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Treating Childhood Anxiety Without Drugs

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Anxiety disorder is extremely common in America; 1 out of 8 children have an anxiety disorder. Psychologists search for alternatives in order to avoid using medications. Researchers have discovered therapeutic alternatives to reduce the anxiety. The treatment is called Attention Bias Modification (ABM) and the focus is on changing children’s thought patterns in order to reduce the anxiety of future threats. Due to the increase of technology children feel comfortable using computers. ABM is a therapeutic computer based program that permits children to tolerate the therapy and achieve results. The full article is posted on Science Daily.

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Phonological Activation During Visual Word Recognition in Deaf and Hearing Children

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A recent study found deaf children do not use phonological information during word reading. For more information on this topic and full abstract look at: http://jslhr.asha.org/cgi/content/abstract/53/4/801 Ormel, Ellen., Hermans, Daan., Knoors, Harry., Hendriks, Angelique., Verhoeven, Ludo. (2010). Phonological Activation During Visual Word Recognition in Deaf and Hearing Children. J Speech Lang Hear Res, 53: 801-820.

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