As big brothers and sisters return to school, it’s important to remember the younger siblings and how in-person school during this pandemic can affect them. Risks for Younger Children While studies show COVID-19 is usually not as harmful to younger…
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While we have focused a lot on the additional stress COVID-19 causes for children currently, it is important to not forget the non-COVID-related school stress. These stressors may seem easy compared to what children have been dealing with during this…
Bullying has been an issue basically since the beginning of time and it can have major impacts on the health, safety, and overall wellbeing of children as they head back to school. The incorporation of cyberbullying into the mix over…
COVID-19 has had a major impact on how we live our lives worldwide. Aside from the danger of the virus itself, the side effects of pandemic life are having major, lasting effects on everyone including our children. What are the…
While back to school, if kids are returning to in-person classes, usually means the return of gym class and extracurricular sports, other youth fitness considerations should be taken into consideration to keep our kids happy and healthy, especially if they…
Wellness is multifaceted, but in today’s blog we’re going to focus on youth nutrition and healthy eating habits for those growing kiddos! The main thing to remember for children is they need to base their diet with foods from five…
As we approach that time of year here in the United States when kids are headed back to school, we feel it is an appropriate time to look at the wellness of our children and issues affecting them. How can…
Almost half of all Americans, over one hundred and third million people, suffer from chronic conditions (Schneider, O’Donnell and Dean, 2009). In order to help keep delivery of evidence-based care as uniform as possible, practice guidelines and standards of care…
Now that we’ve thoroughly discussed the overall process of coaching a patient through behavior change, let’s talk specifics. Overall wellness is extremely important, but there are several specific areas of wellness that require special coaching approaches or considerations. They are:…
We began looking at some open-ended questions in yesterday’s blog, and today we take that a step further by looking at the concept of Motivational Interviewing. “The use of MI includes setting a stage of support and empathy while implementing…