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		<title>How to Tell if Your Employee has Alzheimer’s</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drrohn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ With the graying of the American work force we will see an increase in Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. At Sparks of Genius clients learn to optimize brain potential to increase quality of life and maintain optimal brain fitness]]></description>
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		<title>Enjoy Art And Create Brain Power</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Price PhD</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sparkmygenius.com/?p=209</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[caption id="attachment_210" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Brain and Success Development"]<img src="http://sparkmygenius.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/brainstorm-300x215.jpg" alt="Brain and Success Development" title="brainstorm" width="300" height="215" class="size-medium wp-image-210" />[/caption]<strong>By Amy Price PhD</strong>
Somewhere in the world there is a child's brain waiting to be salvaged. You have the power in your hands to change a destiny. With a few simple strategies and a little funding there can be answers. <strong>We can build it...You can help!</strong> You are invited to attend an art and media exhibit dedicated to brain development]]></description>
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		<title>Keys To Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drrohn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Success comes in how we respond to life events. Minimizing danger and maximizing reward is a significant principle in how the brain organizes and in so doing impacts our lives.]]></description>
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		<title>Homework Tips, Myths and Helicopter Parents</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edukfun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across a new term last week — helicopter parents. It describes baby boomers that started families as thirty-somethings.  They evolved a more involved parenting style, which has persisted into elementary school, high school, and even college. Bostonia, the alumni magazine of Boston University, describes this new breed of parent this way: 
“…helicopter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dreaming with Open Eyes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edukfun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 20, 2007 I was invited by the Florida Special Arts Center www.flsac.org. to address an audience of several hundred persons invited to view a new documentary called Bridging to Gap: A True Lesson in Humanity. 
Let me tell you the story of this documentary.  
The parents of three special needs young adults [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teacher Missing in Action</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/09/teacher-missing-in-action/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edukfun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello all!
It&#8217;s been a while since you&#8217;ve seen an entry by yours truly and there&#8217;s a good reason:  I&#8217;m now working full time as a teacher for students with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and other Learning Disabilities.
So far, it&#8217;s a blast!  My class is very manageable, and the staff and parents have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Partnership&#8230;The Work of Champions!</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/09/partnershipthe-work-of-champions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 01:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edukfun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In work with children a team means everything. Your child’s self esteem and ways of relating are constructed by what they learn from team interaction. Even in graduate school students learn that the key to power for scientists is flexibility and cooperation. Many experiments show success after many well planned failures. Sometimes it takes only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Parents’ Dilemma: Where to send my child to School?</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/08/a-parents%e2%80%99-dilemma-where-to-send-my-child-to-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edukfun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is my child going to the right school?  
Deciding this seemingly simple question can be agonizing for parents. Not only are some schools “objectively” better (lower teacher student ratios, more enrichment programs, etc) but one kind of child could fail in the same school where a different child would thrive.  It happened to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pulitzer Prize Winner with Aspergers</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/08/pulitzer-prize-winner-with-aspergers/</link>
		<comments>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/08/pulitzer-prize-winner-with-aspergers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edukfun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend’s son has Aspergers and wants to be a singer.  The problem is it’s hard not to cringe when he sings.  It is very soulful and when I listen to him I wonder if he isn’t into some kind of more evolved singing and the rest of us just can’t get it. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures in Teaching A.D.D.</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/08/adventures-in-teaching-add/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edukfun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I&#8217;m off for my first day as a teacher at an all-ADD private school.  Students won&#8217;t be arriving until next Wednesday, but I am excited about the opportunity to work with them in a group as large as 15.  That is 5-10 times more high-need students than I&#8217;m used to.  [...]]]></description>
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