Download your copy of the Discover Camp booklet at http://www.ncpad.org/discover/index.html in order to be ready for summer camps. Also, NCHPAD is designing a kids' website. Please send your ideas on format or content to Cheeri Ong at cheeri@uic.edu and receive a free t-shirt if we use your idea.
Information Specialist Cheeri Ong attended an extensive and highly enriching 8-day Yoga for the Special ChildTM training program at the Satchidananda Yoga Center in Evanston, IL. The training programs offer a unique learning environment for children and their parents, special education teachers, yoga teachers, and health care professionals. Directed by internationally-renowned yoga therapist and author Sonia Sumar, Yoga for the Special ChildTM is a comprehensive program of yoga techniques designed to enhance the natural development of babies and children with disabilities. For more information, please contact Sonia Sumar or Michelle Demes at 888-900-YOGA, 847-869-8315, info@specialyoga.com, or see the Web site at http://www.ncpad.org/657/2663/2004-04-01.
Additional research is emerging on the benefits of children engaging in regular physical activity, such as reducing their risks of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and high blood pressure (Carnethon et al., 2003).
Trim Kids, a 12-week plan that has helped many kids lose weight, includes sample recipes, exercise ideas, and tips for parents. Written by a licensed clinical exercise physiologist, a research psychologist, and a dietician, the book provides practical advice to parents using evidence-based research. Read more at http://www.ncpad.org/657/2663/2004-04-01.
Public Health
April 5-11, 2004, is National Public Health Week. The theme is "Eliminating Health Disparities: Moving from Statistics to Solutions," and the American Public Health Association has an excellent toolkit and planner's guide at http://www.ncpad.org/657/2663/2004-04-01, which can help you address such disparities in your community.
Your Events!
It's easy now to add information about your conference to the NCHPAD Web site. Simply click on http://www.ncpad.org/events/, input your e-mail and event information, and a NCHPAD staff member will review and add the information to our Web site.
