Category Archives: ADHD

Towards a “Scream-Free Home”

March 03, 2012   DREAM   No comments

Coping with stress at home with your special needs child can be challenging. As parents and siblings relate with the special child, it is inevitable to experience some meltdowns and tantrums. Equipping ourselves with some cool down tools or strategies may greatly decrease stress.

From the Executive Director of Celebrate!ADHD, an educational organization that provides training for educators, parents and children, Kirk Martin, provides tips for maintaining a scream-free home.

First, control one self. A parent’s foremost job is to control themselves and model appropriate behavior. How can we expect our kids to be calm when we lose our cool?

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11 Tips for Parenting Kids With ADHD

February 03, 2012   DREAM   No comments

Coming across articles online for parenting tips, here are some worthy of consideration from Everyday Health:

Children with ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, don’t come with a how-to manual for parents — and it’s too bad considering all of the added responsibility and challenges.

“Parents of children with ADHD have less margin for error in their parenting,” explains Joel T. Nigg, PhD, professor of psychiatry, pediatrics, and behavioral neuroscience at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, the author of What Causes ADHD, and co-author of the study that identified consistency as key in how to parent successfully. “Whereas a parent of a typically developing child has to be pretty consistent in their parenting, a parent of an ADHD child has to be utterly consistent.”

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Speech, Occupational, Physical Therapy & SPED at A Child’s DREAM

June 05, 2011   DREAM   No comments
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A Child’s DREAM, Baguio’s first pediatric therapy center for children with special needs offers developmental &   behavioral pediatric assessments, speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy assessments and sessions, special education tutorials, home programs. We welcome parents, teachers, children in workshops to understand &   help those with autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, behavioral problems, cerebral palsy, developmental language disorders, down syndrome, giftedness, hearing and vision problems, learning disabilities, mental retardation, sensory impairments. DREAM therapists are sent to both local and international training. Top speech therapists, occupational therapists, physical therapists oversee continuous training of therapists.

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Dance Therapy at A Child’s DREAM – Jul 2010

July 09, 2010   DREAM   No comments
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This July 16 to September 18, 2010, A Child’s DREAM Foundation, Inc. the first pediatric therapy center for special children in Baguio City, offers“A Child’s DREAM..To Dance! ”, a Dance and Movement Class.  This is a great opportunity to enrich lives of special children through learning dance in a friendly and positive atmosphere. Your special child will gain confidence, social skills, balance, and strength. Classes will be engaging and creative. Classes will be held every Saturday 9AM-11AM.

The program will utilize the body as a form of expression, will teach skills on self-control, enhance learning and provide strategies for relaxation. Children will develop motor and kinesthetic skills, progress artistic and emotional skills, follow rhythm and patterns of movement, improve control and inhibition and build self-discipline in movement. A Child’s DREAM Founder & Medical Director Dr. Francis Xavier Dimalanta, Executive Director Mita Dimalanta and Mrs. Cherry T. Velarde-Mactal invite special children, their siblings,and friends to ”A Child’s DREAM…To Dance !”
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A Child’s DREAM Presents Balikbayans Care : Workshops for Children with Special Needs – Nov 2009

November 15, 2009   DREAM   No comments

A Child’s DREAM Foundation, Inc., Baguio City’s first pediatric therapy center for special children, presents Balikbayans Care. This is in line with Baguio Centennial’s theme : Fostering A Culture of Caring. A Child’s DREAM Founder & Medical Director Dr. Francis Xavier Dimalanta & Exec. Director Mita Angela Dimalanta announced that Canadian Balikbayans will facilitate Clinical Workshops for children with special needs. Triple P (Positive Parenting Program), Occupational Therapy, Adapted Physical Activity, Behavioral Management Workshops will be held in Baguio City at the Lions International Clubhouse at Gov. Pack Rd. from November 17 to November 19. Family training as well as multi-disciplinary presentations will be conducted.

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A Child’s DREAM launches Links of Love : A Caring Community – Sep 2009

September 01, 2009   DREAM   No comments

In celebrating Baguio City’s Centennial, A Child’s DREAM (Developmental Rehabilitative Early Assessment and Management) Foundation, Inc. , Baguio’s first pediatric therapy center for special children presents Links of Love: A Caring Community, a week long event series regarding children with special needs, Sep. 3-5, 2009 at the Lions Club International Foundation Clubhouse, Gov. Pack Road, and Sep. 7-8 at SM City Baguio. All seminars and workshops will be held at LCIF. Affiliates of the event include Stanford University and the Down Syndrome Association of the Philippines.

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SEARCHING RAINBOWS…CATCHING DREAMS: A Creative Arts Workshop for Exceptional Children – May 2009

May 03, 2009   DREAM

In line with Baguio’s Centenary, Founder & Medical Director Dr. Francis Xavier Dimalanta of A Child’s DREAM Foundation, Inc., Baguio’s first pediatric therapy center for special children, in cooperation with the University of the Philippines Baguio’s Department of Communications Head Faye Abalos will conduct the 1st Creative Arts Workshop for Exceptional Children in Baguio City in May. Special children, as well as their friends and siblings are invited to SEARCHING RAINBOWS…CATCHING DREAMS : A Creative Arts Workshop for Exceptional Children

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  • A Child's D.R.E.A.M. Foundation, Inc., is Baguio City’s first pediatric therapy center for special children for those with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Behavioral Problems, Cerebral Palsy, Developmental Language Disorders, Down Syndrome, Giftedness, Hearing and Vision Problems, Learning Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Sensory Impairments.

    Patients come from Pampanga, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Pangasinan, Nueva Vizcaya, La Union, Ilocos and the Cordilleras – Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga Apayao, Mt. Province, Abra, even from the Visayas (Cebu), and Romblon in Southern Philippines.

    Other children come from Asia: Japan, Singapore, Korea, Thailand, Indonesia; Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar; Australia & New Zealand; Europe: Italy, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Norway, Poland, Finland, Switzerland; United States of America, Canada; Africa: Libya.

    We work with a team of licensed multi-disciplinary professionals to comprehensively assess each child's needs, developing customized programs to address those needs.

    Since its incorporation, A Child's DREAM Foundation (DREAM) has helped over 1,000 children reach their full potential.

    DREAM VISION

    Nurture a child’s creative potential & social contribution, mobilize family & community to develop children who advance the best in humanity.

    DREAM MISSION

    Empower each child with early intervention & dedicated, holistic care, to lead a productive life.

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