Video contests, mural painting, activity fairs, talent shows—there’s no limit to fun ways to celebrate your prevention efforts.
The week of May 20–26, 2012 marks the first annual National Prevention Week, which honors the efforts of organizations and community members to stop substance abuse and champion well-being.
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CPI has been named as an approved training provider in the state of Oregon, just as the effective date for Oregon HB 2939 is about to take effect on July 1, 2012.
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Yoga has long been touted as a stress reliever, and a recent study indicates that high school students who practice yoga can yield benefits.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School conducted a 10-week study on 51 junior and senior high school students. Some of the students did a regular PE class, while others did a yoga-concentrated PE class. All the participating students took psychological tests at the beginning of the study and again at the end.
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“Autism has locked me inside a body I cannot control.”
Carly Fleischmann may have nonverbal autism, but at age 10 she unlocked her inner world, finding that typing allowed her to express her thoughts and feelings. Now 17, she has not only co-authored Carly’s Voice: Breaking Through Autism with her father, she has also taken her expression past the printed word.
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The US Department of Education (DOE), in collaboration with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), released a new resource document for schools, school districts, and states looking to update and implement policies on physical restraint and seclusion. The document describes 15 principles intended to guide the policymaking discussion. These principles mirror the proposed federal Keeping All Students Safe Act (both House and Senate versions of the currently proposed bill).
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“Landon was an amazing boy who just happened to have autism.”
At age 10, Landon has made remarkable progress for a child who began school with severe sensory and communication issues. From the time he entered the specialized preschool program for disabilities at age three and received speech and occupational therapy, Landon’s teachers and staff have watched him develop and grow his vocabulary, comprehension, and interests.
Read more: Focused Teamwork Guides Transition for Kids With Autism…
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“Smile. Touch. A gentle voice. Beauty. Yes, they can have quality of life. Who are we to assume they can’t?”
It’s not easy to understand what “quality of life” can really mean for someone who can’t communicate with you the way you’re used to. But when you focus on the disabilities that Alzheimer’s and dementia can cause, you risk missing the abilities that remain. In “My Mother, and Other Dementia Patients, Could Still Enjoy Quality of Life,” columnist Mark McCarter writes about his mother’s struggles with dementia, his own blindness to this special reality, and what he learned.
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