Non Toxic Treatment for Head lice
This link is great for instructions on non toxic but very effective lice removal. Please feel free to try this!
– Helping Individuals with Autism Wear Face Masks
Offering suggestions and useful resources to help with adjusting to wearing this now essential accessory.
– Helping Individuals with Autism Wear Face Masks
Here is a great page for helping Autistic individuals with masking. We can all benefit
Offering suggestions and useful resources to help with adjusting to wearing this now essential accessory.
Fear Of Coronavirus Has Reportedly Caused Some Patients To Forego Needed Medical Care
The New York Times (5/25) reports, “In a world seeded with anxiety, fear is gripping not just people who are ill with the coronavirus but those in urgent need of other medical care.” While “the number of Covid cases declines in many places, patients with cancer, heart disease and strokes, among others, are delaying or forgoing critical procedures that could keep them alive.” Furthermore, “as the virus reignites in pockets of the country, people are ignoring symptoms altogether, afraid to set foot in emergency rooms or even doctors’ offices.”
WHO says 80 million babies are missing out on routine childhood vaccines
CNN (5/22) reported that “as many as 80 million babies worldwide are missing out on routine childhood vaccines because of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization said Friday.” This “pandemic has disrupted vaccination programs in at least 68 countries, according to a joint news release by WHO, the global vaccine initiative Gavi, the United National Children’s Fund UNICEF and the Sabin Vaccine Institute.” The “WHO released new guidance to countries on how they can resume vaccination campaigns safely during the pandemic.” According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, “pediatricians should be doing all they can to encourage parents to bring children in for vaccinations and other important visits, including separating sick children from well children and reaching out to remind families to make appointments.”
Are Zoom Meetings Tiring You Out? Here’s How to Recover
How virtual platforms are both a blessing and a curse.
Everyone is home schooling and you might find this helpful!
Source: Are Zoom Meetings Tiring You Out? Here’s How to Recover
The Art of Now
Essential skills for minfulnessAn exploration of the art of integrating mindfulness into psychotherapy, including suggestions for introducing mindfulness exercises to patients, starting your own meditation practice, reflections on difficulties that may arise and how to overcome them, as well as inspiration from stories, poetry, visual art and music.
Source: The Art of Now
Crying, Cooing, Communication: Baby’s First Year
This is an excerpt from our zero to three email that goes out to all of our patients, but I thought this is pretty good and should post to our blog!
Richard Gould