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DISCUSS EDUCATE ACT LOWER RISK Its 2013 let’s DEAL with it! A production created for PAHO out of Barbados that is true for EVERY Caribbean country. Climate change is affecting all of us, we must DEAL with it.

What would your answer be if someone asked, “What affects a child’s behaviour?” Genetics Socialization Faith & Religion Culture Rarely would the answer include hunger. But believe it or not, hunger plays a major part in behaviour. Look at the most basic form of behaviour, newborn babies. How do you known when babies are hungry: their behaviour changes. Most definitely you won’t see a...

DISCUSS EDUCATE ACT LOWER RISK Its 2013 let’s DEAL with it! A production created for PAHO out of Barbados that is true for EVERY Caribbean country. Climate change is affecting all of us, we must DEAL with it.

Even if you have never watched Keeping up with the Joneses KUWTJ before now (are you under a rock?!) you will LOVE this message on climate change and health risk. Dengue, Gastro…. no mo’!

WEANING: Often times during weaning the texture of baby’s stool will change . The colon and rectum must adapt to this change and expel the firmer, sometimes drier stools efficiently.  Many toddlers will undergo transient constipation with FIRM DRY stools and INFREQUENT passage of stools (less than once every 3 days) during this adjustment phase. WITHHOLDING STOOL: Subsequently a few...

 Here we share a video from RealLookAutism which demonstrates the use of Art Therapy as a tool in improving social interaction, vocabulary building, decision making skills, as well as fine and gross motor skills. Not every child is a “fit” for Art Therapy, but this young fellow certainly is engaged in the process.   Does you child gravitate towards any art form? DO you think it is...

HIV and Caribbean Children The problem is clear. The questions we ask today are: WHO should be solving this problem and HOW will we cure this pervasive multi-faceted surge on our future? Are our parents, grand-parents, families, teachers, guidance counsellors, paediatricians,  obstetricians, psychologists, pastors, or government officials equipped to see the problem for what is really is? Can...

I thought my experience with this little boy (whose name I was unable to get) was very profound as it never involved “words” but the true understanding of non-verbal communication and the strength of understanding its power when dealing with someone diagnosed with Autism. On April 2, 2013, JASA (Jamaica Autism Support Association) put on a presentation at UWI addressing the prevalence of...

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Taking a serious look at teenage pregnancy in Jamaica. What is the crime? Who are the victims?