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Depression and Your Child: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers Jan 28, 2014

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Host - Marianne Russo Guest - Deborah Serani Seeing your child suffer in any way is a harrowing experience for any parent. Mental illness in children can be particularly draining due to the mystery surrounding it, and the issue of diagnosis at such a tender age. Depression and Your Childgives parents and caregivers a uniquely textured understanding of pediatric depression, its causes, its symptoms, and its treatments. Serani weaves her own personal experiences of being a depressed child along with her clinical experiences as a psychologist treating depressed children. Current research, treatments and trends are presented in easy to understand language and tough subjects like self-harm, suicide and recovery plans are addressed with supportive direction. Parents will learn tips on how to discipline a depressed child, what to expect from traditional treatments like psychotherapy and medication, how to use holistic methods to address depression, how to avoid caregiver burnout, and how to move through the trauma of diagnosis and plan for the future. Real life cases highlight the issues addressed in each chapter and resources and a glossary help to further understanding for those seeking additional information. Parents and caregivers are sure to find here a reassuring approach to childhood depression that highlights the needs of the child even while it emphasizes the need for caregivers to care for themselves and other family members as well.

Sleep Apnea In Children and Teens Jan 27, 2014

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Mark Burhenne DDS joins us to discuss sleep apnea in children and teens. Is your child disorganized, easily frustrated, lack will power, making bad choices, having problems listening, forgetful, in constant movement such as leg shaking? Is your teen inattentive, hyperactive, anxious, moody? Thinking ADHD? 40% of children diagnosed with #ADHD have sleep apnea. Coincidence or misdiagnosis? Stunted growth, neurological issues, panic attacks and fear during sleep? Yup ... also symptoms of sleep apnea. Learn the causes, symptoms and treatments of sleep apnea and the physical and behavioral issues that can arise from poor sleep.

The High Cost Of A Quick Fix For Children With Behavioral Issues Jan 22, 2014

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Allen Frances MD Professor Emeritus at Duke University and former Chair of its Department of Psychiatry, Chair of the DSM IV Task Force, author of “Saving Normal” and “Essentials of Psychiatric Diagnosis.” He is the author of hundreds of papers and more than a dozen books. He blogs frequently on Huffington Post, Psychology Today, National Newspapers and Education Update. The New York Times has titled him “The most powerful psychiatrist in America” Wired Magazine has called him “The man who wrote the book on mental illness.” Dr. Dale Archer is a medical doctor, psychiatrist and Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. His specialties include propagating the theory of chemical imbalances of the brain, relationships and personal responsibility. Author of Better Than Normal: ‘How What Makes You Different Can Make You Exceptional’ and “Chemical Imbalance Depression” He has several successful radio shows including “Taking Charge with Dr. Dale Archer” and a TV talk show “The Dr. Dale Archer Show’”. He appears regularly on national news shows and is a regular blogger on “Psychology Today”, “Forbes” and “Foxnews.com” How do we determine the line between mental illness and a child with challenging behaviors

The High Cost Of A Quick Fix For Children With Behavioral Issues Jan 22, 2014

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What does the future hold for customized psychiatric medicine? Dr Lombard Jan 12, 2014

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Ask Stefanie with host Stefanie Weis The Future of Psychiatric Medicine Is Upon Us…What If There Was A Simple Test That Discovered What Medicine Works Most Effectively With Your Body? Dr Lombard will discuss how Genomind's testing helps clinicians find appropriate and effective treatment more quickly and efficiently. Psychiatrists prescribe medication on a trial and error basis, which can be a very long and frustrating road for children and adults who are suffering. Patients who have psychiatric disorders that are difficult to treat such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, OCD, and ADHD can benefit tremendously from this kind of physiological and genetic testing. Dr Jay Lombard - co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer and Medical Director at Genomind, a biotechnology company devoted to the discovery of the underlying causes of neuropsychiatric disorders including Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, autism and mood disorders. Dr. Lombard is a board certified neurologist and is currently a professor of Neurology at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. He has published several books on the role of nutrition and the brain and has lectured extensively on this topic as well. He has had numerous television and radio appearances including on Larry King, Dr. Oz, CBS News, Fox News, The Early Morning Show and others.

The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan: A Blueprint for Renewing Your Child’s Confidence Jan 08, 2014

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Ben Foss is prominent inventor, entrepreneur and activist who founded Headstrong Nation a not-for-profit organization dedicated to serving the dyslexic community. He is also the inventor of the Intel Reader® a device CNN called “too ground breaking to ignore.” The Intel Reader® is a mobile device that takes photos of text and reads it aloud on the spot to people who have difficulty with text, creating what Ben calls “a ramp into a book.” Identified as a dyslexic at the age of eight, Foss became successful by developing a unique approach to his disability. After years of hiding his dyslexia, he challenged himself to use it as a bridge to the rest of the world, realizing that if he thought of himself as being “from dyslexia,” he could integrate his history and harness his strengths. As a compassionate and skilled speaker, he shares this message with Fortune 500 companies, human resources and public policy organizations, and colleges and universities across the country.

Respecting Autism - Developmental Sensory Sensitive Approach to Special Educatio Dec 19, 2013

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This week Dr Gil Tippy interviews 3 special educators using an appropriate, developmental, sensory sensitive approach in public and private education settings for kids with neuro-developmental disorders of relating and communicating. The discussion ranges from the tremendous success of a couple of Vermont public school teachers in their use of the DIR/Floortime model, through our success at the Rebecca School in our Fairytale Literacy curriculum, and even touches on the complications of the Common Core Standards, and what it means for our children. Kathryn Byrne Grossarth is a Special Educator in a small public school in Wells, VT. She attended a conference in Vermont this past summer that Rae Leeper and I put on, explaining how to do a relationship based model in a public school setting. She has implemented DIR in her public school with tremendous success. She is using Rae's literacy suggestions and is finding that it is really working. She is working on creating curriculum and texts, and is passionate about the tremendous change she has seen in her kids, and herself in just the first four months of this school year.Barbara Festa is a Special Education Supervisor in Wells, VT. She did not attend the training, but Kathryn's enthusiasm has been so infectious that she began to use the model in her math curriculum, to great results. She sees that DIR/Floortime is directly in line with the Common Core Standards.Rae Leeper is the Education Supervisor at the Rebecca School, and did the training with me that inspired these two Vermont Special Educators. She has been at the Rebecca School from the very beginning, and instrumental in creating and supervising our classroom curriculum.

Bright Not Broken - Social Thinking for Bright But Socially Clueless Students" Dec 19, 2013

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GIFTED KIDS, ADHD, AND AUTISM: WHY TWICE-EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN ARE STUCK AND HOW TO HELP THEM Hosted by Diane Kennedy and Rebecca Banks, authors of Bright Not Broken and The ADHD-Autism Connection with Dr Temple Grandin. Join us as we talk with Michelle Garcia Winner, speech language pathologist, author, international speaker and pioneer of the concept social thinking. Michelle specializes in bright kids who think and learn differently. Her keen insights and practical strategies have been extremely helpful to parents and educators alike. We will discuss social thinking, giftedness, 2e, Asperger’s and Michelle Garcia Winner, MA, CCC-SLP, specializes in the treatment of individuals with social-cognitive deficits: those with diagnoses such as high-functioning autism, Asperger Syndrome and nonverbal learning disorder. She began teaching Social Thinking® in 1995 to brighter students when she went to work for a high school district as the district’s speech language pathologist. Social Thinking was born out of necessity as a way to reach those “bright but socially clueless students” that needed more information than just what social skill to use. They needed to know why they should bother to use that skill. She runs a clinic, has authored numerous books including her latest critically acclaimed book, Social Thinking at Work and speaks internationally. She coined the term Social Thinking and pioneered the related treatment approach. She was awarded a Congressional Certificate of Special Recognition in 20

Masterminds and Wingmen - Queen Bees and Wannabes Dec 16, 2013

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Rosalind Wiseman is an author, media expert, frequent contributor on The Today Show, Good Morning America, Anderson Cooper on children, teens, parenting, bullying, and social justice. Most famously, she is the author of Queen Bees and Wannabes. Masterminds and Wingmen shows what’s really happening in boys’ lives. It creates a new language helping parents and educators understand the power of boys’ social hierarchies and how these influence their decision-making and emotional well-being. Wiseman establishes a road map to reach boys and help them to grow into the best brothers, friends, studen

Premiere of Respecting Autism - Evidence and Artifacts: Facing Autism Dec 04, 2013

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Host Dr Gil Tippy Christopher M. Gauthiér's photography can be found in the permanent collections of the Mississippi Museum of Art; Webster University, The Netherlands; Koltsovo Airport, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation and in private collections nationally and internationally. Christopher has presented his project, Evidence and Artifacts at conferences, symposiums and workshops on art, the environment, and disability; including at the Association of University Centers on Disabilities 2012 Conference in Washington D.C., the 2013 Mountain West Arts Conference, and three consecutive years at the US Autism and Asperger Association World Conference. In 2013, Christopher was awarded a Utah Visual Arts Fellowship and the Autism Council of Utah’s Individual of the Year Award. His focus on autism evolved out of the struggle to access the necessary interventions and treatments for his children on the spectrum, and from his own life experience as an individual affected by Aspergers Syndrome. It is his goal to stimulate the national dialogue on the impact of environmental insults on human health and development. Christopher currently sits on the advisory board of the US Autism and Asperger Association, and Madison House Foundation, a non-profit advocacy organization whose mission is to improve the lives of adults facing the challenges of autism spectrum disorder. Jacqueline F. Gauthiér is currently the Director for Morningside School, a private preschool and kindergarten in Logan, UT. Jacqueline has been a life-long advocate for women and children, with a background in crisis intervention, including medical and legal advocacy for survivors of sexual violence and case management services for abused children.

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