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[venkyyyvenky]

5 Ways Your Child Can Benefit From Summer Programs | Univariety

Pre-College Summer Programs: It is one of the BEST ways through which your child can build his or her profile PLUS also get a chance to utilize free time in the most productive manner

[synernist-supervisor]

Superman [Parent Program]

Daniel's attachment to the boy was obvious to anyone paying the slightest bit of attention; whether they thought it acceptable or not was up in the air, but it was evident, either way. He inquired frequently of Sergio's well-being, especially when in Ricardo's company, and he was fairly certain the company president took a certain degree of amusement in it, but he didn't mind. He wanted to make sure Sergio was happy, here.

He really hoped he would be happy here.

And so, the biomachine found himself rapping gently on the door to Sergio's room; this had become something of a routine in the past while, simply a ritual of keeping him company. Talking, answering questions he could answer, letting him play with Alpha and Beta... anything to make him smile.

Why he was so keen on this was still beyond him, but in his six years of sentience, he had learned not to ignore his emotional responses. He was more than a program--and sometimes, he needed to prove that to himself, as well.

"Sergio? It's me; it's Daniel. May I come in?"

[eruditexperimenter-blog]

Parent Program

It hadn't mattered, even when he had known better.

Sergio curled up in the corner of the bed set against the wall in the sparsely furnished room.  It was quiet, save for the hum of the lights overhead.  A tray of food sat untouched on an otherwise bare table, having gone cold hours ago.  

He had known not to go with the lady working at the book bus.  He had known it was strange that they didn't care about his library card, and that getting into the vehicle was probably a bad idea.  But when the smell of the exhaust coming from the bus had become sweet - almost like that of baking cookies - none of that had mattered.

He hadn't felt himself sit down.  He hadn't felt himself go to sleep.  But when he woke up again, Sergio found himself in the sparsely furnished room.  A man with golden eyes dressed in a suit had come to him later.  He spoke gently and had a lot of very nice things to say, but after repeatedly asking to go home, all of those nice things added up to the same conclusion every time: No.

After a while, Sergio had just stopped talking with the golden-eyed man; stopped looking at him.  Instead, he had curled up, hugging his knees to his chest, and cried until his eyes were red and raw; wordless for the last few hours.

Maybe his parents weren't always nice - maybe they didn't always have time for him, but he missed them.  He missed his friends.  He missed his home and the woods and the creek and school.  He missed finding tadpoles and bird's nests and planting flowers.  And the longer he stayed here, the more sure he became that he was never going to see any of those people or places or things ever again.

[synernist-supervisor]

P A R E N T + P R O G R A M                       ==> A Strex Family AU

What if Sergio Vega, instead of being brought in by Ricardo Vega in his late teens, he had been brought in as a young child?

What if the biomachine project called S14--Daniel Vega--was assigned to tend to him, and through doing so, came to care for him as a Father would?

What if the Father and Son switched places--what would have been different? What if there was a little family behind the scenes of a corporate monster, where organic and synthetic didn't matter...?

                 (AU Tag: Parent Program. Exploring an idea with eruditexperimenter.]

[psychbuilder]

Easing ADHD without meds

Psychologists are using research-backed behavioral interventions that effectively treat children with ADHD. By Rebecca A. Clay February 2013, Vol 44, No. 2 Print version: page 44 Because of his attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the 10-year-old boy rarely even tried to answer the questions on the math and language arts worksheets his fourth-grade teacher asked students to complete during class. Not only that, he often bothered the students who did. Then the teacher made an important change to the boy's worksheets: She wrote the correct answers on them with invisible markers so that the boy could reveal the correct answer by coloring over the space as soon as he finished a question. The teacher also randomly inserted stars he could uncover by coloring and told him he would earn a reward for collecting four stars. The strategy paid off: The boy was soon answering every question and getting 84 percent of them correct. Giving immediate feedback is just one of many simple and effective behavioral approaches to improving children's attention, says psychologist Nancy A. Neef, PhD, who described the invisible marker experiment in a chapter on treating ADHD she co-authored in the 2012 "APA Handbook of Behavior Analysis." With ADHD affecting an estimated 7 percent of American children ages 3 to 17, psychologists are developing behavioral interventions that parents, teachers and others can use to help kids focus and control their impulses. Others are conducting research that demonstrates that more exercise and longer sleep can help. That's good news for kids, says Neef, who believes that parents, teachers and pediatricians are sometimes too quick to jump to prescribing medication for ADHD. "Particularly in the case of stimulant medications, which are the most common treatment for ADHD, we don't know an awful lot about the long-term side effects," says Neef, a professor of special education at The Ohio State University. And medication doesn't address problems related to children's academic performance and relationships with family members, peers and others. "Even though medication can be effective and very helpful, it's not a panacea," Neef says. Behavioral interventions Surprisingly, nonpharmacological approaches are also controversial, especially among the medical community. "If you read the professional guidelines for psychiatrists or sometimes pediatricians, the treatment that is emphasized for kids with ADHD is a pharmacological one," says Gregory A. Fabiano, PhD, an associate professor of counseling, school and educational psychology at the State University of New York at Buffalo. The entire story is here.

[shanshangao]

Weeks ago, I stumbled upon an program for toddler parents' at an independent bookstore at Prince street. Parents there, besides their babies were so happy to hang out, talk and laugh. 

[drgabeveas]

Here I am working with a group of parents on how to better relate and support their children. In meetings like this I also help to foster a team culture, where the parents begin to view each other as a support network to make their dreams a reality.

If you click on the image above you will be taken to the Search Institute's website which outlines the 40 Developmental Assets. Over the years, I have used their research to help parents understand what it takes to help kids grow up healthy, caring, and responsible.