| Cris Rowan on Doc Zone Nov. 18,
2010 at 9pm PST! |
 Cris Rowan, pediatric
occupational therapist and expert on the impact of
technology on child development, will be featured on CBC
TV documentary Doc
Zone on Nov 18 at 9 PM PST. Episode is called "Are
We Digital Dummies?". Currently under "Episode
Features" you'll find Cris's article "Tips to Unplug Your Kids", and under
"External Links" her website www.zonein.ca. |
| Teachers Diagnosing
Children - Legal liability
implications |
 Following a keynote presentation
on the impact of technology on children, I was
approached by a parent with an all too familiar
story, one I have heard more times than I care to
remember. Her son's teacher had reported her son had
ADHD and required medication. Keep
reading
here. |
| Foundation Series Workshops in
Vancouver, BC |
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| Research |
Screen
time linked to psychological problems in
childrenBy University of
Bristol, School for Policy Studies News on October 11,
2010 The PEACH project, a study of over a 1,000
children aged between ten and eleven, measured the time
children spent in front of a screen as well as their
psychological well being. In addition, an activity
monitor recorded both children's sedentary time and
moderate physical activity. The results showed
that more than two hours per day of both television
viewing and recreational computer use were related to
60% higher psychological difficulty scores, regardless
of how much time the children spent on physical
activity. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/sps/news/2010/107.htmlCollege
Students' Use of Electronic Communication with Parents:
Links to Loneliness, Attachment, and Relationship
Quality Amy L. Gentzler,
Ann M. Oberhauser, David Westerman, Danielle K. Nadorff
for Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social
Networking.October 25, 2010 Students
who report more frequent phone conversations with
parents also report more
satisfying, intimate, and supportive parental
relationships, but those students who use a
social-networking site to communicate with parents
report higher levels of loneliness, anxious attachment, as well as
conflict within the parental relationship.
University
of Toronto study on motor impairment requests
participants.Noémi Cantin, an
occupational therapist and graduate student in the
Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science at the
University of Toronto is currently conducting a study
exploring how children with motor difficulties learn to
perform a new skill requiring eye-hand coordination. The
study involves a comprehensive assessment of children's
motor skills, visual perception, and intellectual
abilities, free of charge. If you know of a child who
would be willing to participate in this study, please
contact Noémi Cantin at noemicantin@sympatico.ca. Noémi will be
collecting data through October and November
only. |
| News |
Parents
and Teachers Needed, Not
Technology
By Paula Foot
for The Citizen on October 27,
2010
Article following Cris Rowan's keynote address at
an Early Intervention conference in Duncan,
BC.
Screen time could harm
kids, study finds
Reuters
- Times Columnist on October 22,
2010.
Study finds
children who use more than 1-2 hours per day of
technology have a 60% increase in psychological
disorders.
Exploration and Discovery
2010
By Christine Wood for
the Coast Reporter on October 22,
2010.
Cris
Rowan presents keynote at Early Intervention
conference on the impact of technology on
children.
Toddlers'
Favorite Toy: The iPhone
By
Hilary Stout for the New York Times on October
15, 2010
The iPhone has revolutionized
telecommunications. It has also become the most
effective tool in human history to mollify a fussy
toddler, much to the delight of parents revelling in
their newfound freedom to have a conversation in a
restaurant or roam the supermarket aisles in peace. It's
a phenomenon that is attracting the attention and concern of some childhood
development specialists.
|
| Education |
Video
- EBChill's rap critique of ADHD diagnosis and
drugs
Great lyrics and poignant
message profiling the lack of evidence for ADHD
being anything other than a body that simply needs
to move.
Article
- Sorting out Sensory Issues at School
By Lori Fankhanel and Betty Dean for Learning Disability Experience on Oct.
14, 2010
Video
- OT's at U of A do a mob dance to celebrate OT
week!
University of Alberta's
OT's rock! Check out how they celebrate their new
and awesome profession.
Video
- SPD misdiagnosed as ADHD
ABC
News film
clip about a child misdiagnosed with ADHD who really
had Sensory Processing Disorder.
Workshop
- Parenting Tweens, Understanding tween brains and
behaviour
Monday, November 22,
2010 ~ 7 - 9 pm
Brain development in tweens affects mood,
behaviour, and decision making. Parents struggle to
support their children through this transition and
children often think their parents don't understand them. Learn more
about brain development in tweens from Dr. Tracy
Vaillancourt, Canada's Research Chair in Children's
Mental Health and Violence Prevention at the University
of Ottawa.
There's no fee to attend. Come in
person to the Radisson Hotel Edmonton South or watch it
live
via the internet from home!
Handout
- Do you know me? I'm a sensational
kid!
This is an awesome graphic on children with Sensory
Processing Disorder that was produced by
SPDCanada.org, and can be used as a handout for parents, teachers and
therapists.
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| Links |
The
University of Bristol "Peach
Project"
The PEACH (Personal and
Environmental
Associations with
Children's Health)
project investigates how the environment can
influence how active you are and what you
eat.
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| Cris Rowan |
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Cris Rowan is a Pediatric
Occupational Therapist, author, speaker and champion of
easing the job of learning for all children.
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