Much of Megan’s research focuses on the important role of self-regulation skills – the social and emotional skills that help children pay attention, follow directions, stay on task, form healthy friendships and persist through difficulty.
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The family dog could serve as a partner and ally in efforts to help children with disabilities incorporate more physical activity into their daily lives, a new study from Oregon State University indicates.
Mark your calendars now for the fourth annual Oregon Parenting Educators Conference. This year’s conference will be held from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, May 22, at LaSells Stewart Center and CH2M Hill Alumni Center on the Oregon State University campus.
In particular, the scientists studied comments and sentiments expressed about Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. It found that 51 percent of tweets by private users of Twitter accounts contained stigma, when making reference to this condition and the people who deal with it.
Aging, both at the personal and societal level, is relatively new historically. There have never been so many people living into old age. Alarmist headlines warn of the approaching “silver tsunami” and have led to what I call “the doom and gloom of the baby boom.” Particularly concerning is that most of us will care for an aging parent at some point in our adult lives.
Flame retardants are found throughout the built environment in furniture, mattresses, carpeting, electronics, vehicles and more. The chemicals are added to the products and are not bound in the material, which causes them to be released into indoor environments.