Tag: healthcare

  • Why Parents Shouldn’t Be Able to Refuse Medical Treatment for an Ill Child

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    [One of 50 articles written and published for Demand Media in 2013] Legally, refusal to provide or access medical care for children can be termed medical neglect. According to the latest available national statistics, documented child abuse and neglect in 2011 affected more than 675,000 children, or nearly 1 in a 100 kids. On average,… Read more

  • Child Behavior Checklist Items

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    [One of 50 articles written and published for Demand Media in 2013] As children develop, parents like to see them hitting normal developmental milestones. When it appears something is not quite right, a screening behavioral review is an early step. The widely accepted Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment offers two screens, one for children… Read more

  • Workout Guide for Teen Guys

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    [One of 50 articles written and published for Demand Media in 2013. Published version here.] Getting ripped and looking good is a goal desired by many and attained by few. Why do so many fail? In a word, persistence. Despite what ads for supplements might tell you, there’s no way around it — getting fit… Read more

  • How Does Biotechnology Affect Kids?

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    [One of 50 articles written and published for Demand Media in 2013] Biotechnology can affect children before they are conceived, before they are born and as they age. The knowledge base is expanding quickly, with new tools for DNA analysis. The ability to model and image molecular and atomic interactions, together with sophisticated scanning techniques… Read more

  • System for Tracking Kid’s Good and Bad Behavior

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    [One of 50 articles written and published for Demand Media in 2013. Published version here.] There are a variety of ways to track behavior, and tracking systems for children are generally intended to aid in behavioral management. This can be for home, school, or long family road trips. Behavior is measured and recorded for the… Read more

  • Strategies Used for Disruptive Aggressive Behavior in Children

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    [One of 50 articles written and published for Demand Media in 2013] Benjamin Franklin famously said that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Strategies for dealing with aggressive behavior fall into two categories. Prevention is using techniques to minimize or eliminate continuing aggression. Intervention is dealing with aggression as it happens.… Read more

  • The World’s Largest Private Deaf Employer

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    Employment Matters column, i711.com Do you know who is the largest private employer of deaf staff anywhere? Yes, anywhere. There are other places – deaf schools, mostly – with many deaf staff, but they’re publicly funded. We’re talking about a private business here, with well over 100 deaf staff. We’re talking about full time workers… Read more