Extended Child Assessments at Natalis
Natalis Counseling & Psychology Solutions now offers extended child and family services in an effort to partner with parents of young children, from birth to adolescents, to assess their comprehensive development. Read more about Natalis' extended child assessments (PDF).
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Reading Skills and Childhood Development
With the school year in full gear, parents of young children are ushering them into a new phase of learning and skills building: reading and writing. Reading skills are critical to the development of healthy, successful kids. So it may seem alarming to learn that according to the Reading Rockets Toolkit for School Psychologists, 37 percent of our nation's fourth graders are performing below a "basic" level, meaning they cannot read well enough to understand a simple story, or can barely read at all. Read more about reading skills and childhood development and what you can do at home (PDF).
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Studying Brain Function Through Neurofeedback
By Jonathan Wagner, Clinician at Natalis Counseling & Psychology Solutions
Neurofeedback is a way of observing, recording and assessing how the electrical activity in a participant's brain is functioning in order to bring influence and change to brain activity. For example, if we want to learn something new, we actively repeat and modify the thought, idea or activity until we are satisfied with the outcome. With neurofeedback, a therapist uses a computer to monitor the activity of the participant's brain, which then offers "feedback" visually and audibly to their brain. Read more about Neurofeedback (PDF).
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National School Lunch Week
October 15-19 is National School Lunch Week. National School Lunch Week is a great opportunity to increase the awareness of healthy eating for children all over the country. Participating schools may offer special menu items, games and contests. If your child does not eat school lunches, you can still talk to your child about how important it is to eat healthy. For more information visit the School Nutrition Association's website.
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