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Injuries from nursery products are on the rise. Find out how to keep your baby safe.
I remember a time nearly 8 years ago when I was preparing for the birth of my first child and a friend gave me a sleep wedge as a gift. I’d never heard of a sleep wedge, but she said a friend told her it was a lifesaver for getting a baby to sleep.
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How one physical therapist overcame scoliosis and now helps children do the same
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How To Monitor Your Child’s Use of Video Games
We’ve all heard about the potential dangers of video games. Your child could spend hours absorbed in a game that might be violent, instead of getting some much-needed physical activity or hanging out with friends.
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SunTrust Celebrates 80-Year Affiliation with $250,000 Philanthropic Investment in Orlando Health
SunTrust is one of Orlando Health’s oldest and most valued relationships.
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Distraction can be a useful tool in helping your child cope with a difficult situation
As a Child Life Specialist, I often joke about the proverbial “toolkit” that I seem to have invisibly available when I work with children. In it are a variety of ideas, books, toys, and other items that I have used in the past that can benefit children as they go through painful procedures or times in the hospital that are particularly stressful. One of my best “tools” in this kit of mine is distraction.
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Sensory carts at Arnold Palmer Hospital help reduce stimulation for children on the autism spectrum.
For any child, a visit to the Emergency Department (ED) can bring on a sudden increase in anxiety. However, for a patient on the autism spectrum, the
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Jannette H. Negron, MD
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What about me? Providing support to siblings during a hospitalization
March is National Child Life Month. As a Certified Child Life Specialist in the NICU, I find this month quite exciting. It is a time for Specialists to continue to spread awareness of the need for patient education and support during trying times in the hospital, and most importantly, we celebrate the importance of play! But, patients are not the only family members that Child Life Specialists serve. We also provide education and support to siblings. Regardless of age, siblings can struggle throughout a child’s hospitalization for various reasons, and it is important to recognize ways that they can feel supported and have an understanding of what is going on with their brother or sister in a way that makes sense to them.
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Does swimming cause ear infections?
This blog post was originally published in June 2014
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Prevent those "terrible twos" by easing communication frustrations
One of the most frequent referrals we receive for a speech-language assessment is for the two-year-old child who “does not talk.” The parent interview usually reveals that both the parents and the toddler are at their whit’s end, experiencing daily frustrations due to communication breakdown. Luckily, there’s usually a pretty easy way to alleviate this problem; an augmentative means of communication (AAC).
