PediaStaff Therapist Placement of the Week: In Beautiful Minnesota
Congratulations to Megan T., on her SLP-CFY position at one of PediaStaff’s public school-based clients in the Land Of Lakes – Minnesota! Megan will be working with “speech only” students as well as...
View ArticleFine Motor / Sensory Idea of the Week: Candy Corn on the Cob
I saw this photo on a friend’s FB page with a caption that said the cob/core is a banana. I googled it and found the original post on Instructables.com. The core is actually chilled sugar cookie...
View ArticleFocus on Bilingualism: Language Screening and Assessment in Bilingual Children
By: Virginia Li, Ashley Springer CCC-SLP, and Danielle Dietz CCC-SLP – Pathways.org Approximately 1 in 5 school-age children in the United States speak a language other than English at home, up from 1...
View ArticleNew Artificial Leg Technology Comes Close to Achieving Natural Gait
[Source: Michigan Tech News] Walking is tricky business, as any toddler knows. And while most artificial feet and limbs do a pretty good job restoring mobility to people who have lost a leg, they have...
View ArticleSLP Corner: Promises from a Speech Pathologist
by Melanie Feller, M.A., CCC-SLP I will not say “use your words.” There are lots of ways to communicate. I will not tell you to have quiet hands, a quiet mouth, or a quiet body. Please feel free to...
View ArticleNew Study Provides Mountain of Evidence That Quality Preschool Is the ‘Most...
[Source: New York Times] by Randy Hoder A decade or so ago, when it was time to send my children to preschool, it never occurred to me to do anything else. For an upper-middle-class family like mine,...
View ArticleBabies Know When You’re Faking, Psychology Researchers Show
[Source: Science Daily] If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands! That’s easy enough for children to figure out because the emotion matches the movement. But when feelings and reactions don’t...
View ArticleWorth Repeating: Two New Children’s Books for Halloween Reviewed in the New...
[Source: The New York Times] For parents, the scariest thing about Halloween is the lurking question: When kids choose their Halloween costumes, are they choosing their alter egos — or revealing their...
View ArticleAutism Rates Rise in U.S., Plateau in U.K.
[Source: The Washington Times] Photo by: Bebeto Matthews: Christopher Astacio reads with his daughter Cristina, 2, who recently was diagnosed with a mild form of autism, in her bedroom on Wednesday,...
View ArticleSocial Media Share of the Week: Halloween Temporal Directions Activity
Seen on Ms. Lane’s SLP Materials Blog, posted to Pinterest and then shared on Instagram – This worksheet has been wildly popular with hundreds of repins, likes and shares! These “before” and “after”...
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