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Jerome Siegmeister, MD, MaED – Consult The Expert On How Virtual Schooling Is Affecting Children
Dr. Jerome Siegmeister, the Center's newest clinician, is an expert on the psychiatric concerns of children and adolescents. A former high school teacher, he is in a unique position to help children through mental health resources that are tailored specifically for...
Children Can Now Get The Covid Vaccine, But Some Parents Are Anxious
As we have watched the Covid-19 pandemic unfold, the focus has been on vaccines being the key to getting us safely through the crisis and back to our normal lives. When they first came out early this year, adults were clamoring to get the jab. Since then, many parents...
Why It Is Important To Set Limits For Children
Parents often avoid setting limits for their kids because they think doing so will upset the child. Not setting boundaries, however, can lead to an unhappy child who doesn't know how cope with difficult feelings, which is an essential life skill. By setting limits on...
Handling Anxiety About Going Back To School During The Pandemic – 2021
School is starting up for the 2021 - 2022 education year and most districts are returning to in-person learning. While some kids and parents deal with anxieties during any given school year, COVID-19 and the Delta variant are still very much in the news, which has...
How Will The Delta Variant Affect Going Back To School?
The coronavirus pandemic has affected our world in so many ways and we aren’t in the clear yet, despite vaccine availability. The virus continues to evolve, which is especially concerning if you’ll have children attending in-person classes this fall; as children head...
What We Have Learned From 2021
No one can deny that 2021 has been a momentous year. It has had a mixture of the good, the bad and the ugly for sure. It has at times been frightening, confusing, comforting and educational. We have witnessed a very unusual presidential election, a subsequent denial...