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Mom2Mom Helpline Launches National Expansion of Mom2Mom

What's Happening 06/05/201506/03/2015 admin 0 Comments

Mom2Mom, a 24-7 peer counseling helpline for caretakers of children with special needs operated by Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care, has announced its nationwide expansion. The announcement was made during Mom2Mom’s annual Mother’s Day celebration in May in which callers to the helpline meet their counselors for the first time. Since 2010, Mom2Mom – the 24/7 peer-support helpline for mothers of children with special needs directed by University Behavioral Health Care, Rutgers Biomedical and Health […]

Communication made easier for children with cerebral palsy

Cerebral Palsy, Recent & Relevant 06/04/2015 admin 0 Comments

As presented in Medical News Today (MNT) The Biomechanics Institute of Valencia (IBV) has coordinated the ABC project (Augmented BNCI Communication), a European initiative that has developed a new brain-computer interface system to enhance communication skills of people with cerebral palsy from childhood, improving the relationship with their environment and the expression of emotions. Cerebral palsy affects 1.5 per 1,000 people in Spain, being the first cause of childhood disability. People with Dyskinetic Cerebral Palsy […]

A Family Guide to Children’s Mental Health Services

Healthcare, Parenting, Popular Features 05/27/2015 admin 0 Comments

 THE STATEWIDE PARENT ADVOCACY NETWORK INTRODUCTION We are families of children with special health care needs, including mental health needs. We are not here to tell you what to do with your child, because you are the expert on your child. We are here to support you in making the important decisions needed to ensure that your child with mental health challenges receives the services and supports needed for the best life possible. Children’s mental […]

New Study Findings: Are family physicians comfortable treating people with sickle cell disease?

Recent & Relevant 05/27/201505/27/2015 admin 0 Comments

The journal Anemia has published a study in which researchers analyzed survey responses related to knowledge and attitudes toward care and treatment of patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). Surveys were submitted by 1,042 practicing physician members of the Council of Academic Family Medicine organizations. The survey was conducted between November 2013 and January 2014, and was designed to identify areas in which family physicians may need additional knowledge about care of patients with SCD. […]

Instead of Competing, Why Not Join Forces?

Healthcare 05/23/201505/21/2015 admin 0 Comments

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DEVELOPMENTAL MEDICINE & DENTISTRY BY H. BARRY WALDMAN DDS, MPH, PHD, STEVEN P. PERLMAN DDS, MSCD, DHL (HON), SETH KELLER, MD, MICHAEL E. WALDMAN, MD AND MISHA GAREY, DDS Instead of lobbying “just” for the three million children with disabilities, with “only” 7.7 percent of the total population with disabilities, unquestionably we would carry greater momentum by joining forces with the other estimated 36 million younger and older adults to make the […]