May 22, 2010, San Jose Mercury News, Letter to the Editor "Society Must Give New Dads a Safety Net," by Alisa Novik Stern, Psy.D.
Dr. Stern shares her view on new research that shows dads suffer from postpartum depression.
Summer 2010: "Teens & Technology: Parenting in the Internet Age," M Magazine
Co-authored by two Children's Health Council specialists, Katherine DeVaul, M.D., Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist and Samuel Sweet, Ph.D., Postdoctural Fellow, Registered Psychologist. See page 64
May 2010: "Like Mother, Not Like Daughter," Bay Area Parent Silicon Valley
Alisa Nowik Stern, Children's Health Council Psychologist, shares her perspective on how to raise a child who is very different from you.
Esther B. Clark Spirit Award
On March 24, 2010, Phyllis Draper was awarded the Esther B. Clark Spirit Award in a reception honoring Draper's long-standing contributions to supporting children in our community. See video of Esther B. Clark student, Lauren, thanking Mrs. Draper for her work.
Spring 2010: "The Inner Child," Stanford Medicine
Jo Wallace, Art Therapist at Children's Health Council, shares her time with the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (LPCH). LPCH featured her work in Stanford Medicine in the spring issue. Read "The Inner Child" to see examples of her young clients' art and how art therapy can help a child overcome a challenge and move forward.
February 21, 2010: Early Identification of Social and Emotional Problems
Listen to CHC's Dr. Barbara Bentley on Childhood Matters, the radio show for parents and all who care about kids.
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Concerned Learning
Every child, whether they have
inherited generous intellectual skills or more modest ones, will
face challenges in learning that concern their parents at one time or
another. These can range from huge concerns like a child’s inability
to learn to read, to a nagging concern about a child who studies for
too long under the pressure of scoring well on the SAT. Often, the perception
about school performance by the child and his family dictates
whether concerns emerge into full-blown crises
