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When your child is invited into a friend’s home to play it’s easy to ask questions about pets, things like trampolines that could cause injuries, and inform the parent of any food or other allergies. You probably meet the parents first, and learn a Continue reading Do You Ask about Guns?
As soon as summer hits routines go out the window for long afternoons at the pool and late bedtimes. Your school year nightly reading routine may be a real struggle to stick with this time of year! It’s common for Continue reading Prevent the Summer Slide
There are a lot of demands on your time when you have children. The house is never all clean at the same time, there is always laundry to do, and by the time you clean up one meal, it’s just Continue reading You Are What Your Child Needs Most
We have been promoting daily reading with young children for over a decade through the Turn a Page. Touch a Mind.® (TAP-TAM) program because of the large amount research linking young children who are read to often to school success. This Continue reading MRI Shows Brain Activity Related to Early Reading Exposure
Did you know that as many as 1 in 10 children suffer from mental illness, but at leasthalf won’t receive treatment? Some of these mental illnesses include anxiety disorders, eating disorders, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, depression, and most common – Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Continue reading Kansas KidLink – Connecting Kids to Important Services
Each spring all Turn a Page. Touch a Mind.® (TAP-TAM) sites are required to report how many books they distributed to children through the TAP-TAM program during the previous year. We are excited to announce that in 2014 TAP-TAM sites Continue reading We Have Reached a New Milestone!
TAP-TAM continues steady growth across the state with two new sites getting trained this spring. We are excited to welcome Johnson County Pediatrics in Merriam, and the Wichita County Health Department in Leoti. Johnson County Pediatrics has 5 pediatricians who Continue reading TAP-TAM Welcomes 2 New Sites
On January 28th Dennis Cooley, MD, FAAP trained physicians at the three Ft. Riley clinics to use books in the exam room as part of the Turn a Page. Touch a Mind.® (TAP-TAM) program. The books are provided through the Continue reading Ft. Riley Clinics Join TAP-TAM