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As summer gives way to autumn, we hope this Fall 2015 edition of the newsletter finds you well! A new academic year has triggered some new services (and a reprise of some popular services from the past) here at CRG. Fall seems like a precursor of new year's: we are mindful of new beginnings and energized by the cooler weather to work on new goals or tackle parts of our lives we may not have had time to address over the summer. This combination of articles is designed to inform readers of newer services at CRG, the clients they are designed to help, and the providers who offer them. For more information, please , call our front office at (317) 575-9111 or visit us at
www.childrensresourcegroup.com.
David R. Parker, Ph.D.
Postsecondary Disability Specialist/ADD&Life Coach
Head of Marketing Team
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New Educational Video Series
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Beth Waite-Lafever, MA-CCC/SLP-ATP, recently retired from a 30 year career providing speech/language services at EasterSeals/Crossroads and in the Greenfield, IN public schools and surrounding counties. Never one to rest on her laurels, Beth is now working at CRG on Tuesdays and Thursdays. She provides a wealth of services to children, teens, and adults. Beth conducts evaluations and provides educational services related to her two areas of expertise: speech/language issues and educational technology. Learn more about
Beth
by visiting her section of our website.
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here to continue reading about this new video series.
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Social Skills/Educational Groups (Fall 2015)
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CRG's work is built on a foundation of three approaches: assessment, treatment, and education. Our providers work hard to recommend and deliver a unique combination of all three to meet the needs of a given client. Several CRG psychologists conduct educational groups to inform family members or to help children and adolescents build important skills for life success. This fall, three of our most popular groups are being offered again. All meetings are at CRG. It's not too late to sign up for any of these gr
oups, which you can do by calling our front office at (317) 575-9111.
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here to learn more about this semester's groups.
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Preschool Developmental Screenings
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CRG Psychologist Dr. Chelsey Brophy
and Speech-Language Pathologist
Beth Waite-Lafever
are pleased to announce a new community service: Language and Educational Academic Developmental Screening Program (LEADS Program). This service will be of interest to preschoolers, their parents, and the educators who work with them. Our team conducts this service on-site at area schools to save parents time and to enhance the capacity to consult with teachers at that school.
Click here to learn more about this new screening service.
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Autism Services: A Wide Range of Assistance
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Did you know these facts about
autism
, based on a recent report from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)?
- About 1 in 68 children has been identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) according to estimates from CDC's Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network. [Read summary] [Read article]
- ASD is reported to occur in all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups. [Read summary] [Read article]
- ASD is almost 5 times more common among boys (1 in 42) than among girls (1 in 189). [Read article]
- Research has shown that a diagnosis of autism at age 2 can be reliable, valid, and stable. [Read summary] [Read summary]
- On average, children identified with ASD were not diagnosed until after age 4, even though children can be diagnosed as early as age 2. [Read article]
- Studies have shown that parents of children with ASD notice a developmental problem before their child's first birthday. Concerns about vision and hearing were more often reported in the first year, and differences in social, communication, and fine motor skills were evident from 6 months of age.[Read summary] [Read summary]
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here to continue reading about our autism services.
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Gap Year: Not Quite Ready for Take-Off
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In our go-go world these days, many students, families, and teachers feel a great deal of pressure to ensure that graduates get accepted into at least one prestigious college and begin that postsecondary journey a few months after the May commencement ceremony. For many students, this development process makes sense and works well. For others, it can create an enormous amount of
stress
when those involved feel as if there aren't any good options for students who want to forge a different path.
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here to continue reading about Gap Year services.
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