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THE INFANCY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD TRAINING COURSE COMES TO YOU – ONLINE!The Basic Course on the DIR®/Floortime™ Model

Taught by Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D.

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, The George Washington University Medical School, Supervising Child Psychoanalyst,
Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, and Chair, Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders

For the first time, The Basic Course on the DIR®/Floortime™ Model will be available ONLINE. The Course will be available to registered participants for a two week period from April 25 through May 9, 2008. The registration fee is $175.00.

The Basic Course Topics Include: Assessment, Diagnosis and Intervention for Developmental and Emotional Disorders Including: Autistic Spectrum Disorders; Multisystem Developmental Disorders; Regulatory Disorders involving Attention, Learning and Behavior Problems; Cognitive, Language, Motor and Sensory Disturbances; and a range of Infant and Early Childhood Developmental and Mental Health Problems such as Trauma, Abuse and Neglect.

Post-Conference Workshop

REGULATORY SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDERS: Sensory, motor, and emotional patterns underlying challenges in relating and communicating including Autism Spectrum Disorder, Regulatory Disorder, ADHD, behavior problems and learning challenges.

by Rosemary White, OTR/L and Dr. Greenspan

This is offered to anyone who registers for the Basic Course, for an additional fee of $75.00. The registration fee is $125 for those who have taken the Basic Course previously. The workshop will be available for the two week period following the Basic Course, from May 10 to May 24, 2008.

Download brochure. For more information, visit www.stanleygreenspan.com.

Therapists who have long been practicing in their respective fields eventually want to set up their own clinic so that they can be their own boss. It is a common practice among health professionals. However, it is not as easy as one may think it to be.

When thinking of setting up your own clinic, there are several factors to be considered. Apart from coming up with a large sum of money as your capital, you would also have to consider procuring top-of-the-line physical therapy equipment, massage therapy equipment and ultrasound equipment. You need to provide your clients with top quality services by investing in the best equipment out there, with great consideration of course to your budget.

There are several suppliers for such types of equipment. One worth checking out is Source 1 Medical. They offer a wide variety of medical and rehabilitation products and equipment. They also have special prices if you plan to purchase several items from them. There are a number of packages to choose from, which can save you heaps of money.

The birthing pains of setting up one’s business can be tremendous but if you really strive hard at it to make it work and prosper, then the rewards can be totally overwhelming.

Just as I was squeezing my head in the hopes of getting something out of it that I can write about, what do you know, I look at my shoutbox and see a message from Kimmy that said "Penny, you're tagged!" Oh the joy! These memes, I don't like them that much but they sure come in pretty handy at times like this. Anyway, I went to Kimmy's blog and found a rather intersting meme waiting for me. Im suppose to grab the nearest book which has like 123 pages or more, go to the 123rd page, find the fifth sentence (read it) and post the next three here. (Oh and I'm suppose to tag five people afterwards.)

So I quickly scanned the objects around my workstation, NO BOOK. I turn to my right and bend a little to reach for my pedestal and ransack it. After five minutes of digging and papers (unsigned appraisal forms, pep forms and scoresheets) flying all over the place, I finally felt something hardbound. Giggling excitedly, I pulled it (it was a little heavy so I was thinking maybe Harry Potter) out of the drawer and to my dismay, it wasn't Harry Potter, not even close. It was my training manual! So I guess this doesn't count as a book, I wouldn't want to bore you with the stuff that was in it, plus that's company's proprietary information so I really can't post it here. Where did I get a book then? Well I had to go to my workmate's station, I remember he borrowed one from me, I was hoping he had it stashed there somewhere and he did. I found it in his in and out tray.

'Im sick,' said Wilson without moving. 'Been sick all day.'

'What's the matter?'

'I'm all run down.'

I tag Mica, Tom, Janus, Celle, and Sarah.

Got this from text.

"Juan Escandor, Philippine Daily Inquirer correspondent in Bicol, and his three kids, are being pursued and harassed by the Army's 31st IB of 9th ID after his ex-wife, who had left the underground, escaped a hunt last Feb. 10. Please appeal to the Armed Forces of the Philippines not to hurt Escandor and his three kids."

What a week that was.

First there was the international conference on press freedom and impunity by the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) and the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) that kept me busy for the last few weeks.

Here's a report on the outcome of the event by Philippine Daily Inquirer reporter and conference participant Ryan Rosauro:

New campaign vs press killings launched
By Ryan Rosauro
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Journalists, lawyers, and human rights advocates have joined hands in pushing for bolder measures to fight the culture of impunity that has allowed the ballooning number of journalists killed in the line of duty and made a mockery of press freedom and democracy in the country.

The campaign was launched at the end of a three-day international conference on "Impunity and Press Freedom" at The Peninsula Manila on Friday that brought together legal experts and press freedom advocates from Asia, Europe, and the Americas.

Journalists, prosecutors, judges, and human rights advocates from such countries as Colombia, Guatemala, Argentina, Spain, the United States, Indonesia, and the rest of Southeast Asia shared their experiences to help find solutions to the unabated and unsolved killings of "truth bearers" in the Philippines.

Read more here.

For more details of the conference, click here and here. I know there are a number of reports about the conference that are available as well, but I'm pretty swamped with emails and news alerts right now so I guess I have to post them sometime later.

And of course, there was last Friday's Makati rally. Manolo Quezon gives a comprehensive post of what happened, as well as links to other news, reactions, analyses, photos, and videos on the rally. Most of the CMFR staff were in the rally. I'll try posting some photos when I get back to the office.

Being a media reporter that I am, I am interested on how media organizations covered the rally. Malaya reporter Anthony Ian Cruz gives us a clue of the coverage.

Ricky Carandang, meanwhile, has this excellent entry on the $8-billion loan by the Chinese government to the Philippines and its grave, grave implications.

I guess not being online for almost a week has dire consequences for me. Lots of catching up to do.