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Help your child start school easily

Tony Galvin August 27, 2018 Child Development, Emotional Health, Mental Health Issues 0
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Helping Children with the First Days of School Are you worried about your child starting school? Many parents worry that their child is not emotionally equipped for such a big change. Starting school is an emotional time for the whole family. While you feel proud, you might also feel guilty or worried about leaving them.[...]

Biting

Tony Galvin June 6, 2016 Child Development, Emotional Health, Mental Health Issues
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Why is my child biting? Biting in children is very common. Infants will bite as a means of exploring a new object or even their own ability to use their teeth on another person and see the reaction. However some children continue to bite as they leave toddlerhood and at this point one must look[...]

Nervous Habits

Tony Galvin February 23, 2015 Child Development
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Nervous habits at Tony Galvin’s clinic Lots of children and adults have nervous habits. These can be anything from touching the face, nail biting, fidgeting, licking or touching one’s lips, or excessive blinking. As the name suggests they are habits of the central nervous system. It must be understood that a person with such habits has[...]

Handwriting Problems

Tony Galvin February 13, 2015 Child Development
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Learning to write is a big challenge when you are a child. It takes concentration, persistence and skill to be able to master it. Some children however, find it extra difficult and they often have to make some unusual compensations to allow them to write properly.     These compensations can include; gripping the pen[...]

Allergies

Tony Galvin January 30, 2015 Child Development, Emotional Health, Physical Health Issues
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Allergies are becoming increasingly common. In the last twenty years in Ireland the number of people suffering with allergy problems has doubled. Worryingly, there is a frightening rise in anaphylaxis – to peanuts, eggs, dairy products, etc. Just look at this website to get some details about Ireland alone.   This extreme reaction happens, when the[...]

Weak immune system

Tony Galvin January 25, 2015 Child Development, Physical Health Issues
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What is your immune system? Your immune system is made up of billions of cells – mostly white blood cells. These cells travel through the blood and seek out and attack antigens (bacteria and viruses). They can travel into organs and tissues to fix all sorts of potential sickness and disease. This process is happening[...]

Hyperactive child

Tony Galvin January 24, 2015 Child Development, Mental Health Issues
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At a certain age, being a hyperactive child is quite normal. Children are designed to run around and play all day. It is an important process in brain development. However, by the time children hit four or five years of age, they should have developed new abilities in concentration and focus, and should be less impulsive. For[...]

Over sensitive to light

Tony Galvin January 22, 2015 Child Development, Mental Health Issues
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Children or adults that are over sensitive to light, are under pressure. A very primitive part of their brain has made an association between a sense of danger and light. It is crucial to understand that they have little or no control over their response to light. Instead it needs to be seen as a[...]

Over sensitive to noise

Tony Galvin January 21, 2015 Child Development, Mental Health Issues
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Being over sensitive to noise or sounds can leave you in a constant state of stress. It is important to understand that a person who is over sensitive to noise, has little or no control over their reaction to it. For them, the noise or sound is linked to a sudden fright. Their autonomic nervous system (ANS)[...]

Fear of New Things

Tony Galvin January 19, 2015 Child Development, Mental Health Issues
To have a fear of new things is very important. It helps us to survive as we grow up. It stops us from taking dangerous risks and makes us approach things with caution. This is a wisdom we have learned as a species, and it has served us well. Sometimes however, our fear of new[...]

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