 Promoting
technology balance to enhance
productivity
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Computers vs. Playgrounds -
It's a No
Brainer!
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 Teachers
report with increasing frequency that playgrounds are in
a state of disrepair, while school expenditures on
technology routinely exceed budget allocations. Year
after year research shows that exercise makes kids
smarter and technology doesn't, yet schools continue to
invest in technology at the detriment of child health
and literacy. Why is this?
Continue
reading here. |
| Summer fun ideas
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School will soon be out - how
will your kids spend the summer? Hopefully not in
front of the TV! Below are a few links to inspire
your summer fun!
Do you have
fun ideas share (no
technology allowed)? Send them to info@zonein.ca and we will share them
in our next newsletter. |
Suffer the Children - Are
Children Sustainable?
is now on
youtube.com! |
Suffer the
Children - Are Children Sustainable? is a
research referenced documentary regarding the impact of
technology on children's health and academic success.
Suffer the
Children offers helpful suggestions to parents,
as well as health and education professionals, for
managing balanced technology use to create sustainable
futures for all children. Click here to
watch. |
Preschool Developmental
Screening Tests: Methods for screening for
developmental delays in
preschoolers
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Carla Snuggs, May 6, 2009
Suite101.com
Developmental screening is a procedure designed to
identify children who should receive more intensive
assessment or diagnosis for potential developmental
delays [National Center on Birth Defects and
Developmental Disabilities, 2005]. Continue
reading here. |
| Foundation Series
Workshops |
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| Upcoming Events
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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 25, 26
& 27, 2009 - Yellowknife, NTJune 1, 2 &
3, 2009 - Vancouver, BCOctober 3, 2009 - Comox
Valley, BC
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| Sensory Tuesdays
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SENSORY TUESDAYS on WUML 91.5 from Lowell,
Massachusetts - A month long series of half-hour radio
programs on the topic of Sensory Processing
Disorder.
May 5 -
Ida Zelaya and Lori Fankhanel - SPD
Foundation Parent Connections hosts in Baltimore and
Edmonton
May 12 - Lucy
Jane Miller, PhD, OTR - Author, scientist, and
SPD Foundation founder and executive director
May 19 - Carol
Kranowitz, MA - Author, teacher and SPD
Foundation board member
May 26 - Mary
Sue Williams/Sherry Shellenberger - Authors (How
Does Your Engine Run?) and teachers (Alert
Program®)
If you miss one of the shows, you
can hear it later at www.itsyourhealthradio.org under "Past
Shows". |
Interesting
links
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"Getting kids moving in
school" - Sensory diet in the
classroom
Good Morning, America - April 8,
2009
Medieval Tech
Support
Help Desk and Tech Support in the old
days. Introduction to the new system:"The
Book"
SOSParents.org
An excellent
documentary by The Center for Successful Parenting
titled "Media Violence and Brain Function
Research".
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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.
Click here
for
complete
bio.
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