When diagnosed early, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD, doesn’t have to negatively impact your child’s growth and development. Familiarize yourself with the signs, symptoms, and when to contact your child’s provider. ADHD signs and symptoms ADHD is a medical condition that causes differences in brain development and brain activity that affect attention, the ability to […]
7 warning signs your child may be suffering from a mental illness
Being a child isn’t all fun and games. Children are constantly faced with new challenges and social pressures, not to mention their growing bodies are changing rapidly. Once they hit adolescence, the hormonal changes associated with puberty may also cause feelings of sadness or frustration, making kids moody or irritable. For some kids, this moodiness […]
Hearing-impaired high school drummer ‘feels the beat,’ finds band a ‘creative & therapeutic outlet’
If you saw Elijah “Eli” Golden out on the football field marching with the McKinley High School Marching Band, you wouldn’t know he is hearing impaired. The sophomore drummer is keeping the beat by feeling the sound vibrations all around him. “If he can’t hear the music going on, that’s fine because he can feel […]
