Children require appropriate nutrients at the right time to reach their full potential. Poor nutrition, in the form of substandard quality and quantity, can lead to under or over nutrition both of which can have harmful effects on child development. The 1,000-day period between pregnancy and a child’s second birthday is the most essential for …
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Pros of Online Therapies If you are a parent to a child with special needs, here are some advantages of online therapies for you: The responsibility of the caregivers increased immensely. Now instead of just driving the child to the therapy center, they had to actually execute the task on the child, under the guidance …
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Over 50 to 80 per cent of children with autism spectrum disorder have either difficulty in falling asleep and/or staying asleep through the night. They may take hours to go to sleep, or get up in the middle of the night and start crying or playing. Inadequate sleep at night can cause behavioural challenges, irritability, …
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As we see that play is an imperative part of a child’s development so utmost importance should be paved during the developmental years of the child. In today’s scenarios where physical interaction is limited due to Covid-19 restrictions, parents should utilise every minuscule opportunity to have interactive pretend to play with the child. Technical usage …
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2020 has been a year of major changes, the brunt of which has also rubbed over the ways children are learning and it has been different than ever before. The learning environment for the children has changed from classroom learning to virtual learning. Virtual learning requires plenty of motivation on the part of the child …
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By Dr Puja Kapoor As recommended by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), children below 18 months of age should not be exposed to screen time, except for when they are video-chatting with family, friends, etc. It has been well-researched and documented that an infant’s language development is more effective by live presentation than by a …
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We are very patriotically following the instructions given by our government in preventing Covid-19 spread by abiding to the rules of lockdown. But while we are safeguarding our physical health, we must also be able to keep ourselves mentally healthy. For a Good mental health it is important that we keep ourselves meaningfully occupied in …
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Pointers from her presentation on “Autism In Teens” at International Autism conference Autism in Teens What to Expect ? How to help your child through Puberty ? This Year Theme of World Autism Awareness Day “ The Transition to Adulthood”and to reach adulthood children on autism spectrum have to transit the adolescent phase. There is a paucity of description of the …
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An Ode to Autism I like blue colour. The colour which signifies WATER, which stands forcontentment, gratification, relishment , delight. I like blue colour. The colour which signifies SKY, which stands foropportunity, freedom, hope, space, liberation. I like blue colour. The colour which signifiesAUTISM, which stands for or signifies LIFE, aliving mortal, a creature with …
Dr. Puja Kapoor, director & co-founder CONTINUA Kids, Consultant pediatric neurologist, was invited as a faculty at Haryana state CME at Asian Hospital, Faridabad. She delivered a lecture on “Epilepsy: How to differentiate from benign movements?” The CME was well organised and the topics were of use for regular office practice. She defined, What is Epilepsy and …
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