Archive | April 2013
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Tips on How to Be the Best Parent You Can Be
By Sara Jackson, CSW Safe and Healthy Families Yesterday, Doug Marchant, a psychology intern with Primary Children’s Center for Counseling and Safe and Healthy Families shared advice with new fathers. Click here to watch the video. Many thanks to Doug for talking about the difficult reality of being a new parent: There will be tough […]
Can Men Suffer From Postpartum Depression?
By Sara Jackson, CSW Safe and Healthy Families Paternal postpartum depression (PPD) is much less recognized and discussed than is maternal postpartum depression. However, estimates of the prevalence of paternal postpartum depression range between 4 to 25 percent of new fathers. A study published in 2010 by the American Medical Association found that 14 percent […]
Construction Update - The Final Beam
Standing on top of five stories of steel, two construction workers carefully walk across the frame to the middle of the building. The crane lifts the beam from the ground to the workers above. The men work together to precisely put the beam in place and secure it. The entire process takes about 10 minutes, […]
Understanding Autism
by Jonel M. Condra, SLP Speech Pathologist Today is World Autism Awareness Day (April 2). This day was established on December 18, 2007, when the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 62/139, declaring April 2 as World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) in perpetuity. This UN resolution established WAAD as one of only three official disease-specific […]
