Tag: health
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Dangers of Eating Drywall: PICA
Dangers of Eating Drywall: PICA Some people have a condition called pica, which causes them to crave and consume non-food items, such as drywall, dirt, and paint chips. Pica may be caused by nutritional deficiencies, mental health disorders, developmental disorders, or brain injuries. Drywall is also known as plasterboard or wallboard, a common building material…
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Common Adolescent Mental Health Challenges
Dr. Pamela Cooper, M.A., MBA, PhD. Educational Diagnostician Common Adolescent Mental Health Challenges Adolescence is a transformative, challenging period filled with expectations, hurdles, and unique experiences. Social media influences, mental health disorders, physical health issues, peer and parent pressures, school demands, and just plain trying to understand their own individualized self-shouts why parents, educators, and…
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What to do when a child continues to put things into their mouth
What to do when a child continues to put things into their mouth During infancy, children go through a developmental phase of putting things in their mouth, i.e., fingers, feet, toys, clothing, etc. This continues throughout the toddler years, and then they eventually should outgrow it by school-age. Some school-age children continue to put inedible objects in…
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Why Children Chew on Everything
Dr. Pamela Cooper, M.A., M.B.A., PhD. Educational Diagnostician Learning Disabilities Teacher-Consultant (LDT-C) drpamelacooper1@gmail.com Just think, how many times when working with children, they seem to always have something in their mouth or are always chewing on something. How many times have you said to the same child to ‘take that out of your mouth’ or…
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