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The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) opened Boomerang Health to provide community based, multi-disciplinary services, to children and their families.
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Our workshop on #PickyEating, taking place at the Schwartz/Reisman Centre, is just 3 weeks away! Come hear one of our #OccupationalTherapist and #Dietitians share their excellent tips. Click here to register: http://adults.srcentre.info/schedule/Healthy-U-Health-and-Wellness-Series-class-2586.asp
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Helpful tip of the day: Having trouble staying #active this #winter? Make a shoveling game to play with your kids! Buy child size snow shovels and ask your kids to help shovel the driveway. See who can make the biggest snow pile, or shovel a huge pile and jump on it! For more tips on how to stay active this winter, check out our blog: http://www.boomeranghealth.com/blog/neurodevelopmental-physiotherapy/ten-tips-get-active-winter/#.VryjM_krKUk
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Helpful tip of the day: Enhancing emotional vocabulary! Choose a book with a feelings focus and bring the emotions to your child's attention. Our pick for this snowy day: Thomas' Snowsuit by Robert Munsch! Learn more about enhancing a young child's emotional vocabulary on our blog: http://www.boomeranghealth.com/blog/psychology/enhancing-young-childs-emotional-vocabulary-2/#.VrozEVgrLIU
The younger face of eating disorders
Insights from SickKids' Dr. Grewal on trends in pediatric eating disorders. #nutrition
The healthy child: assembly required | Kathleen Gallagher | TEDxUNC
Check out this #TedTalk where Dr. Gallagher from the University of North Carolina underlines the importance of early high quality educational childcare.
10 Ways to Support Speech and Language Development with Your Tablet -
We seem to be living in the age of technology, and parents are often unsure whether their kids should be using it. Our latest SLP blog reviews ways that tablets can be helpful in supporting speech and language development.
Bell Let's Talk
Break down the barriers, stop the silence, talk and be heard! Are you texting today? If so, don't forget to turn off your iMessage. All of the proceeds from the #BellLetsTalk campaign go towards mental health initiatives.
Bell Let's Talk
Mental health should not be silenced - start the discussion and TALK! #BellLetsTalk
Effective Strategies to Manage Negative Behaviors using Positive Reinforcement -
Our latest blog describes some great strategies to manage negative behaviours in children. It's time to start focusing on the positive!
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Our winter SOCIAL SKILLS & SELF-REGULATION groups are underway, and people are already asking about spring! Check out the flyers below for our SPRING & MARCH BREAK programs. Stay tuned for information about other exciting groups that we will be offering!
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Our parent workshop on #PickyEating is 3 weeks away! Come hear one of our #OccupationalTherapists and #Dietitians speak on this important topic. 🍅🍏🍌
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New on the blog: 10 Ways to Support Speech and Language Development with Your Tablet. Link in profile. 📱🖥💻 #Speech #Language #SpeechLanguagePathology #iPad #Tablet #Blog
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New on the blog: Parenting strategies to manage negative behaviours. Link in profile. 👍🏻👏🏻👍🏼👏🏼👍🏽👏🏽👍🏾👏🏾 #Parenting #PositiveReinforcement #Psychology #Psych #Blog
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