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News & UpdatesLatest News2011/2012 Flu Season Dr. Ted's CornerHelp for College Students with Disabilities from Wrightslaw.com Click here to download full article » Is My Child Ready for Kindergarten? How Do I Know? At this time of year we always get lots of questions about whether a child is ready for Kindergarten. This year, I contacted Stephaine Jefferson of Little Scholars and asked her expert advice. Here is her answer... As another Summer is coming to an end, we begin to prepare once again for the upcoming school year. Many of you with young children will begin the search for a Kindergarten program to send them to next year. As a parent of young children, I know how stressful the process of testing for Kindergarten can be for a parent. Although you may be confident in your child's abilities, you may not know what he will do once he is in a private room with a lady he doesn't know, or in a classroom with a group of children he may or may not know. One of the reasons I developed our Kindergarten Readiness Assessment was to provide parents with a better idea of their child's skills before going into a testing situation. Here are some resources that may help better explain our KRA and its benefits.
back to top Archived NewsWhooping Cough is a Serious IssueWhile most parents can't wait to hear their baby's first babbles and coos, there's a first sound that actress, singer and mother Jennifer Lopez is betting no parents ever want to hear - the sound of their baby with pertussis, more commonly known as whooping cough. Ms. Lopez has joined the March of Dimes and sanofi pasteur, the vaccines division of the sanofi-aventis Group, to create a national public awareness campaign called "Sounds of Pertussis." Learn more about Pertussis Click here to download a PDF file with more information » TV Drama Reignites Autism-Vaccine Controversy Click here to read the full story now » Important Recall Information McNEIL RECALLS CERTAIN CHILDREN'S LIQUID PRODUCTS McNeil Consumer Healthcare announced yesterday it is voluntarily recalling a number of OTC children's and infants' liquid formulations including certain Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl products. The company said the reason for the recall is that some of the products may not meet quality standards. Some of the products included in the recall may contain a higher concentration of active ingredients than specified; others may contain inactive ingredients that may not meet internal testing requirements; and others may contain tiny particles. A press release issued by the company last night states, "This recall is not being undertaken on the basis of adverse medical events. However, as a precautionary measure, parents and caregivers should not administer these products to their children." The company urges consumers to discontinue use of the recalled products. For more information and a full list of recalled products, visit: http://www.mcneilproductrecall.com and http://www.fda.gov/medwatch back to top |
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