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ADHD and Tourette Treatment

ADHD and Tourette Syndrome:  A Treatment Challenge  Colin Bridgeman Pennsylvania State University Penn State College of Medicine 2004   Tourette’s Syndrome or Disorder (TS):   1)   First described by Georges Gilles de la Tourette in 1885   2)  Epidemiology:   A)  The...

Helping Children Cope After A Disaster

Issues related to disaster and trauma intervention are addressed in the following booklet.  This booklet is to assist parents and professionals in helping children after a disaster.  The Child Advocate is devoted to children and the parents and professionals that work...

Listen to the Children Interview

These are questions to ask children that are directly or indirectly involved in trauma to determine their awareness, knowledge, needs and misconceptions.  These questions are helpful whether the child was closely or distantly involved in the trauma. Where were you at...

The Affordable Care Act’s Impact on Youth

By: Cara Baldari One of the most popular and bipartisan parts of the Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111–148, P.L. 111–152) is the provision allowing youth up to age 26 to remain on their parents’ health insurance. Yet there are thousands of youth who “age out” of foster...

Divorce Effects on Children

Divorce is an intensely stressful experience for all children, regardless of age or developmental level; many children are inadequately prepared for the impending divorce by their parents based on 1980 and 1990 studies.

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