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Serving the towns of Avon, Barkhamsted, Canton, Colebrook, East Granby, Farmington, Granby, Hartland, New Hartford and Simsbury, CT |
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Health Matters
A quarterly publication of the
Farmington Valley Heath District
Summer 2024 |
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95 River Road
Canton, CT 06019
860-352-2333
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In this issue...
- Community Health Improvement Plan updates
- Updated breast cancer screening guidelines
- How we're bolstering mental health in schools
- Tips to protect your hearing
- Water safety
- Mental Health Book Club picks
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COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS MOVING FORWARD
The Farmington Valley Health District’s Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) is almost complete! Goals, objectives, strategies, and action steps have been developed for each of our three priority areas...
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RESILIENCE GROWS IN FARMINGTON VALLEY SCHOOLS SCHOOLS
Mental health challenges in school aged children are on the rise nationwide. Resilience Grows Here (RGH) is a school-based curriculum intended to foster the resilient attributes students need to thrive in life.
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NEW BREAST CANCER SCREENING GUIDELINES
Last week, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released new guidelines for breast cancer screening.
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STAYING SAFE POOLSIDE
In the time it takes to check your text messages, a child can drown. Check out our list of precautions to take when cooling off by the water.
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PROTECT YOUR HEARING
Summer can be LOUD. Whether you're mowing the lawn or attending a fireworks show, learn when and how to protect your hearing for life.
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Author: Michele Borba, Ed.D.
Teens today are forty percent less empathetic than they were thirty years ago. Why is a lack of empathy—which goes hand-in-hand with the self-absorption epidemic Dr. Michele Borba calls the Selfie Syndrome—so dangerous? First, it hurts kids’ academic performance and leads to bullying behaviors. Also, it correlates with more cheating and less resilience. Once children grow up, a lack of empathy hampers their ability to collaborate, innovate, and problem-solve—all must-have skills for the global economy.
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UnSelfie Dr. Borba pinpoints the forces causing the empathy crisis and shares a revolutionary, researched-based, nine-step plan for reversing it.
1: Teaching emotional literacy
2: Developing an ethical code
3: Instilling perspective
4: Cultivating empathy
5: Manage strong emotions and mastering self regulation
6: Developing and practicing compassion everyday
7: Cultivate empathy through teamwork and collaboration
8: Promote emotional courage
9: Grow changemakers and altruistic leaders |
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Author: Shawn Elizabeth George
Illustrator: Jan Z Cohen
A Place for Sam is an engaging story about a puzzle piece, Sam, who cannot find her place in the puzzle. Sam wants to change how she was made to fit in somewhere. The captivating character takes us beside her as she searches for her place in the puzzle, discovering along the way that she has a place where she fits just as she is.
The book includes guided questions that will assist parents in getting the most from this engaging tale and hopefully spark some important conversations about self-worth, resisting peer pressure, and finding a peer group that values them for who they are. |
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