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Leaves & Language With a new school year comes a new change of season- fall is upon us! During this unique time involving social distancing and virtual learning, modeling good language for your children is more important than ever. While we may not be able to do all the things that we are used to doing this fall, that does not mean we cannot have fun! One of the simplest ways to build language is to incorporate communication opportunities in your daily routines. Maybe you take an afternoon walk every day. Use this time to talk about the changes that you are seeing and feeling around you and ask your child to do the same. For example, you could say “I see red leaves. What do you see?”
allowing your child to jump in it. Model “I am jumping!” for them. If you have small toys or objects around your home, you can hide these in leaf piles and have an outdoor scavenger hunt. You can talk about where the items were located (i.e. “It was under the leaves”) or give hints before your child discovers the object and allow them to make guesses (i.e. “it’s something that you ride in”). Any fall activity can be an opportunity to learn language, as long as you are talking about your surroundings and encouraging your child to do the same.
Kylie Rezes M.A. CFY-SLP Speech-Language Pathologist
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Has Covid-19 Helped You to Slow Down? Covid-19 has helped families to slow down. This may feel like a loss, but it may be working in your favor. There is so much emphasis in providing the right opportunities and affording the right things. This puts extra pressure on you, as a parent, to set up every conceivable situation that will benefit your child. Unfortunately, this puts too much pressure on you! Not only will it leave you feeling hassled and fragmented, but it will also play havoc on your psyche. You lose sight of the important things like self care, boundaries, and limits. When people are too busy it takes away from their time to BE which then keeps them from feeling centered, balanced and focused on the important things in life. Prior to Covid, you may have needed to readjust. In retrospect, you might have been doing too much if: • You couldn’t afford the activities your child is involved in. • The kid’s activities were cutting into your workday or down time. • If the only life you had was arranging your child’s activities. • You allowed your child to take you for granted and set up an agenda without asking you. (They didn’t ask permission to go and they don’t ask if it would fit into your plans. • If you have been ignoring that nagging feeling to say no for fear of letting your kids down or creating conflict. When you do too much for your child, you not only burn yourself out, but you also set up a condition that can affect your child. When children receive too much money, time or attention, three natural processes occur: • Children become self-centered and begin to expect the world to revolve around them. • They develop a skewed sense of reality that
is not reflective of the real world. • Children are most likely doing too much and do not have enough down time for the “kid essentials” like studying, cleaning their room, or interacting with family, especially their Carol Juergensen Sheets parents. Covid may be allowing you to reprioritize the fundamentals and decide that it is absolutely okay to spend less, do less and focus less on providing them opportunities. Once Covid subsides because of the vaccine, you will need to remain steadfast and do less. When kids have more downtime, they have less anxiety and do a better job finding out how to focus and stay centered. When parenting your kids, it is ok to put the brakes on and limit your child’s activities. When you begin to transition back into normalcy, you will need to avoid falling into the trap of doing too much or being too permissive. There are several techniques that can rein the child back into a slower, gentler lifestyle: • You have to set the limits. Stop doing so much! Yes, they will be mad and yes, they will try to make you feel guilty. • Start re-prioritizing their needs and saying things like, “I can’t afford to take all your friends out for your 6th birthday” or “I have discontinued the cellular phones because it didn’t fit into our budget” or “Mom’s too tired to pick you up.” Covid-19 has forced you to stay at home, be with the family, watch videos and eat regular meals together. It has recalibrated your family values, which builds character. Don’t be afraid to refocus your efforts. Remind yourself that doing less is more. It builds great family values. Isn’t that really your job as a parent?
Carol Juergensen Sheets LCSW PCC is a psychotherapist and personal life coach. She does motivational speaking and empowerment trainings locally and nationally. To find out more about her services--contact her at www.carolthecoach.com or call her at 317-218-3479. Please say “I found it in the IndyKids’Directory!” Thanks!
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Healing through Arts and Education Throughout COVID-19, Ascension St. Vincent has adapted and enhanced existing programs and services to ensure that patients and healthcare heroes are cared for in mind, body, and spirit. Here are highlights of the good work being completed by two programs thanks to donor support of the Ascension St. Vincent Foundation. The Healing Arts Program at Ascension St. Vincent is dedicated to promoting holistic healing through a combination of visual art, music and dance/movement interventions. The program has expanded its normal efforts to support healing throughout COVID-19. • Positivity Boards were introduced around the hospital to bring color, encouraging messages, and uplifting information to patient units. • A fun “Sneeze, Blow, and Throw” song was created to teach hospitalized children the ways to keep themselves and other people safe when they sneeze or cough. • Legacy Prints have been made to help comfort families who lost a loved one to COVID-19, including a digital thumbprint to be shared with family members as a lasting memory. In addition to helping patients, the Healing Arts Program also supports Ascension St. Vincent associates through activities that provide encouragement and stress relief. Along with spiritual care teams, the Healing Arts Program introduced a new “Code Lavender” protocol to provide focused support for associates when they have been involved in a stressful event at the hospital. Carts have been placed in units and include items such as art materials, aromatherapy, scripture, meditation guides, deep breathing exercises, and resources for virtual support. Another crucial program funded by the
supporters of the Ascension St. Vincent Foundation is the School Program at Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent. This program addresses the educational needs of many patients who are missing time from school as a result of their hospitalization through an on-site school program. The comprehensive assistance provided by the school program helps provide a sense of stability to patients as they battle their respective health issues. The ultimate goal is for all patients who require educational instruction or assistance during their hospitalization to successfully re-acclimate to their home schools with minimal difficulty. When COVID-19 shut down schools in the spring, Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital’s licensed teacher, Heather Wiselogle, began to teach remotely, using tools like Zoom and Skype. She developed creative ways to engage students and continued seeing as many students online as she was seeing in person. Through the Paws to Read program, students were able to read their favorite books to therapy dogs virtually. Heather also helped some high school seniors as they were dealing with the challenges of both online learning and their own health conditions during their final semester. She wrote letters of recommendation for scholarships and assisted with requests for accommodations for college. Funding of programs like Healing Arts and the School Program is crucial in supporting the needs of our patients and healthcare heroes. To learn more about Healing Arts, the School Program, and additional programs funded by the Ascension St. Vincent Foundation, visit give.stvincent.org or call 317-338-2338.
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Autism Awareness – From Spectrum to Kaleidoscope Awareness is more than gaining knowledge. It’s about changing your perspective. Consider the history of autism. In the 1960’s, individuals diagnosed with autism were often considered unteachable and ultimately sent to institutions. Behavior analysts, using the principles of applied behavior analysis, questioned that perception and began treating those with autism as individuals who simply learned in different ways. Here’s a new perspective for Autism Awareness Month. Autism is more than a spectrum. Autism is a kaleidoscope. A spectrum conjures up images such as a rainbow, with colors moving from red through orange, yellow, green, and blue to finally arrive at purple. The problem with a spectrum is that it makes it seem like one’s position falls somewhere between two extreme opposites. For autism, those extremes are often labeled high functioning autism and low functioning autism. But terms like high functioning and low functioning tell more about our society than they do the individual with autism. Applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy, an evidence-based treatment for individuals with autism, reminds us that each individual is unique. Like a kaleidoscope, our strengths and challenges create a unique pattern of who we are and how we interact with the world. One individual may relish friendships with others yet have difficulty reading social cues that make those relationships last. Another individual may prefer to do things on their own yet have difficulty finding the way to communicate that preference to others. The way we relate to each other does not fit neatly on a spectrum but rather creates a brilliant pattern of light and dark, brightness and intensity, color and form. At the Applied Behavior Center for Autism we remain committed to helping each individual grow by acknowledging who they are, building on their strengths, and overcoming their challenges. Utilizing the principles of applied behavior analysis, we seek to create an environment in which each individual is successful, each individual has the opportunity to learn, and each individual has a chance to improve their quality of life. The Applied Behavior Center for Autism - building brighter futures, for a kaleidoscope of individuals. Please say “I found it in the IndyKids’Directory!” Thanks!
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& Access Behavioral Solutions Clinic www.accessbehavioralsolutions.com Info@accessbehavioralsolutions.com 317.802.7447
Access Behavioral Solutions is making ABA services available by bringing the therapy to you- in your home, in your community, or in the clinic.
Applied Behavior Center for Autism Pgs 10, 11 & 20
7901 E. 88th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46256 The Applied Behavior Center for Autism is Indiana's longest running ABA provider. With over 20 years of service, ABC is building brighter futures every day. Each of our center offers unique attributes that allows us to provide high quality treatment to children and teens with autism spectrum disorder. With locations in Greenwood, Carmel, Castleton, Terre Haute, Richmond, and West Indianapolis we offer ABA therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, diagnostic testing, special needs swim lessons, and so much more! We are now enrolling for part-time and full-time schedules. Find us on social @ABCforAutism to learn more.
www.AppliedBehaviorCenter.org info@ AppliedBehaviorCenter.org 317-849-5437
Proud Sponsors of Resources for Special Needs Natural Valley Ranch www.NaturalValleyRanch.com www.NaturalValleyTherapeuticRiding.org Marie@NaturalValleyRanch.com 317-509-3577 Birthday Parties, Trail Rides, Lessons, Petting Zoo Hayride/Bonfire, Therapeutic Riding
Phoenix Karate www.phoenixrisingkarate.com 317-228-1872
Martial arts are great for children! A psychological study found that children in martial arts have an increased sense of responsibility, a decrease in the willingness to take foolish risks, and a higher sense of self-esteem.
St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf Pg 3 www.sjid.org 317.471.8560 Leaders in Listening and Spoken Language.
Supervision Infrared Sauna SupervisionWeightLoss.com 317-849-8446 For treatment of autism.
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October Oct 1, 2020 $5 First Thursday Night the Children’s Museum of
Indianapolis Get in on everything extraordinary during First Thursday Nights! Explore five floors of fun at The Children's Museum from 4–8 p.m. for only $5 per person! Capacity will continue to be limited. Every visitor will need an advance ticket. Reserve your ticket today!
Oct. 1, 2020 Be BOLD and Proudly Support Law Enforcement 3-5 PM
at Indiana State House to Indianapolis City County Building. Indianapolis is OUR Hoosier capital! It is time we take back our capital. It is time for our voices to be heard! For one day let us make the changes we expect of our elected officials. Bring your masks & hand sanitizer. A special event permit was applied for 8/30/2020. We want to make sure we do everything the right way unlike what the criminals did. Please come join us! Bring a friend or come alone and make new friends. Please share! Make our voices heard! #BackTheBlue
Oct 10, 2020 Stuff a Truck at St. Barnabas Catholic Church 10 AM
– 1 PM St. Barnabas Catholic Church is hosting Stuff-A-Truck in partnership with St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP). This one-day event gives you a convenient way for you to donate items and share them with others in need. What you no longer want, or need can be repurposed for another individual or family. SVdP’s neighbors need items—everything from clothing and linens, to household goods and furniture. SVdP also needs bicycles, helmets, locks, and backpacks for our homeless neighbors.
Oct 10, 2020 11-2 Love Them for Life Adoption Event at Tom
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are teaming up to help animals! Join us for a special adoption event from 11am – 2pm on Saturday, October 10th at the dealership (3300 E. 96th Street, Indianapolis.) Come meet adoptable cats and dogs! Free vaccine vouchers are available to the first 25 visitors (limit 1 per family) and a free lunch will be served! This event will be outdoors and observe social distancing. Rain Date: Saturday, October 17
Oct. 10, 2020 Pumpkin Smashing
5 PM Enjoy a night out on the town while we entertain your kids at the Baxter YMCA. They will enjoy games, crafts, and dinner. Ages 6 weeks-10 years old are able to come.
Oct. 12, 2020 Fall Nature Camps
9-3 at Southeastway Park Ave. your kids tired of being stuck in the house? We have fall nature camps to help them burn off some energy! They can come for a full week or just one day. We thought we would try something new this year! We will be offering two different weeks of fall nature camps. You can either register your camper for $30 for a day of camp (register for as many days as you like) or $125 for the whole week. Campers will do daily nature activities such as hiking, log rolling, catching insects, bird watching, creek stomping and lots more.
Oct. 12 - 16, 2020 Take-Home Craft Kit: Stumpkins 9-4 Celebrate the Halloween season with this take-home craft kit from Holliday Park! Kits come with all the supplies needed to create your own super-sized STUMPKIN. Your yard ornaments will be the envy of the neighborhood! All materials and directions are provided for this TakeHome Workshop. Kits will be prepared and ready for pickup from the Nature Center Front Desk during the week of October 12th. Pickup hours are MondayFriday, 9 AM - 4 PM. $35/kit. Preregistration is required. Visit: indyparks.
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2020 org and search "Stumpkin" or call (317) 327-PARK to register! Registration opens Aug 21 at 8 AM.
Oct 17, 2020 Mini Fall Festival 1-4
p.m. Family-friendly scary movie: "The Addams Family" (1991 live-action version) 11:00 p.m. "The Ring" starring Naomi Watts (Rated PG-13) Tickets $20 per person $50 for 2+ people in vehicle
Oct 18th, 2020 at 6PM Headless Horseman at Conner Prairie Our
friends and welcome to our outdoor drumming events of the year! We will have a fun and family friendly drum circle near the playground on the south end of the park. Bring your drums, dun duns, shakers, tambourines, chairs, and water! Also for all of the flow arts bring your hula hoops, poi, and dancing feet. This drum circle is free and open to all skill levels and will be every Sunday at Broad Ripple Park 4-7pm for the rest of the summer! Invite new drummers and bring you family and friends!
PM at Washington Township Parks and Recreation Dept. Join us for pumpkin decorating, guided hikes, pumpkin cornhole, pumpkin ring toss, pie eating contest, chestnut roasting and a station sponsored by Misty Eyes about black cat myths and animal kindness. $5/person or $15 for a family of four. You may also donate coats and new shoes for area foster children. Sign up for your time slot here: http://www.washingtontwpparks. org/mini-fall-fest.html
annual fall festival is full of activities, shows and spooktacular family fun. Take an adventure on our haunted hayride where you’ll get chased down by the Headless Horseman! Discover more: http://bit.ly/2mkivnY
Oct. 19th, 2020 Partners Support Group 6 pm The Partners Support
Group is dedicated to providing a safe place for partners of loved ones who are transgender and/or nonbinary. This is a safe space for partners seeking support and community while learning how to navigate the ways experiences with gender may have an impact within your relationship.
Oct 21 at 3 PM – 6PM MK MidWeek Market Join a handful of local
vendors for a mid-week farmer's market made possible by the Meridian-Kessler Neighborhood Association, Crossroads AME Church, and Paradise Dental.
Oct 23, 2020 Ghost Stories at Tibbs Drive IN 8PM – 1 AM Ghost
Oct 25, 2020 B. Ripple Drum Circle at Broad Ripple Park Hello
Oct 29, 2020 Yappy Hour 6 PM
-8:30 PM at Military Park The popular FREE pup and family friendly happy hour returns this summer for a fun-filled series. Attendees will enjoy music, food trucks, yard games, multiple local dog vendors, and dog training demos. Enjoy a drink and meet some other dogs!
Oct 30, 2020 Days of the Dead Indianapolis Halloween 2020 at
Marriott Center Indy Days of the Dead is coming back to INDIANAPOLIS!! For more information follow us on Facebook.com/DaysOfTheDead
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