| The Night Before
Christmas |
Twas the night before Christmas,  and all through the house,
not a creature was stirring, except maybe Dad's
mouse. The stockings were hung by the big screen
with care, in hopes that St. Nicolas would soon
be there. Continue reading
here... |
Virtual Child: The
terrifying truth about what technology is doing to
Children
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 By Cris Rowan, pediatric
occupational therapist.Virtual
Child documents the impact technology has had on
the developing child, and proposes tools and techniques
to manage balance between activities children need for
growth and success with technology use. Learn more about the book here.Buy
the book
here.
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Foundation Series
Workshops
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Foundation Series Workshops
come to Vancouver
January 19, 20, 21, 2011.
10% Early bird discount till
Dec. 1, 2010.REGISTER NOWSix
research referenced half day workshops with Cris Rowan
for parents, teachers and therapists on senosry
processing, motor development, attachment and
addictions, technology overuse, moving to learn and
school redesign for success. More Winter
Workshops Kamloops BC -
January 27/28, 2010 - keynote and workshop Contact -
Fiona Clare fionaclare@shaw.ca
Abbotsford BC - Feb 17/18, 2010 -
parent presentation and teacher workshop Contact -
Rita Green Rita_Green@sd34.bc.ca Vernon,
BC - Mar 4/5, 2010 - parent presentation and early
intervention workshop Contact - Lynne Reside coordinator@noecdcoalition.ca |
| Research |
Media
use and school achievement-boys at
risk?Mössle, T et. al. with the
Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony,
Hannover, Germany. British Journal of Developmental
Psychology, 2010 Sept; 28:699-725.Study
indicates that the more
time students spend on consuming media and the more
violent its contents are, the worse are their marks
at school, even when controlling for vital factors such
as family, educational, or immigrant
background. Adverse
Drug Events in Children: Recent Cases from the Medical
LiteratureMarcia L. Buck with
Children's Medical Center, University of Virginia Posted
to Pediatric Pharmacotherapy on 10/15/2010.This
issue of Pediatric Pharmacotherapy provides a
brief overview of adverse drug effects case reports and
clinical trials published within the past
year. |
| News |
Growing
Up Digital, Wired for
Distraction
By Matt Richtel for
New York Times on November 21, 2010.
Students
have always faced distractions and time-wasters. But
computers and cellphones, and the constant stream of
stimuli they offer, pose
a profound new challenge to focusing and learning.
24
elementary schools face loss of aging
playgrounds
By Naoibh O'Connor
for the Vancouver Courier on November 25,
2010
Twenty-four Vancouver schools have been
warned they'll lose
their aging playgrounds by June 2012 for safety
reasons, sending schools scrambling to raise tens of thousands of
dollars for replacements.
Car
seat shortages feared as scramble on to comply with new
rules for bigger kids
By Marina
Strauss for the Globe and Mail on November 22,
2010.
The federal government has ordered
manufacturers to create bigger children's car seats to accommodate heavier
kids, which is prompting the companies to warn of shortages by spring.
Failing
Boys - A six part video series by the Globe and
Mail
· Part 1 -
Failing boys and the powder keg of sexual
politics
· Part 2 - The endangered
male teacher
· Part 3 - Are we
medicating a disorder or treating boyhood as a
disease?
· Part 4 - Red-flagged as
problem pupils, are boys
misunderstood?
· Part 5 - Is
affirmative action for men the answer to enrolment
woes?
· Part 6 - We can't tolerate
failing boys
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/failing-boys/
Psychiatry's
sick compulsion: turning weaknesses into
diseases
By Irwin Savodnik, a
psychiatrist and philosopher who teaches at UCLA for the
Los Angeles Times on January 1, 2006.
With its
panoply of major depression, dysthymic disorder, bipolar
disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, the
American Psychiatric Association is waving its Calvinist flag to remind
everyone that amid all the celebration, all the
festivities, all the exuberance, many people will "come
down with" or "contract" or "develop" some
variation of depressive illness.
Forest
Labs settling wrongful death & personal injury
lawsuits from parents of kids who took Celexa &
Lexapro
By Jim Doyle for the
Citizens Commission on Human Rights
International
A month after its Earth City
subsidiary pleaded guilty of illegally marketing
antidepressants to children and adolescents, Forest
Laboratories is now settling a string of wrongful death and personal injury
lawsuits from the parents of children who took the
drugs Celexa and
Lexapro.
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| Products |
New
Book - Below C Level: How American Education
Encourages Mediocrity and What We Can Do about
It
by John
Merrow.
American public education is failing our
children, but not because we are aiming too high and
falling short. On the contrary, we're aiming too low -
and, unfortunately, we're succeeding.
New
Book - White Coat, Black Hat: Adventures on the Dark
Side of Medicine
by Carl
Elliott, M.D., Ph.D.
Pharmaceutical
marketers sell
drugs by selling the diseases that they treat. The
buzzword is "disease branding." To brand
a disease is to shape its public perception in order to
make it more palatable to potential
patients.
Landscape
Structures
Absolutely awesome playground structures
for children with and without disabilities.
Weighted
Wearables
Weighted adaptive products that
facilitate proprioceptive feedback, increase postural
stability and attention span, and organize arousal level for
learning.
OTvest
Weighted vest designed by and
occupational therapist.
HowdaHug
Adjustable seat that wraps around
children providing deep pressure sensation.
SPIO
Stabilizing
pressure input orthosis, a dynamic compression system made of
patented, breathable, Lycra-blend material providing constant deep pressure
input.
SmartKnit
A
protective foot and leg interface sock
made specifically for leg brace wearers.
SmartKnit
KIDS
Seamless sensitivity socks.
Soft
Clothing
Seamless clothing for children with tactile
processing problems.
Juice
Plus +
Whole food based nutritional products
that provide nutrition from 17 different fruits,
vegetables, and grains. Clinically proven Juice Plus+ helps
bridge the gap between what you should eat and what you
do eat, everyday.
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| Links |
Occupational
Therapist Raps on UTube
A
great depiction of what occupational therapists really
do!
Sensory
Integration Global Network has a new
website!
Sensory Integration Global Network is a
web-based organization developed by a core group of
volunteers who are interested in promoting and educating
the public and professionals about Ayres Sensory Integration.
SPD
Connect - Connecting families to local sensory
help
SPD
Connect is organized by the Committee to Help
Families Find Solutions to Sensory Challenges.
Parents - register your sensory therapist here so other
families can receive their services. Therapists -
register your workshops or webinars here as well.
Really?
Microsoft commercial on new windows
phone
Such a lovely message supporting Balanced Technology
Management principles by a technology
giant!
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| Education |
TED Talks - My Green School
Dream
by John
Hardy
Join
John Hardy on a tour of the Green School,
his off-the-grid school in Bali that teaches kids how to build, garden,
create, and get into college. The centerpiece of
campus is the spiralling Heart of School, perhaps the world's largest freestanding
bamboo building.
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Products
Foundation
Series Workshops
Workshops are offered in
the following three formats:
Buy individual workshops for $99
each or the first 6 in the series for $499!
Training
Instructor training for
Foundation Series Workshops places pediatric
occupational therapists on the cutting edge as experts
in the field of technology's impact on child
development. www.zoneintraining.com
Consultation
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approach to manage balance between activities children
need to grow and succeed with technology use. www.zonein.ca/consulting |
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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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