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MiAEYC Infant Toddler Conference
September 16, 2010
DoubleTree Hotel Dearborn, Detroit, Michigan
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2010 METRO DETROIT AEYC
ANNUAL FALL CONFERENCE
September 25, 2010
Baker College Auburn Hills Campus
Auburn Hills, Michigan
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NAEYC Annual Conference and Expo
November 3 – 6, 2010
Anaheim, California
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2011 Michigan Collaborative Early Childhood Conference (MCECC)
January 26 – 28, 2011
Hyatt Regency Dearborn
Dearborn, Michigan
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MiAEYC 2011 Early Childhood Conference
March 31 – April 2, 2011
Amway Grand Plaza Hotel and Devos Place
Grand Rapids, Michigan
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In The News
September 2, 2010
The recession's toll on children
More than one in five American children now live in poverty, the highest rate in two decades, and one that surpasses that of most other industrialized nations, according to a June report from the nonprofit Foundation for Child Development. Since 1975, the organization has tracked children’s overall quality of life with 28 well-being indicators, including infant mortality, preschool enrollment and children’s health insurance coverage. The foundation predicts that the number of children living in poverty will rise to 15.6 million this year, an increase of more than 3 million children in four years. As many as half a million children could become homeless this year, up from 330,000 in 2007. American Psychological Association
September 1, 2010
Child’s ordeal shows risks of psychosis drugs for young
At 18 months, Kyle Warren started taking a daily antipsychotic drug on the orders of a pediatrician trying to quell the boy’s severe temper tantrums. Thus began a troubled toddler’s journey from one doctor to another, from one diagnosis to another, involving even more drugs. Autism, bipolar disorder, hyperactivity, insomnia, oppositional defiant disorder. The boy’s daily pill regimen multiplied: the antipsychotic Risperdal, the antidepressant Prozac, two sleeping medicines and one for attention-deficit disorder. All by the time he was 3. The New York Times
August 31, 2010
August baby and children's products recall recap
Although the millions of eggs recalled across the U.S. during the month of August stole the headlines in every major newspaper, there were still a few baby and children's products recalled of which parents need to be aware.
August 3, 2010 - Pottery Barn Kids Madeline Bunk Beds
August 5, 2010 - Transformers Candy
August 10, 2010 - Fisher-Price Little People Play-n-Go Campsite
August 11, 2010 - P. Graham Dunn Toy Rattles
August 12, 2010 - Circus World Wireless Video Baby Monitors
August 19, 2010 - Zooper Double Strollers
August 24, 2010 - Williams Sonoma Baby Bottle Warmers
August 24, 2010 - MamaLittleHelper Baby Hammocks & Clamps
August 26, 2010 - Lakeshore Learning Magnetic Maze Boards
The Examiner
August 30, 2010
Help kids prepare to enter preschool, kindergarten and first grade: Books for the first day of school
The prospect of the first day of school can elicit a variety of emotions in children, ranging from anxiety and fear to excitement and pride. The following books provide reassurances to children and their parents that all will
survive—and likely enjoy - the first day of school. The Lansing State Journal
August 29, 2010
Child's age relative to classmates' affects ADHD diagnosis rate
Nearly 1 million children in the United States may be misdiagnosed with ADHD because they are the youngest in their kindergarten class. A recent study by Michigan State University economist Todd Elder found that the youngest kindergarten students were 60 percent more likely to be diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder than the oldest children in the same grade. When that group of classmates reached the fifth and eighth grades, the youngest were more than twice as likely to be prescribed stimulants like Ritalin. The Lansing State Journal
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