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ICAAP
ICAAP has opened registration for the 8th Annual ABC
Conference, “Lives in the Balance: Caring for Children with Special Needs,
Their Families, Their Communities, and Ourselves in These Precarious
Times,” to be held on Friday, November 17 at the Moraine Business and
Conference Center in Palos Hills, IL. Below are the Top 5 reasons to attend
this conference.
- TIMELY EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY
ICAAP takes current research and news and turns it into useful
information for our work. Many of you are now familiar with the
science of adverse childhood experiences, toxic stress, and the impact
of social determinants on health on children, families and
communities. At the same time, many of you are also coming to terms
with this knowledge and the challenge of caring for these children,
families, and communities in the face of state budget cuts, delayed
payments, lack of knowledge/access to resources, and increasing
caseloads. We have heard many child-serving providers from multiple
different systems say they are overwhelmed, and it is impacting their
ability, as those who serve the community, to be empathetic and
emotionally effective in their work.
Experts in the field of primary and specialty care pediatrics, public
health, nursing, social services, and others will deliver valuable
information about navigating the current realities of service delivery
in Illinois, advocating for those we serve, and professional
self-care, family self-care, and community self-care in order to
enable providers across many disciplines to recognize and address
these realities when caring for children and families with special
healthcare needs, including those impacted by trauma and adversity.
- BREAK OUT OF YOUR PROFESSIONAL SILO
Learn from and share information with other professionals and speakers
representing multiple child-serving systems. The ABC Conference is a
unique opportunity for all providers who work with children and
families to learn the same information at the same time. Approximately
250 attendees are expected and will include health care providers,
child care providers, teachers, early intervention providers, public
health experts, and many more. Take advantage of our ample networking
time to begin collaborating with providers across systems in order to
best serve the children and families in your communities.
- HIGH QUALITY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND
CONTINUING EDUCATION
The ABC Conferences have a reputation for offering high-quality,
current, and relevant educational topics. The conference has been
approved for multiple types of continuing education credit, including
credits for clinical staff (MD/DO, NP, PA, RN, MA, LCSW, LCPC, OT, PT,
and more) as well as community providers (educators, early care and
education providers, and more). View the conference brochure for the
full list of credit designations. Discounted rates are available for
groups, so bring your whole office!
- GENEROUS AND INFORMED EXHIBITORS
Exhibitors tell us that they appreciate the energy of this conference
and look forward to the opportunity to network. The ABC Conference
will feature a wide array of exhibitors including for-profit and
non-profit organizations. Learn about the various services and
products they offer and pick up some great resources to take back to
your organizations. Plus, if you visit every exhibit table you will be
entered in a raffle for a chance to win a $25, $50, or $100 Amazon
gift card - perfect timing for the holidays!
- CONVENIENTLY LOCATED,
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER
Past conference participants have consistently commented on the high
quality of the ABC Conference venue. Moraine Business and Conference
Center is a professional and modern conference center conveniently
located on the Moraine Valley Community College Campus in Palos Hills,
IL, less than 30 minutes from Interstates 55, 294 and 80. The
conference center offers ample and complimentary parking space,
private and comfortable facilities for nursing mothers, and ample
seating outside of the conference rooms for those who need to send a
quick email or make a phone call.
Registration for the conference
is open. For more information about session descriptions, continuing
education designations, cost, and registration, see the conference brochure, visit http://illinoisaap.org/conferences/abc/, or
contact Elise Groenewegen at egroenewegen@illinoisaap.com.
 *The Illinois Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics
designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1
Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with
the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Illinois Chapter, American Academy of
Pediatrics is accredited by the Illinois State Medical Society (ISMS) to
provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Illinois Poison Center
Annually,
the Illinois Poison Center (IPC) handles almost 80,000 exposure and
information cases (27-30% from healthcare providers). Of those calls nearly
half involve poisoning exposures in children 5 years and under. Medical
professionals throughout Illinois turn to the IPC for specialized
consultation services in the management of poisoned patients. In fact,
healthcare professionals called the IPC on 23,947 poisoning cases in 2016
alone. Cases originating from acute care hospitals have increased over 50 percent
in the past decade.
If you are interested in sharing poison
prevention education with your patients/community, visit the website. Complete the free, short online
course and receive educational/presentation materials any time you want to
download and/or order (stickers, magnets, children’s activity sheets,
posters, etc.). Also, don’t forget to take a few minutes to check out IPC’s
free “My Child Ate…” resource center and blog.
For questions and/or comments, please
contact Vickie Dance at vdance@team-iha.org
or 312/906-6125.
ScienceDaily
A
new national poll suggests that parents may know what vaccines their
children need to enter school but less sure about high school immunization
requirements. National vaccination rates are below public health targets
for certain adolescent vaccines; “only one third of teens have received the
second dose of meningitis vaccines by age 17.” Yet, more than 90 percent of
parents reported their teen(s) having received all vaccines recommend
according to their age. This study suggests, “there is a clear need for
providers to be more proactive for their teen patients."
Click here to read more on the study and results.
ProActive Kids
ProActive
Kids is a health promotion and education program offered free of charge (no
insurance required) to children ages 8-14. The program is comprehensive and
all-inclusive, and treats the whole child, physically, nutritionally and
emotionally. ProActive Kids is built around the stability and commitment of
family. This is not a prevention program, but a data-driven,
results-oriented intervention program. 71.6% of participants lower their
BMI, and 75% lower their body fat. Click here for outcomes data. The program goals
include:
- Increase muscle mass and decrease body fat, weight
and BMI
- Create healthier habits in food selection, cooking
and eating through nutrition education
- Build confidence and self-esteem, increase
communication skills, and learn coping skills.
Programs will be offered
beginning September 18 at: Presence Saints Mary Elizabeth Medical Center -
Nazareth Family Center in Chicago, Lombard Commons Lombard Park District,
an elementary school in Oak Lawn, and at Edward Health and Fitness Center
in Woodridge. It is preferable that patients register themselves at www.proactivekids.org. Interested in bringing a
ProActive Kids program to your community? Learn more by calling
630/681-1558 or going to www.proactivekids.org.
ICAAP
Two
recorded webinars on the health effects of climate change are now available
on ICAAP’s eLearning platform. The first webinar
focuses on climate change’s impact on air quality, respiratory health, and
heat-related illnesses and the second discusses climate change’s impact on
vector borne illnesses, extreme weather events, and mental health. The
webinars were presented by Samuel Dorevitch, MD, MPH, and Elena Grossman,
MPH, with the Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (BRACE) Project,
University of Illinois at Chicago, Environmental and Occupational Health
Sciences, School of Public Health. Create an account to access the materials.
*The Illinois Chapter, American Academy of
Pediatrics designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA
Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate
with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ICAAP
ICAAP's
Child Development Initiatives team will host a free webinar for Illinois
Health Connect this on Thursday, August 31st, from 12-1pm. This session,
titled “It’s Not Rocket Science, It’s Brain Science,” will explore lessons
learned from the field of neurobiology research, specifically the Adverse
Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Study, intergenerational trauma, toxic stress,
and the implications this has for child cognitive development, including
behavior and learning ability, and overall health and well-being across the
lifespan. Registration is free and open to all. For more information, click here.
Chicago Tribune
The
boxes stacked in the living room held all the things Joshua Dixon thought
he would need in a dormitory. Bedsheets and a matching comforter. Bluetooth
speakers, a computer printer and, most important, photos of his younger
self. When the 18-year-old is hundreds of miles away at Maine College of
Art in Portland, he'll use the pictures to remember — and to explain to new
friends — exactly how far he's come. READ
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HealthDay News
When
a child has a serious reaction to a vaccine, the chances of it happening
again are slim, a new analysis suggests. The review, of 29 studies, found
that severe vaccine reactions recurred rarely, if ever, when a child
received the same vaccine again, or one with similar ingredients. Those
reactions included seizures and a potentially dangerous allergic response
called anaphylaxis. READ
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News-Medical.net
Even
if measles infection incidence has decreased by at least 90 perecnt all
over the world since the introduction of the vaccine, measles is still one
of the major causes of death in children among vaccine-preventable
diseases. Regular measles epidemics are reported in developing countries
and recurrent episodic outbreaks occur in the developed world. READ
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The Washington Post
Just
before Christmas 2015, child psychiatrist Daniel Nelson noticed an unusual
number of suicidal kids in the hospital emergency room. A 14-year-old girl
with a parent addicted to opioids tried to choke herself with a seat belt.
A 12-year-old transgender child hurt himself after being bullied. And a
steady stream of kids arrived from the city’s west side, telling him they
knew other kids — at school, in their neighborhoods — who had also tried to
die. READ
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EurekAlert!
Despite
being at an increased risk for cancers associated with the human
papillomavirus (HPV), the first comprehensive national survey found that
HPV vaccination rates for childhood cancer survivors lag well behind the
national average and that health care providers often fail to recommend the
vaccine. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of
Alabama at Birmingham led the study, which appears in the Journal of
Clinical Oncology. READ
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Infectious Diseases in Children
The
use of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG, a probiotic, is unable to prevent asthma
or eczema in children at two years of age when used in the first 6 months
of life. “On the basis of the hygiene hypothesis, which suggests that the
absence of infectious exposure at a critical point in immune system
development could lead to greater risk of allergic diseases, it is thought
that probiotic exposure could theoretically affect immune system
development and reduce the subsequent risk for the development of allergic
disease,” Michael D. Cabana, M.D., MPH, from the departments of pediatrics,
epidemiology and biostatistics, and the Phillip R. Lee Institute for Health
Policy Studies at the University of California, San Francisco, and
colleagues wrote. READ
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Medical News Today
Survival
of preterm babies has increased worldwide. Recent studies have focused on
outcomes of extremely preterm children (born at 22-26 weeks' gestation),
but outcomes of children born very and moderately preterm (between 27 and
34 weeks' gestation) have rarely been reported. It is therefore a challenge
for doctors to identify children most at risk of later developmental delay.
READ
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The Conversation
Before
babies start saying words, it is hard for parents to know whether their
little one actually understands the things that they say to them. Many
parenting magazines and books recommend speaking to children even before
parents think their babies can understand what they’re saying — and
sometimes even before they’re born — because it helps babies to recognize
voices and begin to learn about language. You may wonder, though, if a baby
has no idea what is being spoken to them, does it really matter what or how
it is said? READ
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