Moving Upstream: Confronting Racism to Open Up Children’s Potential

From Center on the Developing Child:

The scientific evidence is clear and growing: racism imposes unique and substantial stressors on the daily lives of families raising young children of color.

Understanding how these stressors affect child health and development provides a compelling framework for

Project BEYOND: Improving Body Functions through Participation

Project BEYOND how community-based activities can positively impact key body functions—motor, behavioural, and emotional—among youth with physical disabilities. By engaging in an 8-week activity of their choice, participants may experience improvements in movement, attention, and mood.

Partnering wi

Rapprochement of Families, Professionals, and Community: Strategic Approach for Supporting Children during Transition from Preschool to Kindergarten

Paper by Marisa Macy, University of Nebraska Kearney, USA

Abstract:

Families look to educators to help support their child’s transition from preschool to kindergarten.

Professionals can look to families for important information about their child that will facilitate a smooth transition.

The rapproc

International Society for Social Pediatrics and Child Health (IISOP) welcomes new members

ISSOP is a global organization -

'- composed of social pediatricians and child health professionals collaborating through research, awareness and communication to create a framework for structuring the response of ALL child health professionals that define social determinants of health as poverty, g

Occupational Therapist–Teacher Collaboration in Inclusive Education in Québec: A Qualitative Descriptive Study

Lina Ianni et al

Background: In inclusive schools, collaboration between occupational therapists (OTs) and teachers has the potential to build capacities among these school-team members working with students with disabilities. Current evidence supports multi-tiered delivery models, such t

The Measles Book: Thirty-Five Secrets the Government and the Media Aren’t Telling You about Measles and the Measles Vaccine

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From the website:

As measles outbreaks continue to surface — and as mainstream media weaponizes them for political gain — it’s increasingly difficult to separate fact from fiction.

Is this “public health emergency” truly something to fear? Are we and our chil

Dr Larry Palevsky. A pediatrican with a holistic approach. VIDEOS

From his website:

‘Dr. Palevsky is a NYS licensed pediatrician, who utilizes a holistic approach to children's wellness and illness. Dr. Palevsky received his medical degree from the NYU School of Medicine in 1987, completed a three-year pediatric residency at The Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC in 1990

I doubt empathy is a valid approach. It is not realistic.

They say you are not pulling your weight

This is number 8 of fifty pieces of poetry and prose written by Peter Limbrick as a monument to adults and children who have lived and died or are living now in inhuman situations. They are all inspired by real experience.

Appraisal

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