Opinion
SAFE: Ensuring Access for Children With Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
To be equitable in the care of individuals with NDD we need to be aware of discrimination and also go beyond guidelines to personalize the...
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Family Not Flourishing? The Hidden Issue of Food Insecurity and How We Can Help
As much as 25% of US families are reported to have food insecurity.
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Help! More Clinicians Are Needed to Manage Care for Children With Autism. How About You?
PCP detection and care for children with ASD is complex, so pediatricians need to learn the skills.
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Stimulant Medications for ADHD — the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
While we need to educate ourselves and our patients about potential and manifest side effects and risks of stimulants, we need to balance those...
Opinion
Technology for primary care — terrific, terrifying, or both?
We need to be sure that technologies are tested and calibrated for children and different racial groups and genders in order to provide safe and...
News
Maternal perinatal mortality: A pediatric issue
Asking the mother how she is feeling in the days to weeks after birth should not just be a social nicety but rather an additional check for...
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Too old for time out. Now what? Oppositional behavior in school-age children
Reversing oppositional behavior requires consistent strategies for reinforcing appropriate behavior.
News
Reach Out and Read redux
Reading has been shown to lower heart rate and muscle tension and reduce stress by as much as 68% in minutes, even lowering cortisol and...
Opinion
Addressing the new mortality: Counseling on lethal means
It is now unfortunately an essential primary care skill to have nuanced conversations about reducing access to and use of deadly weapons (lethal...
Opinion
Can medication management smooth the journey for families of autistic children?
Because of the shortage of specialists and increasing prevalence of autism, we need to be prepared to manage, monitor, and sometimes start...
Opinion
There are new things we can do to improve early autism detection
We should all watch closely for early signs of autism, informed by research on the key findings that a professional might observe, as well as by...
Opinion
Since when does providing pediatric care require courage?
Failing to have the courage to elicit sensitive information may delay the correct diagnosis, result in inappropriate tests or treatments, or miss...
Opinion
First weeks back to school: An uneasy transition
This new school year brings a greater mix of feelings than usual for many families.
Opinion
Why do young men target schools for violent attacks? And what can we do about it?
Lack of a positive connection to school characterizes children who are violent toward schools as well as those who drop out.