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How Does Your Child Hear and Talk?

Parents often ask me whether their young child has a speech delay.  More often these days I get referrals from local preschools for children in danger of being removed from programs due to behavior problems.  Many times, these young ones have an undiagnosed speech delay.  Speech delays in young children are not uncommon and free help (imagine!) is available through the public school system even for the preschool aged child.

This information sheet from the American Speech Language Hearing Association gives the developmental milestones for speech from ages 1-5 as well as ways parents and caregivers can help children build language skills.

How Does Your Child Hear and Talk?.

Here are a few book resources, which link to Amazon.

The Late Talker   Out Of Sync Child

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12 Step Groups for Eating Disorders – Orange County

Eating disorders are rampant in the OC.  Many people struggling with anorexia, bulimia, overeating, and body issues have difficulty getting treatment- due to insurance, finances, or other reasons. 12 step programs can be a good place to start or a way to augment other therapies. OA  & ANAD meetings in Orange County are listed in the link below:

Orange County Intergroup of Overeaters Anonymous, Inc..

ANAD Groups (National Asssociation of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Eating Disorders)

There is one Anorexia Anonymous meeting at the current time:

Lake Forest, CA Sundays @7:00 PM (D) Women’s meeting  Rebecca’s House Extended Care for Women with Eating Disorders. For directions please call the house manager at 949-280-9399.


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Free Feelings Worksheets

It is true, few things in life are free.  Here is a link to free downloadable feelings worksheets/posters– you know the ones with the happy/mad/scared faces.  Great to post on your refrigerator to teach your kids about emotions.  If you are a child therapist or teacher, you will no longer need to purchase them to have them disappear from your office.  Just saying.

ESL Worksheets: Feelings Worksheets

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Care.com

I often run into people looking for caregivers – for their children, senior parents, even their pets.  Care.com lets you search for babysitters, care for seniors, pet-sitters, and housekeepers/sitters by state.  You can search for special needs and tutors also. There is a small fee for background checks.  The people that I know who have used the site to find care for seniors and children have been impressed by the ease and choices they were given.  Since we live in a metropolitan area, there may be more referrals for our area, however, compared to other referral agencies this site compared favorably in cost and ease to other nanny services.

The site also offered helpful information related child and senior care.  Many adults are now caring for children and aging parents- finding caregivers and information on how to care for aging parents is an unexpected challenge.

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Relaxation and Meditation

I wrote a post about relaxation/meditation on the corporate website ;-) – www.rouanzoin.com- Relaxation and Meditation and then I started thinking about the kids and how to teach them relaxation skills.

I do consider a child’s ability to self-soothe, relax, and calm their own mind to be a necessity. In a therapy environment- handling a child’s clinical anxiety or trauma response involves a bit more skill than can be learned in a single book or tape. Living a balanced life (homework/play/exercise/friends/family/good nutrition) is also extremely important in how a child handles stress.

That being said, when I am asked to recommend resources for parents, therapists, or teachers- I almost always recommend the series of stories by Maureen Garth(below). They are meant to be relaxing stories read out loud to children by a parent or caregiver, and children like them. I have recommended them for years- even while working in a children’s oncology unit. Some are even published in Spanish. :)

I do not have any current CD’s I recommend for children. I know many families have favorite calming music they use to help soothe their kids at night or on trips etc. If you are looking for a children’s relaxation CD or guided imagery for children, you can search Amazon and preview some of their selections Children’s Meditations. Adults may want to check out Relaxation and Meditation iMix on iTunes
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Below are the books available at Amazon or at your local bookseller.

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