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Can Preventing Childhood Trauma Improve Adult Health?
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood. ACEs can include violence, abuse, and growing up in a family with mental health or substance use problems. Read more >>
Does My Child Need Occupational Therapy (OT)?
Written by Vibha Pathak, Occupational Therapist, OTD, OTR/L Every morning Marsha, age 10, wakes up on the wrong side of the bed and it is a battle to get to school on time. Read more >>
Virtual Healthy School (VHS) is an interactive learning tool from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Healthy Schools that illustrates how the components of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model can be integrated into a school. Read more >>
Positive Screen for Autism Often Does Not Spur Further Evaluation
More than two-thirds of toddlers flagged for autism at doctor visits do not get assessed for the condition by specialists, according to a study of more than 13,000 children1. Read more >>
Impact of Screen Time on Children’s Brain Development — What We Know So Far
Researchers are releasing data from NIH’s 10-year Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study each year so scientists can analyze it as the project progresses. What does the early data from roughly 4,500 participants say so far? Read more >>
Praise, Don’t Tease, And Other Tips To Help Kids with Their Weight
According to Marlene Schwartz, a psychologist and the director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, a child’s immediate family can be a common source of fat shaming, or commenting negatively on the child’s weight. Read more >>
Written by Joan Baran, PhD, Clinical Director at CHC When we think of teens maturing, we think of all the changes they are going through: bodies growing, thinking becoming more abstract, and peers’ views considered increasingly important. Read more >>
For Better Adult Mental and Relational Health, Boost Positive Childhood Experiences
Positive childhood experiences, such as supportive family interactions, caring relationships with friends, and connections in the community, are associated with reductions in chances of adult depression and poor mental health, and increases in the chances of having healthy relationships in Read more >>
When Does Disruptive Behavior Merit a Mental Health Diagnosis?
Written by Alexa Boubalos, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at CHC Explosive behavior. Rage. Tantrums. Meltdowns. Aggression. Property destruction. Having a child with any of these behaviors can be a challenging experience. And while all children tend to act out Read more >>
Early Childhood Language Development Resources [downloadable]
Kids start developing communication skills from the moment they’re born. Newborns quickly begin to recognize important sounds in their environment, such as their parents’ voices. As they grow, babies start recognizing the sounds that form language, such as the way Read more >>
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CHC Palo Alto:
650 Clark Way, Palo Alto, CA 94304
650.326.5530
CHC South Bay:
2280 Kenwood Avenue, San Jose, CA 95128
408.831.7512
CHC Ravenswood:
1765 E Bayshore Rd, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
650.702.2487
