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Latest Kid’s Health Topics from the Clinic.
Study planner case study
A step by step work-through of HOW TO WRITE A STUDY PLAN – with a detailed example.
Dr Meg’s Top 5 Tips for Study Planning (and how to write a study planner)
I was inspired to write this post by talking to my big sister about my gorgeous little niece. She is in Grade 7 and is a little high-flyer - does very well academically, dances every night of the week a different style, plays multiple instruments, sings etc etc. ...
How to Support Your Exam-Stressed Teen!
In support of her fantastic article on Monday on “Dealing with Exam Stress,” Dr Jenni today has some great advice for PARENTS who are trying to support their teenager through their high school exams.
Dealing with exam stress and anxiety
Dr Jenni – clinical psychologist, takes a look at high school exam stress and anxiety, and gives us some helpful tips on how to manage it.
Red velvet cake
Multi-layer red velvet cake, perfect for a special occasion!!
Period problems
Dr Tania Burgess is a General Practitioner with a special interest in adolescent and teenage health. She makes her debut blog today with a practical article about the management of period pain in girls.
Goodbye Primary School, Hello High School!
Dr Jenni Silva, clinical psychologist makes her debut blog with this wonderful article about transitioning from primary school to high school. A stressful time for all tweens, this very practical article gives you some fantastic tips to make the change much more smooth!
Acne
Welcome to Adolescent Health Month at Paeds & Feeds. Today we look at a common and dreaded condition of the skin that affects a huge number of teenagers all over the world – ACNE.
Food allergy Part 1
Dr Nick pops the cork on this ENORMOUS subject and talks us through the basics of food allergy and its management
Absence seizures (petit mal seizures)
“Blank staring episodes” – daydreaming or absence seizures? Come learn out about how to differentiate these in today’s blog
PUBERTY IN BOYS
A difficult time for boys and a difficult time for parents. Come and learn about what happens in puberty for boys in this post by Dr Sarah McMahon – paediatric endocrinologist
Dairy free Chicken and Vegetable Pie
A creamy (yet not cream) DAIRY-FREE chicken and vegetable pie that will have your whole family coming back for seconds!! Nom nom nom!
MMR vaccine safety and (non-existent) autism risk
G'day all!! So these last few weeks have been super-crazy busy, and I have been running very thin on time to write new blog posts. Today, I thought I’d whip up something really quick around an article I posted a link to a couple of weeks back about the MMR vaccination...
Physiotherapy and positional plagiocephaly (“flattened” head shapes)
Our resident paediatric physiotherapist, Lisa posts her first ever blog today today and gives us a physio’s perspective on the management of flattened head shape in children. Great article Lisa!!
Anxiolytics (Medication to Treat Anxiety)
Following on from last week, today we take a look at medication used to treat anxiety (and depression) in children. How does it work? What are the side effects? How long do children have to stay on it? Dr Megs tries to cover all of these commonly asked questions for parents in this article.
Anxiety
Dr Megs herself is back this week with an article about anxiety. To add to articles already written by our psychologist Dr Jenni, Dr Megs looks at what role your paediatrician plays in helping to manage your child’s anxiety.
Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH disease, the condition dreaded by all preschool/kindy/day-care parents and long suffered by kids. Dr Katie, our resident blog GP tells us all we need to know about this common and uncomfortable condition.
Separation Anxiety: Help Your Child Boss Back the Worry Cloud
The 2019 school year is only weeks away, and for some children separating from their mum or dad at drop off time can cause a little, dark worry cloud to gather over their heads. Here Dr Jenni paediatric psychologist talks us through what anxiety is, what it looks like, and practical ways we can help children to cope with it.
Childhood Trauma
In this week’s blog article, Dr Megs gives us an introduction to childhood trauma. What is it? How does it happen?
“Sensory processing disorder” and “central auditory processing disorder”
As always, it’s been a busy last couple of months on the work front for me. Biggest news is that I have submitted what I hope to be my last ever assignments, and my lecturer has just emailed me to let me know that I passed both! WOOT! WOOT! Crack...
MINDSET MATTERS: HEY TEENS, IT’S TIME TO GET GRITTY
Author: Dr. Jenni Silva Clinical Psychologist at Brilliant Minds Psychology What If I told you that IQ / cognitive ability or talent is not the main factor that determines success? And, in fact it is perseverance or grit? Did you know that grittier teens...