Complete overload --his brain
goes Alert! Alert! Alert!By Jodie
Sinnema, Edmonton Journal April 23, 2010
Article
about a child with Sensory Processing Disorder.
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/health/Complete+overload+brain+goes+Alert+Alert+Alert/2941775/story.htmlGo
outside! By Melissa Rayworth, The Associated
Press April 27, 2010
Advice for parents regarding
unplugging kids from technology and getting them
outside.
http://trib.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/health/article_6582abbb-691a-5690-8e8c-0478ac22a1e4.htmlMore
predators prefer to target kids onlineBy
Danielle Bell, The Daily News April 5, 2010
Read Cris
Rowan's comments regarding recent online predator
incident in Nanaimo, BC.
http://www.canada.com/news/More+predators+prefer+target+kids+online/2764338/story.htmlTechnology: no more than a
toolBy Stephanie Samaras, Coast
Reporter April 16, 2010
In response to editorial by
Cris Rowan. The word technology is defined as "the
branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use
of technical means and their interrelation with life,
society and the environment."
http://www.coastreporter.net/article/20100416/SECHELT0303/304169989/-1/sechelt0303/TECHNOLOGY-NO-MORE-THAN-A-TOOLSchools Operating Safely: Ten
alternatives to medication, seclusion and
restraintsBy Cris Rowan, OTLine Spring
2010
How educators can help get children back on
track toward more healthy and sustainable futures, by
proposing establishment of a school-based child behavior
management policy called Schools Operating Safely.
http://www.zonein.ca/eletter/2010/may2010/Pages_from_OTLine_Spring_2010.pdfAntidepressant-Induced
Suicide, Violence and Mania: Implications for the
Military (and children)By Dr. Peter
Breggin, Veterans Affairs Committee Hearings
Two hour
video of congressional hearing investigating the
correlation between antidepressant-induced suicide,
violence and mania. An excellent portrayal of the
dangers of antidepressent medication.
http://breggin.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=286 Pilots Taking
Antidepressants? The FAA is Risking Our
LivesBy Dr. Peter Breggin, Huffington
Post April 19, 2010
Article profiles the recent
ruling of the Federal Aviation Association to allow
pilots to take antidepressants.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-peter-breggin/antidepressants-pilots-ta_b_542240.htmlNever Good
EnoughBy Sedona, Mothers of Bad Boys
April 12, 2010
An OT and Mom of boys with ADHD blogs
about her experience with labels, diagnoses and
prescriptions.
http://www.mothersofbadboys.com/BlogRetrieve.aspx?BlogID=7406&PostID=138728 
I
was consulting in Northern BC in a remote Native
community, and was working with a bright and energetic
grd. 4 student who had "learning difficulties".
The resource teacher stated that she thought he was
underperforming, and had this year exhibited significant
defiance and difficult behaviour. I was observing
this child doing math, and when he looked at me and
asked if the number he just produced was a "5" (it
looked a bit more like a backward "7" to me), I realized
he didn't know how to print. I asked the resource
teacher to scribe for this child, and he literally
jumped to the challenge and proceeded to fly through
math sheets getting all correct answers. Here was
a delightful, smart and now extremely frustrated child
trapped in a system that had not taught him how to
print.
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