cream Activities
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[Source: Your Therapy Source]
The weather is finally warming up which makes ice cream my new favorite dessert (actually I eat ice cream all year long but I love it even more during the summer time). Here is a brand new Ice Cream packet that includes fine motor, gross motor, visual perceptual and handwriting practice with an ice cream theme.
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Game Review: Rush Hour
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[Source: Miss Jaime OT]
Don't you just love when you find a toy that works on a ton of different skills? As a pediatric OT, these kinds of toys are my absolute favorite!
Plus, it works on so many different skills!
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101 Games & Activities for Children w/Autism, Aspergers and SPD
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[Source: Amazon.com]
One of the best ways for children with autism, Asperger's, and sensory processing disorders to learn is through play. Children improve their motor skills, language skills, and social skills by moving their bodies and interacting with their environment. Yet the biggest challenges parents, teachers, and loved ones face with children on the autism spectrum or with sensory processing disorders is how to successfully engage them in play.
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Autism Corner: 5 Things to Keep in Mind When Potty Training
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[Source: North Shore Pediatric Therapy]
Potty training is a big milestone for any child. It definitely is an important milestone for parents as well! No more diapers!! However, there are some things to keep in mind prior to considering potty training as well as during potty training.
- When should you consider potty training?
- On average you would consider potty training when the child is around 2.5 years of age and above, can hold urine for 60-90 minutes, recognize the sensation of a full bladder, and show some form of awareness that they need to go to the bathroom.
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Peds Therapy Corner: Down Syndrome: Behavioral Problems?
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By: Natan Gendelman
Simon, a two year old child with Down syndrome whom I was working with, sat down on the floor, but then decided to throw himself backwards. I prevented him from hitting himself, but I did allow him to lie down on the floor. Once he lay down on his back, he
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OT/PT Corner: 10 Games to Practice Crossing the Midline
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[Source: Your Therapy Source]
Crossing midline is the ability to cross over an imaginary line down the center of your body from head to toes, separating the body into a le
ft and right side. This sk
ill requires that the right and left sides of the brain work together to create a motor action. Here are 10 games to play to practice crossing midline:
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Sensory Corner: Fun with Ice and Water
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[Source: No Time for Flashcards]
It's hot here ( for us that means it's in the low 80s) and all I want to do when it gets warm is cool off with some fun ice and water activities. I don't have to convince my kids that these are going to be fun, they are in their bathing suits as soon as I have suggested it! Here are some of our favorite ice and water activities for kids that we have fun with every summer. I should also say that most of these ideas do not use a huge amount of water for those wanting to be mindful of waste.
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SLP Corner: Silly Sentences Reading Game with Jenga Blocks
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[Source: Childhood 101]
This DIY reading game is a great resource for beginning or struggling readers. In fact, my 5 year old early reader has been having lots of fun with our set since I made it a few weeks ago. It has been great for developing her recognition of high frequency words, decoding skills and reading fluency. Using the blocks from a Jenga game means it is simple to make and I have included a copy of the list of high frequency, CVC, CVCC,
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