Occupational Therapy Works for Children with Special Needs
Children with special needs benefit from Occupational Therapy. What? Don’t think of an occupation as just a job. But as a series of daily tasks.
Blood Donor Month Needs Your Help To Beat National Shortages
Count to two. One and two. In that small space of time, a neighbor in North Carolina or someone in the US needs blood. And you can be that blood donor. Blood transfusions are not just for auto accidents. People with cancer or some other disease also need blood aid....
Flu Vaccination Important for Kids with Chronic Medical Conditions
National Influenza Vaccination Week took place on Dec. 5-11. It was a wake-up call that there’s still time for everyone 6-months of age and older to get their flu vaccination. The CDC estimates that flu-related hospitalizations annually hit 7,000 to 26,000 US children...
How Family Health History Is Critical To Protect Loved Ones
Are you gathering with family members this month for Thanksgiving? Good food and good stories! Well, Thanksgiving is also National Family History Day this year. As odd as it might seem, this is also a great time to learn more about medical conditions that have...
Childhood Arthritis- Why you need to catch the first symptoms
Childhood arthritis? Children don’t get arthritis. True or false? Sadly, false. One child in 1000 has some form of arthritis. Stretching that out means nearly 300,000 kids in the US and more than 2 million worldwide are suffering! To bring attention to this situation,...
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Childhood Arthritis- Why you need to catch the first symptoms
Childhood arthritis? Children don’t get arthritis. True or false? Sadly, false. One child in 1000 has some form of arthritis. Stretching that out means nearly 300,000 kids in the US and more than 2 million worldwide are suffering! To bring attention to this situation,...
How Deaf-Blind Children Can Gain Access to the World
Being deaf-blind is more than just about not hearing or being unable to see. It’s a disability of access for a child. Think about it. Communication and learning are how we pick up info about the world around us. And that info teaches us how to interact within that...
Looking at Digital Eye Strain During Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
Did your children get digital eye strain staring at computers too much during the COVID 2020/21 school “break?” What’s going to happen as they return to school this month and spend more time on digital devices? Ophthalmologists are expecting a school year filled with...
Protecting Your Kids from UV Rays
Sun, sun, sun!!! Summer is here. Beaches. Pools. Backyard Bar-b-Ques. Has it been two years since we let the sun shine down upon us? Now we can go back out. That is a good thing. And a bad thing, especially for our kids when it comes to UV safety awareness. You know,...
Childhood Aphasia — Time to Get the Word Out
Aphasia — this is THE perfect example of just because you never heard of it, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. You don’t know what Aphasia is, do you? You aren’t alone. While 2 million people in the United States have Aphasia, 84.5% of Americans state that they’ve never...
COVID’s Effect on Children’s Mental Health
Did you fool yourself into thinking that COVID-19 was not a “kid’s disease?” Children will be fine. They won't get sick. Sadly, the “side effects” of the pandemic are what’s taking a toll on our kids. There is no way to sugarcoat this. Covid-19 events of the last...
Occupational Therapy For Kids — Yes It Is a Thing
Please don’t let the phrase “occupational therapy” (OT) make you believe it has nothing to do with kids. After all, kids don’t have “occupations,” right? But, in clinical terms, many occupational therapists define “occupations” as “activities” that children regularly...
March Designated for Awareness of Developmental Disabilities
It is a condition too easy to see before some people reach the age of 22 and it will continue after that: developmental disability. As of 2017, it is on record as affecting about 1 in 6 children annually. March is recognized as National Developmental Disabilities...
Children’s Dental Health Month
Water is Theme for February Children’s Dental Health Month Observation Tooth decay --- otherwise known as dental caries --- is the number one chronic disease among children. But, drinking more water, especially if it's fluoridated, would create many practical benefits...
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