Articles written by Kimberley Powell
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Street Children with Disabilities
Almost every day of the year, most street children with disabilities have to battle against the negative attitudes of society.
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Children and Farm Safety
Farm related injuries claim over 100 lives every year in Canada, far exceeding any other home-based business.
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Protect Yourself Against Fire
Statistics show that your life will be affected by fire three times, either through personal experience or the experiences of family and friends.
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Fetal Hydantoin Syndrome (FHS)
Worldwide, approximately 2 million women are exposed to phenytoin (Dilantin) during pregnancy.
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Adopting Kids with Developmental Disabilities
Children with developmental disabilities, like all children, benefit from the love and stability that come from belonging to permanent families.
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Burn and Scald Prevention
In 1997/98, hospital burn units across Canada treated 1059 children for burns and scalds. Half of these children were between the ages of 1 and 4 years old.
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13 Activities for Children in Power Wheelchairs
Being given the freedom to explore & play with fun motivating activities enables a child with limited mobility.
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Landau-Kleffner Syndrome (LKS)
LKS is characterized by the loss of comprehension and expression of verbal language (aphasia) in association with severely abnormal EEG findings.
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Adaptive Clothing for Kids With Special Needs
One area of concern for disabled children is the need for available quality clothing which aids in the ease of dressing and undressing.
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Selecting a Wheelchair for a Child
Being comfortable with a chair is more than how it feels to the body; it must also feel comfortable to the child's unique personality.
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Wheelchair Sports Activities for Kids
To avoid feelings of low self-esteem, isolation and other psychological issues, it is important for a wheelchair-bound person to participate in sports activities.
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Characteristics of Usher's Syndrome
Usher's Syndrome is a genetic disorder primarily characterized by deafness accompanied by Retinitis Pigmentosa, a disorder that causes progressive vision loss.
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Velocardiofacial Syndrome (VCFS)
VCFS is a rare disorder that has been associated with over 30 different features.
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Transporting Children with Special Health Needs
In a crash, the proper use of infant or child car seats can reduce the risk of death by 71% and the risk of injury by 67%.
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Finding the Right Toys for Disabled Children
Matching toys to a special needs child's varying ability can be a challenge for parents and caregivers.
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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Over the last 30 years, the proportion of children in the custody of grandparents in Canada has doubled. Over 30% live below the poverty line.
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Health Concerns of Children in Foster Care
Children and youth entering into foster care are a high-risk, special needs population with many barriers to optimum health care.
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How Children Cope With Sexual Abuse
Children who are being abused are generally powerless to stop it by themselves. Attempts may be made to shield themselves from the abuse.
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Lasting Scars of Child Sexual Abuse
The rates of reported child sexual abuse have risen five-fold since the late 1970s. Victims come from all social, ethnic and economic groups.
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Injury Prevention on the Playground
Injuries are the leading cause of death and disability in children. Injuries kill more children in Canada than all other diseases combined.
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Anaphylaxis Response in the School Setting
School communities play an important role in preventing anaphylactic incidents. Failure to respond appropriately to an anaphylactic reaction could result in death.
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The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children
Children who live in situations of family violence can suffer permanent physical harm, even death.
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Down Syndrome and Stuttering
Learning difficulty which can affect the ability to understand and produce speech and language is common amongst individuals with Down Syndrome.
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Down Syndrome and Language Acquisition
Children with Down syndrome can face many challenges - health problems, hearing impairments and learning disabilities, including those affecting language development.
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Shortcomings of the Child Protection System
Each year a child has died in care or custody since 1996, and 5-year-old Jeffrey Baldwin was one of them, says Cathy Vine, Executive Director of Voices for Children.
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Kids with Down Syndrome and Music Therapy
Music and movement based instruction helps children with Down Syndrome overcome emotional and behavioural challenges associated with their disability.
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Patterns of Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS)
SBS, a major cause of death in infants, is often fatal and can cause severe brain damage, resulting in lifelong disability.
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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colourless, odourless, deadly gas. Since you can't see, taste, or smell it, carbon monoxide can kill you before you know it's there.
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Building Language Skills in Autistic Children
Applied behaviour analysis (ABA) is an intervention that has been successfully used for the treatment of autism.
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The Samonas Sound Therapy Program
Used by over 3,000 practitioners worldwide, Samonas is an individualized sound therapy program that combines elements of music and sound.
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Teaching Mathematics to Kids with Down Syndrome
Teachers often underestimate the child's level of understanding due to delays in speech and language, which may hinder progress in numbers/mathematics.
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Reading Skills in Children with Down Syndrome
Quality education is important to provide a child with Down Syndrome the opportunities that are needed to develop strong academic skills.
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Early Language Acquisition in Infants
Normal language development follows a series of stages, from infant babbling -- to finally learning all of the sounds of their language by the early school years.
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Children with Down Syndrome Learn Through Play
Even as newborns children learn through play. Growth and development take place through play. This is true for kids with special needs as well as any other kids.
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Art Therapy and Children Affected with Cancer
Art therapy allows children affected with cancer to express their concerns spontaneously.
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Child Safety Tips on Escaping From a Kidnapper
"99.8% of children who go missing do come home," reports the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. 3% are abducted by non-family members.
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Detoxification for Heavy Metals in Autism
Heavy metal detoxification has become a widespread method of treatment for autism. Detoxification helps remove mercury and other disease-causing metals from the body.
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Communicating With Dying Children
Until it becomes a part of their lives very few children are familiar with the idea of terminal illness.
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Celebrating Christmas Around the World
Christmas has long been a time of celebration around the world and there are many different ways to celebrate the holidays.
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Leading Causes of Failure to Thrive in Infants
Referred to as Failure to Thrive (FTT), this condition is a serious form of delayed physical growth and poor weight gain.
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Fetal Alcohol Disorder and the Justice System
More than 60% of prisoners are likely to have been affected by alcohol in utero. It costs appoximately $120,000/yr to "house" a young offender and $82,000 for an adult.
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Acquired Brain Injury and Learning
Acquired brain injury (ABI) is a leading cause of physical and cognitive impairment of school-aged children in North America.
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Christmas Music
Christmas became the holiday of carols in the 16th century, but disapproval of caroling by the Puritans in the 17th century dampened the tradition in England for 160 yrs.
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Intellectual Disabilities and the Justice System
Being characteristically suggestible and eager to please persons in authority, people with mental retardation often confess to capital crimes they did not commit.
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The History of Christmas
It's Christmas once again! It's time for Santa's gifts, for mistletoe kisses and for family gatherings. It's also a time to reflect on the traditions of this holiday.
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Infant Mental Health
Infants can have mental health challenges arising from neurological and other medical conditions, as well as from the stresses and difficulties in their environments.
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Sensory Integration Therapy for Cerebral Palsy
Unusual responses to sensory stimuli are common and prominent in children with cerebral palsy.
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The Picture Exchange Communication System
The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) when introduced and practiced thoroughly is proving quite effective to develop communication.
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Adopting a Special Needs Child
There are thousands of "special needs" children who are in need of loving, permanent homes. They may have physical challenges or long-term disabilities.
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November is Adoption Awareness Month
There are children of all ages who need adoptive families. Adoption can be a very rewarding experience, particularly if you are dedicated to helping out a child in need.
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Inside an Infant's Active Brain
Early access to sound is vital. From birth, a baby is already busy at work, actively constructing the foundation to his future intellectual and emotional self.
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
FASD is a life-long condition. A child with FASD becomes an adult with FASD.
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Using Oral Deaf Education to Teach Deaf Children
There are different degrees of hearing loss, and many deaf and hearing impaired children have some residual hearing.
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Bring Hearing to Children with Cochlear Implants
Cochlear implants are widely recognized as an appropriate intervention for children with bilateral severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss.
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Tony Stewart's Other Side
He may infuriate many drivers on the track, but his generosity off the track has warmed the hearts of even the strongest of critics.
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Hate-Motivated Crimes in Schools
Hate crimes committed in a school setting can quickly affect the school climate and relationships among students. Incidents can lead to retaliation or confrontations.
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October is Child Abuse Awareness Month
October is Child Abuse Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness about the many faces of child abuse and neglect.
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Kennington First Driver to Race Internationally
Some weekends DJ Kennington is competing in a Nationwide race one day, then making an all-night trip back to Canada for a Canadian Tire Series race the next afternoon.
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Andrew Ranger to Compete in Nationwide Series
After winning the first ever NASCAR Canadian Tire Series championship, Andrew Ranger is scheduled to compete in 7 NASCAR Nationwide Series races this season.
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