This article is the first of a six part series on successful school-based strategies to optimize attention and enhance learning ability, and follows the Zone'in Child Development Series December 2009 newsletter advocating for school implementation of the School Operating Safely (SOS) - Child Behavior Management Policy and Procedures.  This policy has recently been forwarded to all provincial Education Ministers, as well as members of the Council of Ministers of Education.

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CBC DocZone Feature
Cris Rowan will be featured on CBC's DocZone, a TV documentary speaking on the topic of "Info Overload" to be aired in 2010.

Children of the New Millenium Foundation
Cris Rowan is actively working on forming her new foundation called "Children of the New Millennium" with the goal of reversing the detrimental effects of technology overuse.  The Children of the New Millennium Foundation will promote channeling donations from technology production corporations to schools for healthy activities that optimize child development and academic performance.

Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry Article
The Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry: An International Journal of Critical Inquiry, a peer reviewed journal of the International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology, will feature Cris Rowan's commentary "Unplug - Don't Drug:  A Critical Look at The Influence of Technology on Child Behavior with an Alternative Way of Responding Other Than Evaluation and Drugging" in their Vol. 11, No. 3, 2010 issue available at:
http://www.springerpub.com/journal.aspx?jid=1559-4343

BC Society of OTLine Article
British Columbia's Society of Occupational Therapist's journal OTLine will publish Cris Rowan's article "Child behavioral diagnosis, medication, and therapy - Who really benefits?" in their next issue January 2010.

Who First Suggests the Diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder?
In a study of 491 physicians in Washington, D. C., almost half of the diagnoses of ADHD in their patients had been suggested first by teachers.
Leonard Sax, MD and Kathleen Kautz, RN with the Montgomery Center for Research in Child and Adolescent Development in Poolesville Md report their findings in the Annals of Family Medicine.
http://www.annfammed.org/cgi/reprint/1/3/171

Medicine Goes to School: Teachers as Sickness Brokers for ADHD
The organized penetration of the pharmaceutical industry associated with ADHD into the education domain is a new and disturbing phenomenon, placing teachers in the role of "disease spotters." Christine Phillips is a Senior Lecturer in Social Foundations of Medicine with the Australian National University Medical School.
http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371
/journal.pmed.0030182

There Is No Such Thing as a Psychiatric Disorder/Disease/Chemical Imbalance
Pediatric Neurologist Fred Baughman chronologically details how mental "disturbance" has become known  as mental "disorder" or "disease", and how this labeling has resulted in the proliferation of the use of psychotropic medication in children.  
http://www.plosmedicine.org/article
/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.0030318

Almost There - Sensory Integration's Long Road to Legitimacy
Inclusion in the DSM-V is a big step toward getting SPD recognized eventually as a stand-alone diagnosis that is not simply part of a syndrome or of another disorder. It's far from a done deal, but researchers are highly encouraged. And chief among them is Lucy Jane Miller, PhD, OTR, the foremost sensory processing researcher in the country for the past 30 years.
http://occupational-therapy.advanceweb.com/Article/Almost-There.aspx

Sensory Processing
Fine Motor Development
Attachment and Addictions
Technology Balance
Science of Attention and Learning
Successful Schools
Teacher Training Program
Early Intervention
Early Intervention - First Nations
Human Productivity
Foundation Series Comprehensive

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We are pleased to offer our Foundation Series Workshops online!  We have scheduled live, interactive workshops the first and third Wednesday of each month!


3:30 - 6:30pm Pacific Time
Critical factors for healthy early child development of movement, touch and connection are reviewed, and practical strategies offered to enhance infant, toddler and early child development.

April 21, 2010 - Mixed Signals - Register Now!
3:30 - 6:30pm Pacific Time
Child physical, mental, social and academic disorders are on the rise.  Is 8 hours per day technology use the culprit?  Come learn what you can do to manage balance between activities children need to grow and succeed with use of technology.
 

If you're unable to make it to one of the below workshops, and you'd like Cris to come to your area, contact us to make it happen!

May 11, 12 & 13, 2010 - Vancouver, BC

March 22 - 26, 2010 - Dallas, TX
May 10 - 14, 2010 - Vancouver, BC

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