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Parents’ Club of Palo Alto and Menlo Park Publishes Article by Megan Allen, PhD

The Parents’ Club of Palo Alto and Menlo Park (PAMP) is the largest parent organization on the Peninsula. PAMP members extend up and down the Peninsula, to San Francisco Bay Area, and South Bay. Their mission is to enrich the lives of families with young children, by providing resources, support and community in Palo Alto, Menlo Park and the surrounding areas.

Children’s Health Council’s Megan Allen, PhD wrote “Teaching Your Child to Manage His Worries” for PAMP’s online article repository.

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Parents’ Club of Palo Alto and Menlo Park Publishes Article by Sonali Bhagat, MS, CCC-SLP, and Mae Carlson, MS, CCC-SLP

The Parents’ Club of Palo Alto and Menlo Park (PAMP) is the largest parent organization on the Peninsula. PAMP members extend up and down the Peninsula, to San Francisco Bay Area, and South Bay. Their mission is to enrich the lives of families with young children, by providing resources, support and community in Palo Alto, Menlo Park and the surrounding areas.

Children’s Health Council’s Sonali Bhagat, MS, CCC-SLP, and Mae Carlson, MS, CCC-SLP wrote “Raising a Bright Reader: Playtime for Reading Comprehension,” for PAMP’s online article repository.

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Sand Hill School Serves Struggling Early Learners

Sand Hill School, a new private school for struggling students in kindergarten through third grade, concluded its first week of operation Friday (Feb. 4)

Located at 650 Clark Way in Palo Alto,  and run by the Children’s Health Council, the early intervention program provides small classrooms and individualized teaching strategies to help students with social and attention difficulties before they can get traditional diagnoses when they begin to read Read more ›

New School Offers Place for Struggling Students to Thrive

PALO ALTO, CA (January 6, 2011)  Children’s Health Council announces the opening of Sand Hill School, a new private school for kindergarten through third grade children who are bright but who are struggling in a conventional classroom.

When children start to show signs that school is not working for them in preschool, kindergarten or first grade, parents typically think, “Maybe he’ll grow out of it.” But Rosalie Whitlock, educational specialist and executive director of Children’s Health Council, advises, “Act now to relax later.” While acting early may be counterintuitive for parents, early support can change a child’s entire self-perspective and his outlook on school, especially as academic challenges grow. Read more ›

Parents’ Club of Palo Alto and Menlo Park Publishes Article by Carrie Silver, PhD

The Parents’ Club of Palo Alto and Menlo Park (PAMP) is the largest parent organization on the Peninsula. PAMP members extend up and down the Peninsula, to San Francisco Bay Area, and South Bay. Their mission is to enrich the lives of families with young children, by providing resources, support and community in Palo Alto, Menlo Park and the surrounding areas.

Children’s Health Council’s Carrie Silver, PhD wrote “Boys Will Be Boys: Boys and Violent Play” for PAMP’s online article repository.

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