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A 2012 study out of the Mayo Clinic found that children who had been repeatedly exposed to anesthetic at a young age were twice as likely to develop ADHD.  If a child had undergone anesthesia more than two times before the age of three, the risk of ADHD doubled.  The research found that the risk ...

By Rachel FreemanThe Gale GroupSTEPS FOR REACHING EFFECTIVE GOALSBEHAVIOR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES IN EDUCATIONCHARACTERISTICS OF BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVESIMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS FOR DESIGNING BEHAVIOR OBJECTIVESEveryone has had some experience setting personal goals. Perhaps the most common goal people se ...

Our Failed Approach to SchizophreniaTOO many pendulums have swung in the wrong directions in the United States. I am not referring only to the bizarre all-or-nothing rhetoric around gun control, but to the swing inmental health care over the past 50 years: too little institutionalizing of teenagers ...

Mr. Lonny R. Webb 1609 Willamette Falls DriveWest Linn, Oregon 97068 December 15, 2012Dear Mr. Webb :As the leader of the National Center for Crisis Management and the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, I want to write to the membership to address the tragic event that occurred ...

We spend a lot of time with clients answering how should I consequate a child, adult dependent or even a loved one's behavior. We operate from a behavioral premise, but we view that premise through the lenses of diagnoses, history of trauma and neglect, and experience. This means that a consequence ...

September 13th, 2012Marylhurst UniversityFoster providers, Casemanagers, parents and providers participated in a NeuroBehavioral Concepts workshop at Marylhurst University today. The learning objectives for today's talk was for the participants to be able to:žKnow the difference between Oppositiona ...