The Number of Teens Attempting Suicide or Plagued by Suicidal Thoughts has Doubled There were 115,856 visits to hospitals by children who attempted suicide or had suicidal thoughts between 2008 and 2015, according to a report published in the May 2018 edition of Pediatrics , the official journal from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Over those seven years, the annual percentage of visits for those two reasons almost doubled, from 0.66% in 2008 to 1.82% in 2015. More teens than younger children arrived at hospitals with such feelings of despair. "Significant increases were noted in all age groups, but were higher in adolescents 15 to 17 years old and adolescents 12 to 14 years old," the report said. The rise coincided with the spring and fall semesters of school, and dipped during the summer , suggesting that issues are compounded in school. Read More |
Therapeutic Riding Boosts People of All Ages with Disabilities For once, the horses were louder than the humans. There was only silence for some people amid the crunch of gravel and swish of tails. Ashley Armijo faced the three horses as they shifted weight from one hoof to another. She waved her hands to draw the attention of the student riders. With slow movements, the director of the New Mexico Center for Therapeutic Riding used hands signals to ask the question: "Do you want to go fast?" The 7- and 8-year-old students from the New Mexico School for the Deaf each nodded as giddy smiles spread across their faces. Armijo approached student Demi Padilla's horse and led her forward. "Ready?" Armijo asked in American Sign Language. Read More |
State Board of Education Approves a Monitor for Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Special Education Program The Illinois State Board of Education on Wednesday voted to appoint an independent state monitor to oversee Chicago Public Schools' under-fire special education program. "The corrective action and recommendations we offered today are the right first step to helping CPS fully serve all children and families," State Superintendent of Education Tony Smith said in a statement. "The common good requires uncommonly good public schools. With the State Board's action today, the Public Inquiry process concludes, and the road to transformation begins." The unanimous vote comes just days after state board officials said CPS has violated federal law protecting special education students. Last month, ISBE officials found that some of CPS' special education reforms made during ousted CEO Forrest Claypool's tenure with help from consultants he'd known for years, "delayed and denied services to individual students" under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Act. Read More |
As Minnesota Schools Struggle with Costs, Special Education Takes a Toll With the legislative session in its last full week, school funding is still a sticking point between lawmakers and Gov. Mark Dayton. The governor has made "emergency" school funds one of his central demands, citing the budget shortfalls facing many districts. One big driver of those shortfalls is special education. The category accounts for one-fifth of general-fund education spending in Minnesota, and its cost is rising. Districts spent a total of $2.2 billion on special education last year, an increase of 26 percent over a decade even after adjusting for inflation. Special education touches families in every part of the state. In total, 141,237 students receive the services for a wide range of reasons, including physical impairments, learning disabilities and behavioral issues. Read More |
Kids Are Taking Fewer Antibiotics, More ADHD Meds Children and adolescents are getting fewer prescription drugs than they did in years past, according to a study that looks at a cross-section of the American population. "The decrease in antibiotic use is really what's driving this overall decline in prescription medication use that we're seeing in children and adolescents," says Craig Hales, a preventive medicine physician at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics and lead author of a study published Tuesday in JAMA. Hales says that's a good thing. "Thirty percent of antibiotic prescriptions are unnecessary and potentially dangerous," he says. They're often given for colds and other viral infections, where they are useless . And they may have side effects. Antibiotic overuse also increases the risk that these drugs lose their curative powers. Read More |
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Brain Size Mediates the Association Between Height and Cognitive Ability Reports from several studies have identified a link between height and general cognitive ability, or intelligence, but the mechanisms underlying this association are not well known. Researchers from the University of Helsinki, University of California San Diego and Boston University found that this association is mediated by cortical surface area. The researchers examined the association between height and cognition through a model where the size of cortical grey matter was considered as a mediator. They found that greater height was associated with bigger cortex, which in turn was linked with better cognitive ability. Read More |
In-Womb Air Pollution Exposure Associated with Higher Blood Pressure in Childhood Children who were exposed to higher levels of air pollution during the third trimester of their mother's pregnancy had a higher risk of elevated blood pressure in childhood, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Hypertension. Fine particulate matter of 2.5 microns or less (PM2.5) is a form of air pollution produced by motor vehicles and the burning of oil, coal and biomass, and has been shown to enter the circulatory system and negatively affect human health. Previous studies found, direct exposure to fine air pollution was associated with high blood pressure in both children and adults and is a major contributor to illness and premature death worldwide. Read More |
Airport Makes Travel Easier For Children with Autism Air travel can be challenging for any family but for those with children with Autism, it is often a difficult task due to hypersensitivity to large crowds, loud noises and communication difficulties. As a result, many families do not fly due to the fear of the response it could elicit from their children with Autism, and subsequently fellow travelers and airline crew members. That's where the Autism in Flight program comes in. It allows students with Autism the opportunity to simulate the experience of commercial airline travel. Read More |
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