Posted on June 16, 2008 by sliers
Now that summer time is upon us, it is important to remember that all children will continue to need structure, as well as time to play and be a child! Now that you are spending more time at home with your child it can be easy to become overwhelmed and frustrated. Remembering to use a [...]
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Posted on May 27, 2008 by sliers
What is torticollis?
Torticollis is the shortening of muscles in the neck causing a rotation or bending of the cervical spine. Congenital torticollis (present at birth) may be caused by malpositioning of the head in the uterus, or by prenatal injury of the muscles or blood supply in the neck. Torticollis can also be caused due [...]
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Posted on April 8, 2008 by sliers
Wearing a cowboy hat and blue bandanna, 11-year-old Austin delivered a line from a play he’d been working on all week.
“I grabbed the snake and threw it far away, and I’m still here today,” he said.
The audience laughed. Austin smiled. And his mother, peering through the lens of a video camera, beamed. Austin, who has [...]
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