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Parenting News from the Editors Desk Innovative Programs To Help Maximize Communication Skills by Lucy Sanchez Co-Owner Easy Speech Communication Center in Palm Desert and Certified and Licensed Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist improvement doesn't go away." Healthy Lunches If you or your loved one is diagnosed with ADHD or has the symptoms, ask your chiropractic. Source: ACA Back to school is the perfect opportunity to start getting your children used to healthy meals. Here are some quick tips to help you get started: Don't buy pre-cut fruits or vegetables Use BPA-free reusable bags or containers. GREAT SPEECHES For children and young adults aged 8 - 18 years Help your child conquer one of their greatest fears in school! This invaluable series for elementary and secondary students provides the opportunity to deliver six speeches ranging in styles, from advocacy to expository. In addition, they will learn to comfortably deliver impromptu speeches to fellow course members. Great Speeches will aide in reducing nervousness and increasing confidence. Your child will learn the elements of powerful and effective vocal inflection, proper tone, congruent gestures, and rhetorical devices. Give your child the gift of public expression by helping them to communicate clearly and with ease. Parents and family will be invited to attend the final session where prepared Speeches will be delivered by students. For more info, contact Easy Speech at 760 837-0033 or visit easyspeech.org A Book for Working Moms! Brave is a wonderful book from Margie Warrell the author of "Letter to Working Mother : Stop feeling so guilty" Brave aims to help you become more courageous – in your work, your relationships and your life. In today’s increasingly uncertain, anxious and pressurized world, living with courage is synonymous with living well. Written for busy people on the go, the 50 short, focused chapters in BRAVE provide practical tools and powerful insights to help you to rise above the unconscious fears and limiting beliefs that can too often direct and limit your life. Available on amazon.com, $17.50 Helping children with A.D.H.D Doctors of chiropractic and chiropractic neurologists offer a non-drug and non-invasive treatment alternative for ADHD patients that targets the underlying problems, not just symptoms. Motor activity—especially development of the postural muscles—is the baseline function of brain activity. Anything affecting postural muscles will influence brain development. Chiropractic neurologists are trained to identify the under-functioning part of the brain and find treatments to correct the problem, to help that hemisphere grow. Programs change the brain function and the 32 AFTER SCHOOL MAGAZINE | August 2015 Find healthy lunch recipes at www.afterschoolmag.com Family Chiropractic Dr. Jeremy Moffit Dr. Jeremy holds several post graduate certifications and is a pediatric certified chiropractor. Experience the Gonstead difference. When you're ready to correct the cause, not just deal with the symptoms. Gonstead specializes in effective pain relief, pre-natal and pediatric healthcare, acute/chronic case management, and difficult cases. Most insurance types and Medi-Care accepted. Gonstead Family Chiropractic 80150 Hwy 111, Suite C5, Indio CA 92201 ۙH ͌ H