10Mar

Concocting a Cure for Kids With Issues

Posted by ADMiN as Children and Youth, Eyes and Eyesight, Medicine and Health, New York Times, News

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Through a controversial practice called vision therapy, some optometrists say they can treat learning disabilities.

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06Mar

With Haitian Schools in Ruins, Children in Limbo

Posted by ADMiN as Children and Youth, Earthquakes, Education and Schools, Haiti, New York Times, News

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Earthquake-damaged schools in and around the capital could stay closed for months or never reopen, officials say.

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03Mar

Sometimes, Workplaces Aren’t Meant for Children

Posted by ADMiN as Air Traffic Control, Children and Youth, Kennedy International Airport (NYC), New York Times, News

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An air traffic controller is in trouble after letting his children speak to pilots. Here’s a look at places where it might not be the best idea to bring your child to work.

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25Feb

Watch How You Hold That Crayon

Posted by ADMiN as Children and Youth, New York Times, News, Physical Therapy, Special Education (Handicapped), Tutors and Tutoring

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In affluent areas, occupational therapists have taken their place among those helping successful students

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24Feb

Questions Surface After Haitian Airlift

Posted by ADMiN as Adoptions, Children and Youth, Haiti, New York Times, News, Orphans and Orphanages, Pittsburgh (Pa)

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Twelve of the 52 children transported from Haiti to Pennsylvania last month were not in the process of being adopted and might not all even be orphans.

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22Feb

Big City: It’s All Sweetness and Light, Until the Snowballs Fly

Posted by ADMiN as Ancient Playground, Children and Youth, New York City, New York Times, News, Parks and Other Recreation Areas, Playgrounds

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When a nice day at the playground turns ugly, disturbing behavior from adults and children alike is perplexing and paranoia-inducing.

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19Feb

God Said Multiply, and Did She Ever

Posted by ADMiN as Children and Youth, Families and Family Life, Jews and Judaism, New York Times, News

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Yitta Schwartz, a Satmar Hasidic Jew, left perhaps 2,000 descendants when she died last month at 93.

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19Feb

Patient Money: Finding Help for Learning Disabilities

Posted by ADMiN as Children and Youth, Education and Schools, Medicine and Health, New York Times, News, Principals (School), Private and Sectarian Schools, Special Education (Handicapped), Teachers and School Employees, Tests and Testing

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Parents who are aware of the available resources have a better chance of getting help for a learning-disabled child.

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19Feb

Judge Keeps His Word to Immigrant Who Kept His

Posted by ADMiN as Children and Youth, Chinatown (NYC), Deportation, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration and Emigration, New York Times, News

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When the judge sentenced the juvenile in 1996, he promised to stand behind him if he stayed out of trouble.

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18Feb

Judge Releases Eight Americans Jailed in Haiti

Posted by ADMiN as Children and Youth, Earthquakes, Haiti, Human Trafficking, Kidnapping, New York Times, News, Prisons and Prisoners

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Eight of 10 Americans arrested on child abduction charges were ordered released after the parents testified.

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12Feb

Adviser to Detained Americans in Haiti Is Investigated

Posted by ADMiN as Baptist Churches, Children and Youth, Decisions and Verdicts, Haiti, Human Trafficking, Idaho, New York Times, News, Orphans and Orphanages, Saint-Vil, Bernard

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The Salvadoran police are trying to determine whether the adviser and a suspect in a human trafficking case are the same person.

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12Feb

Single Mother Is Spared Court-Martial

Posted by ADMiN as Afghanistan War (2001- ), Children and Youth, Hutchinson, Alexis, New York Times, News, Parenting

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An Army specialist received an other-than-honorable discharge, ending an impasse over family responsibilities that had surprised many legal experts and spurred debate in military circles.

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11Feb

For Detained Youths, No Mental Health Overseer

Posted by ADMiN as Children and Youth, Juvenile Delinquency, Mental Health and Disorders, New York State, New York Times, News

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New York State does not have a single full-time staff psychiatrist to oversee 800 youths detained in facilities.

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09Feb

Paperwork Hinders Airlifts of Ill Haitian Children

Posted by ADMiN as Airlifts, Airlines and Airplanes, Children and Youth, Haiti, Hospitals, Humanitarian Aid, New York Times, News

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Doctors and aid workers are wrestling with proving that they are not illegally transporting children, whose risk of dying is rising while the paperwork awaits.

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05Feb

Haiti Charges Americans With Child Abduction

Posted by ADMiN as Adoptions, Children and Youth, Christians and Christianity, Haiti, Human Trafficking, New York Times, News, Orphans and Orphanages

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Members of a Baptist group who tried to take 33 children to an orphanage across the border were charged with abduction and criminal conspiracy.

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05Feb

The Puppy Diaries: The Tao of Temple

Posted by ADMiN as Children and Youth, Dogs, Families and Family Life, Grandin, Temple, New York Times, News, Pets

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According to Temple Grandin, the revered expert in animal behavior, it’s fine to treat your dog like a child.

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05Feb

Insulin Study Could Lead to New Dosage Devices

Posted by ADMiN as Cambridge University, Children and Youth, Insulin, Lancet, The (Journal), New York Times, News, Pancreas, diabetes

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A new study points toward a different way of regulating children’s glucose levels by using a continuous glucose monitor instead of the standard diabetes management system.