Free Bike Helmet Giveaway
Bike helmets save lives. We want children to be safe when they ride their bikes, so we announced in our most recent newsletter our FREE BICYCLE HELMET GIVEAWAY. We offered our newsletter subscribers a free child’s bike helmet for any child who needs one.
Trudi Hays, who lives in Herndon, Virginia, stepped forward and asked for [...]
Will Your Special Child’s Personal Injury Lawyer Screw Up the Case?
Does your child’s personal injury lawyer know whether your child ought to have a special needs trust? Unfortunately, many personal injury lawyers don’t know how a special needs trust can protect their young clients.
I recently attended a seminar sponsored by the Fairfax Bar Association and the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. It was eye opening! A [...]
Morgan’s Wonderland – A Special Place for Special People
A wonderful for children and adults with special needs opened last weekend in San Antonio, Texas. Morgan’s Wonderland was created by Gordon Hartman whose 16-year-old daughter, Morgan, has severe cognitive delay and has faced limitations her whole life. Mr. Hartman, a retired real estate developer, decided to build a fully-accessible park so his daughter and [...]
Preventing Child Brain Injuries – A Big Job
Taking safety precautions can go a long way in keeping your child safe from brain injury. Falls are the most frequent cause of brain injuries in child. For toddlers, who are just learning how to handle their bodies, falls happen while doing everyday, ordinary things. Unless there is a tumble down a flight of stairs, [...]
How to Help Your Child Deal With Bullies
A friend recently sent me a short article on bullying. I don’t know about you, but there were several bullies in my school when I was growing up. We all knew who they were, and we knew what would happen if we didn’t do what they wanted — give them our lunch money, let them [...]
Bullying – A Problem At Your Child’s School?
NPR recently did a story on bullying and how Frederick County, Maryland school system has addressed the problem. It has adopted the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, developed by the Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life at Clemson University, and made it part of the school culture, rather than just a topic at an occasional assembly. [...]
How Are Child Brain Injuries Treated?
Help! Your child has just taken a big fall in the playground and hit her head. What do you do now? Always a difficult question. Do you rush to the emergency room or put an ice pack on and assume she’ll be fine?
The safest option is to call your child’s doctor if you think the [...]
What Are the Symptoms of a Child Brain Injury?
How is your child going to react to a severe hit to the head? It’s hard to tell, so it’s best to be aware of the many ways that brain injuries can present themselves.
The most common physical symptom is a bump on the head. The best way to treat this is just the way you [...]
Is Every Bump on Your Child’s Head a Brain Injury?
Is every bump on your child’s head a cause for concern? Yes.
Is every one a brain injury? No.
The harder question is, “How do I tell the difference?” The answer is a little harder, too.
Brain injuries are often divided into two categories: low force and high force injuries, depending on the severityof the blow to the [...]