Encouraging Good Sleep Habits Tips for helping kids fall — and stay — asleep
You know what it’s like to not get a good night of sleep — feeling tired all day, getting upset easily, not being able to focus. It’s important for children to sleep well at night because sleep helps them learn, concentrate, and manage their behavior and emotions. Sometimes, kids who don’t get enough sleep even get misdiagnosed with ADHD. Parents can help their children build healthy sleep habits by using a few consistent strategies.
Please click on the following link to watch the video: How to Encourage Good Sleep Habits in Kids - Child Mind Institute
Information written by: Ken Schuster, PsyD
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Ms. Espeleta
EC-1st grade Counselor
Why Do We Wear Blue on Autism Awareness Day?
World Autism Awareness Day is celebrated worldwide on April 2nd, and everyone wears the color blue. The reason for wearing blue is due to the campaign “Light it Up Blue” that aims to foster understanding and acceptance for those with autism.
Supporters are encouraged to wear blue, join events around the world using the hashtag #LightItUpBLue to help raise awareness. You may see landmarks across the world like large buildings, arenas and tourist attractions light up blue in support of the cause.
Light It Up Blue
Light it up blue is the campaign spearheaded by Autism Speaks. To participate in this campaign, you can wear blue, use blue light bulbs around your home, school or workplace, change your social media colors to blue or post blue photos and spread awareness about autism. Any or all of these actions can spark healthy conversations around autism, reduce the stigma, and help us celebrate our differences.
In many cities across the world, you may see businesses and landmarks lighting up their premises with blue lighting. Iconic places such as the Empire State Building, Trafalgar Square, and the Pyramids will be lighting up blue on April 2nd.
Watch out for spots that are lighting it up blue. If you don’t see any, you can reach out to your local government or businesses to share the Light it Up Blue campaign and see if they are willing to participate to spread awareness.
Learn more about autism spectrum disorder
Only within the last century have we seen the discovery, development, and treatments for autism. The term was first ‘coined’ in the early 1900s to describe a specific cluster of symptoms of those with schizophrenia and extreme social withdrawal.
Two very important articles paved the way for autism research and helped to classify autism as a disorder separate from schizophrenia. In 1943 pediatric psychiatrist Dr. Leo Kanner characterized autism as a social and emotional disorder in his article “Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact”; and in 1944, Dr. Hans Asperger published a definition of autistic psychopathology describing autism as a disorder of normal intelligent children who have difficulties with social and communication skills.
In 1973, Dr. Ivar Lovaas created what is now known as Applied Behavioral Analysis or ABA therapy. It is currently viewed as one of the most effective therapies for children with autism to develop language and behavior skills.
In 2013, the notion of autism as a spectrum was considered by the ‘American Psychiatric Association.’ They combined all subcategories of autism and related conditions into one unified category to create the spectrum which includes the varied characteristics, severity and presentation of symptoms.
At CDS we celebrate World Autism Awareness Day this week, and everyone will be wearing blue.
For more information please visit: https://mapleservices.com.au/going-blue-for-world-autism-awareness-day-with-maple
