Fascinating. I’m trying to put this together, learn more about how this gets put into practice and how it gets managed in a therapeutic relationship. The possibilities seem remarkable. I welcome your input: Easing the Way in Therapy With the Aid of an Animal By JANE E. BRODY Published: March 14, 2011
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An interesting piece on Resilience and how our challenging experiences lead us to manage the new ones. NYTimes: On Road to Recovery, Past Adversity Provides a Map By BENEDICT CAREY Published: January 3, 2011 “Whatever else it holds, this new year is sure to produce a healthy serving of redemption stories, against-the-odds tales of people who
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Research continues to show that solving puzzles can have significant impact on our brains. I haven’t seen much certainty about how they help or to what extent, but hopefully ongoing research will have more concrete answers in the near future. In the meantime, the likelihood that puzzles help us build and maintain our cognitive skills
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NYTimes’ Well Blog reports on potential structural changes in the brains of those who practice meditation. “Researchers report that those who meditated for about 30 minutes a day for eight weeks had measurable changes in gray-matter density in parts of the brain associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and stress.” “M.R.I. brain scans taken
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One of my favorite people from my two short years in New Orleans is a beautiful, engaged mother, married to another of my favorite nola people. I had just met her first son a few times before we scattered. Since then, her tribe has grown, and Facebook allows me to keep up on her adventures, challenges and
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American Radio Works’ Early Lessons Click the blue link just above to read the full article and hear the radio report, plus some pictures. “The Perry Preschool was the idea of a man named David Weikart. He was a school system administrator in the small city of Ypsilanti, Michigan back in the late 1950s. When he
I’ve had several conversations recently about how therapy works and how it works differently for each client. Some seem to make leaps and bounds in their quality of life in pursuing insight into their histories and behaviors. Some report being flummoxed with an untangling and a difficult inertia leaving them clouded, stuck. In my practice,
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Study Linking Vaccine to Autism Was Fraud, Journal Reports By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: January 5, 2011 “The first study to link a childhood vaccine to autism was based on doctored information about the children involved, according to a new report on the widely discredited research.” “A new examination found, by comparing the reported diagnoses
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Anti-Bullying Program Reduces Kids’ Gossip By RICK NAUERT PHD Senior News Editor Major Takeaways: Retaliation escalates the bullying and victimization. Anti-bullying curriculum can show dramatic decreases in bullying. Bystanders can be the greatest anti-bullying tool – if you see something, say something. “Frey said that bystanders are very important in decreasing gossip and bullying, but many times
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…”Of course, there are no good terms: special needs, intellectually disabled, mentally retarded, brain damaged. The labels range from euphemistic to offensive. The best seem clinical and unemotional, as if not to burden anyone with the real difficulties behind the phrases. But Cecily manages very well. She lives semi-independently in a community for people with
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