Share/Bookmark Special Needs Project with Child Development Media Autism Solutions: How To Create a Healthy And Meaningful Life For Your Child by Ricki G.Robinson, MD, M.P.H. AUTISM SOLUTIONS gives parents a greater understanding of their child’s unique learning, sensory and medical profile. Recognizing that no parent can do this alone, Dr. Ricki shares innovative strategies [...]
Experts present the facts about young children traumatized by medical care
January 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Share/Bookmark NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release Contact: Callie Little Phone: 800 405 8942 Email: infor@childdevelopmentmedia.com Children under the age of five are at the highest risk for accidents, illness and invasive disease. As primary consumers of pediatric health care, they have been largely forgotten. A stellar group of pediatric experts came together for a first-ever [...]
Signs of Autism in Infants: Unique and Critical Conference
September 29, 2008 By 1 Comment
Share/BookmarkA unique conference that focuses on the identification of autism in infants and toddlers and on early intervention is scheduled for October 11 & 12, 2008 in Yorba Linda, California. This event—the Second International Conference on Signs of Autism in Infants: Changing Outcomes through Early Identification and Intervention—brings together autism experts from the United States, [...]
Classic Games Help Improve Self-Control in Children
September 2, 2008 By 2 Comments
Share/Bookmark New research suggests that old-fashioned games such as Simon Says can help children exert self-control and restrain their impulses, giving them a mental workout that exercises what psychologists call “executive control.” A recent review of the study found that preschoolers who spent most of their hours in school playing games designed to improve self-control [...]
Seven Simple Steps to Ready Kids with Asthma for School
August 29, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Share/Bookmark The reality that parents need to prepare school teachers and other adults who care for their children with asthma is illustrated in video Young Children Learning to Manage Asthma: A Family Affair. This video is complimented by list of tips for parents assembled by the American Lung Association to help ready kids with asthma [...]
Febrile Seizures in Children do not Increase Long-Term Mortality
August 27, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Share/BookmarkA new study reviewed in The Lancet reports that the overall risk of death associated with febrile seizures is extremely low. Research conducted by Dr. Mogens Vestergaard, and colleagues, at the Department of General Practice, Institute of Public Health, Aarhus University, Denmark, found that death following a simple febrile seizure is very rare. However, they [...]
Kids Need “Risky” Play
August 25, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Share/Bookmark The significance of play in the lives of children is widely recognized. Child’s Play is a valuable tool that offers strategies that support the play of children. However, rarely do we talk about the importance of unsupervised play. Is this because we are constantly fearful for our children? And, are they consequently being overprotected? [...]
New Studies Diagnose Autism Earlier than Conventional Methods
August 21, 2008 By 1 Comment
Share/BookmarkThe number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders is growing, yet most are not diagnosed until around age 4 through the conventional method of behavior detection. Presentation such as, “How Infants and Their Brains Develop: Early Signs of Autism Spectrum Disorder” offer guidance and information to parents and professionals. However, parents may not recognize [...]
Literacy Across the Curriculum: Grade School to High School
August 20, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Share/BookmarkParents and educators know the value of reading and the adage “reading is fundamental.” Emphasis is typically focused on the early years such as with the Emergent Literacy Series. However, the Center Grove Community School Corporation in Indiana is taking that adage to heart by weaving literacy and vocabulary into nearly every lesson across all [...]
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