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ST. PATRICK'S DAY RICE KRISPIE TREAT BITES

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 10 min. Add: 10 min.

YIELD: 54 RICE KRISPIE BITES

INGREDIENTS

• 9 cups Kellogg's Rice Krispies Cereal

• 9 tablespoons Butter (We use Salted, Sweet Cream Butter)

• 9 cups Mini Marshmallows

• Food Coloring - Yellow

• Food Coloring - Blue

INSTRUCTIONS

You will need to make three separate batches of Rice Krispie Treat mixture - one for each of the three St. Patrick's Day colors.

Directions for a single batch of Rice Krispie Bites

1. Melt 3 tbsp. Butter in a medium pan.

2. Add 3 cups of Mini Marshmallows and stir until the marshmallows are completely melted.

3. Take the pan off the heat.

4. Add food coloring and mix.

5. Add 3 cups of Rice Krispie Cereal and mix until they are completely covered with the marshmallow mixture.

6. Allow the Rice Krispie Mixture to cool slightly.

7. Measure .5 oz of mixture and roll into a ball.

8. Allow Rice Krispie Bites to cool.

9. Repeat for the other two colors.

NOTES

Food Coloring Formulas

Green: 6 drops of Yellow & 3 drops of Blue. Bright Green: 6 drops of Yellow & 1 drop of Blue White: No food coloring needed

STORAGE INSTRUCTIONS

Store the Rice Krispie Treats in an airtight container and they will last for 3-4 days before they start to get too stale. You can freeze them for up to 3 months.

But if your kiddos are like my grandchildren it will not last that long. Enjoy!

https://www.twosisterscrafting.com/st-patricks-day-rice-krispie-bites/

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CONTENTS

Do you struggle to make a social connection with your child? Do you imagine you and your child creating happy memories together? Do you need innovative approaches and effective resources to enrich your child’s life? A practical and indispensable resource is available for you.

Instantly connect with your child when you conduct over 30 enriching theater arts and improvisational activities included in The Creative Outlet Method: At-Home Activities for Children with Special Needs.

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The included exercises will allow your child to demonstrate their creativity, increase their self-confidence, and build their social skills in a warm and welcoming environment. Imagine you and your child having a blast of creativity playing innovative theater arts and improv games like Pizza, Juice, and What’s on T.V.? while utilizing effective strategies to encourage your child’s positive behaviors.

Your child will benefit from the innovative approaches included in The Creative Outlet Method and experience creative energy from the comfort of home. The book also offers opportunities for your child to achieve their academic, social, and behavioral goals; activities that enrich both you and your child, and a 10-step framework to improving the learning outcomes for your child.

Imagine you, your child, and your child’s friends creating an original story where you all make-up your own character, design the plot and the setting, and you perform it on the spot. Concepts like the HIPPP Rules and the A+ Audience Type will help your child achieve their academic, social, and behavioral goals in educational and social settings.

Accomplished special educator Joshua Levy is the Founder and Executive Director of Joshua’s Stage, https:// joshuasstage.org/, a nonprofit enrichment program featuring after-school programs, camps, workshops, online programs, Lifelong Learning with Friends, and individual enrichment programs including activities such as theater arts, improv, arts and crafts, music, dance, photography, create-a-story, and showcase. Joshua is also the President of Joshua Levy Educational Consulting. He has taught children with autism, learning disabilities, behavior disorders, emotional disturbances, speech impairments, and other health impairments. Compassionate Consulting. Meaningful Results. Phone: 512-825-2744

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Finding A Medical Home

Ruchi Kaushik, MD, MPH, FAAP

If you have a child with special needs, you must find your family a medical home. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) defines a medical home as accessible, continuous, comprehensive, family-centered, coordinated, compassionate, and culturally-effective. Your pediatrician is your quarterback, and if your child has multiple issues requiring technology, therapies, and home health nursing, your pediatrician’s office should serve as your medical home in the following ways:

Accessible:

Your primary care pediatrician’s office should be easy to access. When you call to make a well child appointment, you should always be scheduled with your regular doctor. If your child is ill, does the office same-day appointments? Does the office answer questions by phone or portal in a timely fashion?

Be sure to pay attention to where and how many disabled parking spots there are, so you can easily maneuver your child and her equipment into and out of the building. If you use non-emergent ambulance transport, does the office accommodate adequate space for the stretcher? Laboratory and diagnostic imaging facilities should be easily accessed as well.

Continuous:

A medical home should give you the opportunity to see your doctor as often as possible, for both well child and sick visits. For children with special needs and multiple diagnoses, your doctor knows your family’s medical, developmental, mental, and social needs best.

Transitions are often challenging for families of children with special needs. After urgent care/ emergency department (UC/ED) visits or hospitalizations, your medical home should schedule followup visits to catch up on new findings, changes to medications, laboratory and diagnostic imaging results, and to make sure your child is getting better. If your child’s hospitalization is prolonged, hospital staff may often schedule a care conference to help summarize what happened during the stay so everyone understands the plan moving forward. When time permits, primary care pediatricians who care for children with special needs often attend these care conferences to help you make a smooth transition.

As your teen approaches adulthood, finding a new medical home and team of providers will become necessary and your pediatric medical home should help you plan this transition as well.

Comprehensive:

Your medical home should provide primary care (well child checks, vaccines, guidance about nutrition, development, safety and discipline) and acute care (sick visits, follow-ups from ED visits or hospitalizations). Your pediatrician should have a relationship with your preferred hospital to stay up-to-date on your child’s health status and any changes.

The medical home should also serve as a place to keep all of your medical records, including discharge summaries from the hospital and consultation notes from specialists you see outside of your pediatrician’s network.

Family-Centered:

Families of children with special needs are unique and your pediatrician needs to be prepared to not only care for your child with multiple issues, but to also recognize when your other children are being affected by the dynamic in the home.

Decision-making should be shared--you should be offered options when it is time to make decisions, and everyone’s vote (including yours!) counts equally.

Pediatricians realize that accessing health care is a complex phenomenon and involves many issues outside of the clinic setting. A social worker, an integral part of the medical home team, can help tackle the problems of insurance coverage, public housing, and food insecurity.

Coordinated:

Obtaining referrals and orders for laboratory or diagnostic imaging tests should be well coordinated. Pediatricians should collaborate with subspecialists to create a shared care plan. Your medical home should also communicate with therapy providers, home health nursing agencies, and durable medical equipment (DME) vendors.

Compassionate:

The pediatrician and staff of a medical home should recognize that every family is different and every caregiver will have different goals for her child. If there are differences of opinion, you should still feel that you are receiving compassionate care from your doctors and nurses.

Culturally-sensitive:

This is different from language-barriers. Certainly, you should receive the care your child needs in your preferred languages, but diverse cultures carry diverse beliefs about health and treatment. Your medical home should devise a care plan that seriously incorporates your cultural preferences.

If you believe your child is eligible to see a complex care pediatrician and are looking for a medical home, please call 210-704-4966.

A pediatric home health agency provides personalized attention and services to medically fragile children in their home. Home health agencies can provide several services including private duty nursing, speech, occupational, and physical therapy, as well as attendant services. Not all agencies provide all services, and not all children qualify for all services.

An agency will coordinate with parents / caregivers, physicians, therapists, and medical equipment suppliers to develop a customized plan of care. Agencies follow certain guidelines to determine medically necessary services which depend on your child’s level of care. A plan of care is developed by the interdisciplinary team caring for your child and signed by your physician. These signed orders are then sent to your insurance for review and approval. The insurance agency will ultimately decide on the medically appropriate services.

You can expect the following from a pediatric home health agency:

- An RN Case manager to oversee your child’s case

o An individualized, patient speciﬁc care plan

o Nurses who will provide assessment, treatment, education and support

o Access to information about your child’s care

- Versatile schedules

o Agencies work with you to choose the schedule that best fulﬁlls your needs in accordance with the number of hours approved by your physician and insurance agency.

o Every effort is made to fully staff your chosen schedule. However, due to nurses’ illness, vacations, personal circumstances, and / or staff shortages, no guarantee can be made that all hours are staffed.

o You and your RN case manager will work together to approve the nurse / therapist / attendant who will be in your home

Keeping your child at home has enormous beneﬁts for the entire family. It not only keeps your child close to you in an environment where they feel safe and comfortable, but it also relieves some stress for the family due to, among other things, missed worked and hospital visits.

Choosing a home health agency to care for your child is a very important decision. You should work with an agency where you feel comfortable, and your healthcare needs are met. You always have the right to choose your home health agency.

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CHARCUTERIE

A charcuterie is typically a board that is full of cold meats and cheeses. Since this board is speciﬁcally for kids we are expanding that to include chips, crackers, sweets, fruit, pizza and chicken nuggets!

Kids Charcuterie Board

Author

Susie Weinrich

Ingredients

• cheese sticks

• dino nuggets

• mini pizza bagels

• mini pepperonis

• dips - ketchup and/or mustard, and ranch

• grapes

• strawberries

• carrots

• ritz crackers

• goldﬁsh

• pretzels

• pringles

• snack mix or trail mix

• M&M's

• mini Reese's peanut butter cups (be careful of peanut allergies!!)

Instructions

1. Arrange all the components on a large surface, board or plate. Let the kids graze on the board either before dinner or FOR dinner!

• fresh mozzarella pearls, cheese cubes, mini babybel cheese, yogurt tubes, applesauce pouches

• mango, pineapple, watermelon, blueberries, blackberries or raspberries

• cucumbers, olives, celery, mini pickles, mini sweet peppers

• trail mix, chex mix, fritos, doritos, crackers, veggie straws, cheez-its, pretzel thins, popcorn

• pizza rolls, mini pb&j, chicken ﬁngers, salami, rolled up deli meat

• Reese’s Pieces, gummy bears, gummy worms, starbursts, twizzlers, hershey kisses

Page 10 Please Say You Saw Us In Exceptional Kids 9646 W Loop 1604 N, Suite 201 San Antonio, Texas 78254 210-679-4747 Infants, Children & Special Needs Sedation & GA Dentistry We o er special care for our little folks. Our sta is the best & our o ce is quite unique! BOARD CERTIFIED PEDIATRIC DENTISTS Dr. Jennifer Ochoa & Dr. Nelly Gonzalez "Your dental home from birth to 21" Sheila Hernandez, DMD, PC - Pediatric Dentist 8202 N Loop 1604 West Ste. 104 • San Antonio, TX www.txkidds.com • www.facebook.com/txkidds (210) 694-2700

RESOURCE DIRECTORY

For our complete list of resources go online to www.ExceptionalKidsTexas.com

ABA THERAPY

Centria Autism

248-436-4578

referrals@centriahealthcare.com

◆Autism Treatment Center

210-590-2107

15911 Nacogdoches Rd Building 2 www.atcoftexas.org

Bloom Behavior & Educational Solutions

210-643-1119

1850 Lockhill Selma Suite 106 www.bloom-aba.net

Mindcolor Autism

833-646-3222

8507 Culebra Rd Suite 101 info@mindcolorautism www.mindcolorautism.com

ACUTE/SKILLED CARE

LifeSpan Home Health

877-434-3153

6243 IH-10 W Suite 375 www.lifespantx.com

Pg 4

ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT/MEDICAL SUPPLIES

Romo Medical Equipment Pg 2 210-532-3895

3453 Pan Am Expwy Suite 105 www.RomoMedical.com

ADAPTIVE SPORTS (COMPETITIVE & RECREATIONAL)

◆Kinetic Kids

210-748-5860

11931 Starcrest Dr info@kinetickidstx.org www.kinetickidstx.org

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

Pathways Youth & Family Services

210-733-7117

1919 NW Loop 410 Suite 201 www.pathway.org

CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE

◆Artvango Therapeutic Services Inc.

210-387-2218

3201 Cherry Ridge Suite B202 artvangosa@gmail.com artvango.org

COUNSELING PROVIDERS

◆Artvango Therapeutic Services Inc.

210-387-2218

3201 Cherry Ridge Suite B202 artvangosa@gmail.com artvango.org

Catholic Charities

210-377-1133

San Fernando Community Center 231 W Commerce

DEAF SERVICES

Romo Medical Equipment

2 915-307-2684

1141 Larry Mahan, Suite C, El Paso www.RomoMedical.com

Deaf Interpreter Services, Inc.

210-545-2946

15600 San Pedro Ave #302 info@deaf-interpreter.com www.Deaf-Interpreter.com

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RESOURCE DIRECTORY

For our complete list of resources go online to www.ExceptionalKidsTexas.com

DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES

Romo Medical Equipment

210-532-3895

3453 Pan Am Expwy Suite 105 www.RomoMedical.com

Romo Medical Equipment

915-307-2684

1141 Larry Mahan, Suite C, El Paso www.RomoMedical.com

WAVE Healthcare

866-235-2762

121 Interpark Blvd #300 www.wavehealthcare.com

Pg 2

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Catholic Charities

210-293-1009

202 W. French Place

www.ccaosa.org

Pg 2

Pg 3

EDUCATION ADVOCACY RESOURCES

uEpilepsy Foundation Central & South Texas

210-653-5353

8601 Village Dr, Suite 220 staff@efcst.org

www.efcst.org

EDUCATIONAL SERVICES

Achievers Center for Education

210-690-7307

5084 De Zavala Rd www.aceschool.org

Compassionate Consulting, Meaningful Results

512-825-2744

jlevy@joshuaconsults.com

joshuaconsults.com

uEpilepsy Foundation Central & South Texas

210-653-5353

8601 Village Dr, Suite 220 staff@efcst.org

www.efcst.org

uFACT Institute, Inc.

210-267-9134

13032 Nacogdoches Rd #207

ksimpson9@satx.rr.com

www.factinstituteinc.com

uDonateu

FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION

Pathways Youth & Family Services

210-733-7117

1919 NW Loop 410 Suite 201

www.pathway.org

Crisis Intervention (Foster Care Only)

1-866-912-6283 (press *)

1919 NW Loop 410 Suite 201

www.pathway.org

GENERAL COMMUNITY RESOURCES

www.unitedwaysatx.org

2-1-1 Texas is a free, anonymous social service hotline available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Alamo Local Authority

Intellectual & Disability Services (IDD)

Phone: (210) 832-5020 Fax: 1-866-689-1843

8700 Tesoro Dr. Suite 160 iddservices@aacog.com

http://www.aacog.com

City of San Antonio - Utility Assistance 210-207-7830

uEpilepsy Foundation Central & South Texas 210-653-5353

8601 Village Dr, Suite 220 staff@efcst.org

www.efcst.org

Hill Country MHDD Centers

358 Landa Street, Suite 300, New Braunfels 888-315-3277

http://www.hillcountry.org

Kerr County MH Center 955 Water Street, Kerrville 888-445-5232

http://www.hillcountry.org

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RESOURCE DIRECTORY

For our complete list of resources go online to www.ExceptionalKidsTexas.com uDonateu

GENERAL COMMUNITY RESOURCES

Project Warm - Bexar County Dept of Community Assistance

210-335-3666

Salvation Army

210-226-2291

226 Nolan St

San Antonio Food Bank

210-337-3663

5200 Old Hwy 90 West

Society of St. Vincent de Paul 210-225-7837

WIC Program

210-207-4906

LOCAL IDD AUTHORITY (LIDDA) FOR BEXAR COUNTY

AACOG IDD Services - Alamo Area Council of Governments: Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Services

210-832-5020

8700 Tesoro Drive Suite 160

https://www.aacog.com/66/Intellectual-Developmental-Disability-Se

MEDICAL CARE

uEpilepsy Foundation Central & South Texas

210-653-5353

8601 Village Dr, Suite 220 staff@efcst.org www.efcst.org

MEDICAID WAIVER PROGRAMS

CDS in Texas Pg 4 210-798-3779

Toll Free 866-675-7331 www.cdstexas.com

CLASS - Medically Dependent Children's Program

877-438-5658

DBMD-Deaf/Blind Multiple Disabilities Program

877-438-5658

Disability Services of the Southwest

210-798-0123

6243 IH-10 West Suite 114 www.dsswtx.org

HCS - Home & Community-Based Services Program

210-832-5020

MDCP - Medically Dependent Children's Program

877-438-5658

LifeSpan Home Health Pg 4

877-434-3153

6243 IH-10 W Suite 375 www.lifespantx.com

Texas Home Living Waiver

210-832-5020

MUSIC THERAPY

Crescendo Center PLLC

210-343-2545

2401 S. Presa St

www.crescendosatx.com

NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Red Cross 210-224-5151

Cerebral Palsy Foundation

ucp.org

210-520-1686

uEpilepsy Foundation

24/7 Helpline 1-800-332-1000 (en espanol 1-866-748-8008) www.epilepsy.com

Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) 800-572-1717

National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI), SA 210-734-3349

National Down Syndrome Society 800-221-4602 www.ndss.org

Scleroderma Foundation

www.Sclerodema.org

Spinal Bifida Association

Texas Chapter 972-238-8755

Williams Syndrome

800-806-1871

www.Williams-syndrome.org

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RESOURCE DIRECTORY

For our complete list of resources go online to www.ExceptionalKidsTexas.com

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

uAutism Treatment Center 210-590-2107

15911 Nacogdoches Rd, Building 2 www.atcoftexas.org

CHCS-ECI (Early Childhood Intervention)

Specializing in Infants & Toddlers, Birth to 36 Months

Easy to refer, no medical referral needed Call 210-261-3300 or visit www.chcs-eci.org

Medicaid, CHIP, Private, all insurances accepted

400 N Loop 1604 #3350 www.sanrafaelhealthcare.com PEDIATRIC

RECREATION/LEISURE ACTIVITIES

uKinetic Kids 210-748-5860

11931 Starcrest Dr info@kinetickidstx.org www.kinetickidstx.org

San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department 210-207-3018

SPECIAL EDUCATION/504 ADVOCATE

MC Educational Advocacy & Consulting LLC 210-901-9695 maryc@mceac.info www.mcedac.com

SPECIAL NEEDS ADULTS

111 W Anderson Lane, Suite E322, Austin www.entrustedphc.com

uMarbridge Foundation 512-282-1144 2310 Bliss Spillar Road, Manchaca TX info@marbridge.org Marbridge.org

Romo Medical Equipment Pg 2 915-307-2684

1141 Larry Mahan, Suite C, El Paso www.RomoMedical.com

Dr, Suite 233, San Antonio

2027 S 61st Street, Suite 121, Temple

WAVE Healthcare Pg 3 866-235-2762

121 Interpark Blvd #300 www.wavehealthcare.com

SPEECH THERAPY

uAutism Treatment Center 210-590-2107

400 N Loop 1604E #350

PHYSICAL THERAPY

CHCS-ECI (Early Childhood Intervention)

Specializing in Infants & Toddlers, Birth to 36 Months

Easy to refer, no medical referral needed Call 210-261-3300 or visit www.chcs-eci.org

Medicaid, CHIP, Private, all insurances accepted Sliding scale available

San Rafael Healthcare Inc

210-255-1466

400 N Loop 1604E #350 www.sanrafaelhealthcare.com

15911 Nacogdoches Rd, Building 2 www.atcoftexas.org

CHCS-ECI (Early Childhood Intervention)

Specializing in Infants & Toddlers, Birth to 36 Months

Easy to refer, no medical referral needed Call 210-261-3300 or visit www.chcs-eci.org

Medicaid, CHIP, Private, all insurances accepted Sliding scale available

San Rafael Healthcare Inc Pg 9 210-255-1466

400 N Loop 1604E #350

www.sanrafaelhealthcare.com

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Sliding

San Rafael Healthcare Inc Pg 9

scale available

210-255-1466

HOME HEALTH & PRIVATE DUTY NURSING Entrusted Pediatric Home Care Pg 8

512-591-0796

Entrusted Pediatric Home Care Pg 8

Centerview

www.entrustedphc.com Entrusted Pediatric Home Care Pg 8

210-447-1650 4502

254-207-0887

www.entrustedphc.com San Rafael Healthcare Inc Pg 9

210-255-1466

www.sanrafaelhealthcare.com

RESOURCE DIRECTORY

For our complete list of resources go online to www.ExceptionalKidsTexas.com

STATE ORGANIZATIONS

Customer Service Line (Ombudsman)

877-787-8999

www.hhsc.state.tx.us

Department of Assistive & Rehabilitative Services

NOW Texas Work Force

www.twc.state.tx.us

North Field Oﬃce

210-561-8600

12000 Network Blvd #210

West Field Oﬃce

210-522-8010

5309 Wurzbach, Suite 102

Northeast Field Oﬃce

210-590-5740

10303 Nacogdoches

South Field Oﬃce

210-927-8300

1011 Ada St

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Many of the non-proﬁt organizations who provide services for our community rely on donors like you, to help support and expand their programs.

Our Resource Directory has many nonproﬁts with their organizations name, phone number and website. Please go to website, click on the "Donate" button and give. Your contribution will be helping a child or young adult receive the services they need so they can grow and develop into young men and women, working and living independently in our community.

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The Benefits of

Volunteering can help you make friends, learn new skills, advance your career, and even feel happier and healthier. Learn how to find the right volunteer opportunity for you.

Why volunteer?

With busy lives, it can be hard to find time to volunteer. However, the benefits of volunteering can be enormous. Volunteering offers vital help to people in need, worthwhile causes, and the community, but the benefits can be even greater for you, the volunteer. The right match can help you to find friends, connect with the community, learn new skills, and even advance your career.

Giving to others can also help protect your mental and physical health. It can reduce stress, combat depression, keep you mentally stimulated, and provide a sense of purpose. While it’s true that the more you volunteer, the more benefits you’ll experience, volunteering doesn’t have to involve a long-term commitment or take a huge amount of time out of your busy day. Giving in even simple ways can help those in need and improve your health and happiness.

Benefits of volunteering:

4 ways to feel healthier and happier

1. Volunteering connects you to others.

2. Volunteering is good for your mind and body.

3. Volunteering can advance your career.

4. Volunteering brings fun and fulfillment to your life.

Benefit 1: Volunteering connects you to others

One of the more well-known benefits of volunteering is the impact on the com-

munity. Volunteering allows you to connect to your community and make it a better place. Even helping out with the smallest tasks can make a real difference to the lives of people, animals, and organizations in need. And volunteering is a two-way street: It can benefit you and your family as much as the cause you choose to help. Dedicating your time as a volunteer helps you make new friends, expand your network, and boost your social skills.

Make new friends and contacts

One of the best ways to make new friends and strengthen existing relationships is to commit to a shared activity together. Volunteering is a great way to meet new people, especially if you are new to an area. It strengthens your ties to the community and broadens your support network, exposing you to people with common interests, neighborhood resources, and fun and fulfilling activities.

Increase your social and relationship skills

While some people are naturally outgoing, others are shy and have a hard time meeting new people. Volunteering gives you the opportunity to practice and develop your social skills, since you are meeting regularly with a group of people with common interests. Once you have momentum, it's easier to branch out and make more friends and contacts.

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Volunteering

Volunteering as a family

Children watch everything you do. By giving back to the community, you'll show them firsthand how volunteering makes a difference and how good it feels to help other people and animals and enact change. It's also a valuable way for you to get to know organizations in the community and find resources and activities for your children and family.

Benefit 2: Volunteering is good for your mind and body

Volunteering provides many benefits to both mental and physical health.

Volunteering helps counteract the effects of stress, anger, and anxiety. The social contact aspect of helping and working with others can have a profound effect on your overall psychological wellbeing. Nothing relieves stress better than a meaningful connection to another person. Working with pets and other animals has also been shown to improve mood and reduce stress and anxiety.

Volunteering combats depression. Volunteering keeps you in regular contact with others and helps you develop a solid support system, which in turn protects you against depression.

Volunteering makes you happy. By measuring hormones and brain activity, researchers have discovered that being helpful to others delivers immense pleasure. Human beings are hard-wired to give to others. The more we give, the happier we feel.

Volunteering increases self-confidence. You are doing good for others and the community, which provides a natural sense of accomplishment. Your role as a volunteer can also give you a sense of pride and identity. And the better you feel

about yourself, the more likely you are to have a positive view of your life and future goals.

Volunteering provides a sense of purpose. Older adults, especially those who have retired or lost a spouse, can find new meaning and direction in their lives by helping others. Whatever your age or life situation, volunteering can help take your mind off your own worries, keep you mentally stimulated, and add more zest to your life.

Volunteering helps you stay physically healthy. Studies have found that those who volunteer have a lower mortality rate than those who do not. Older volunteers tend to walk more, find it easier to cope with everyday tasks, are less likely to develop high blood pressure, and have better thinking skills. Volunteering can also lessen symptoms of chronic pain and reduce the risk of heart disease.

Here are some non-profit organizations you can volunteer for:

Autism Treatment Center - https://www. atcoftexas.org/volunteer.html

Kinetic Kids - https://kinetickidstx.org/ volunteer/

Epilepsy Foundation Central & South Texas - https://efcst.org/get-involved/volunteer/

DisabilitySA.org - https://www.disabilitysa.org/volunteer.html

Hug Me Ink - https://www.hugmeink.org/ contact

Marbridge Foundation - https://www. marbridge.org/get-involved/volunteeropportunities/

https://www.helpguide.org/articles/healthy-living/volunteering-and-its-surprising-benefits.htm

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Page 24 Please Say You Saw Us In Exceptional Kids PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY Jose Aceves MD 210-704-4841 333 North Santa Rosa St Childrens Hospital of SA Satish Agadi MD 210-358-8508 4502 Medical Dr University Health System Samiya Ahmad MD 210-704-4841 333 North Santa Rosa St Childrens Hospital of SA Sidney W Atkinson MD 210-450-7334 8435 Wurzbach Rd Suite 311 UT Health Pediatric Specialities Kelly Averill MD 210-358-5437 4502 Medical Dr University Health System Brian Faux MD 210-450-7334 8435 Wurzbach Rd Suite 311 UT Health Pediatric Specialities Shelton Gross MD 210-450-7334 8435 Wurzbach Rd Suite 311 UT Health Pediatric Specialities Linda Leary MD 210-450-7334 8435 Wurzbach Rd Suite 311 UT Health Pediatric Specialities Yu-tze Ng MD 210-704-4841 333 North Santa Rosa St Childrens Hospital of SA Carter Richards MD 210-249-5020 4114 Pond Hill Rd #102 Tx Pediatric Family Sleep Ctr John R Seals MD 210-615-2222 4410 Medical Dr #430 John R Seals MD Melissa Svoboda MD 210-704-4841 333 North Santa Rosa St Childrens Hospital of SA Jerry J Tomasovic MD 210-249-5020 4374 Lockhill-Selma #107 Tx Pediatric & Family Sleep Ctr PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY Susan M Berry MD 210-946-2020 11601 Toepperwein Rd Alamo City Eye Physicians Jefrey H Cohen MD 210-697-2020 9157 Huebner Rd Medical Center Ophtalmogy Charles S McCash MD 210-340-6633 1314 E Sonterra Blvd #5201 Childrens Eye Center of SoTX Sanford Roberts MD 210-226-6169 800 McCullough Ave San Antonio Eye Center Martha P Schatz MD 210-358-5437 903 W Martin St University Health System Johan T Zwann MD PhD 210-615-8474 8030 Wurzbach Rd #520 Methodist Specialty & Transplant PEDIATRIC OPTOMETRY Alisa Nola OD 210-490-9900 255 E Sonterra Blvd #100 Optometry Ctr for Vision Therapy Kara Tison OD 210-283-6800 9725 Datapoint Dr UIW Eye Institute PEDIATRIC ORTHOPEDICS & SURGERY Tina Creekmore MD 210-692-1613 4499 Medical Dr #235 Pediatric Orthopedic Assoc of SA John Edeen III MD 210-692-1613 4499 Medical Dr #235 Pediatric Orthopedic Assoc of SA Shawn Funk MD 210-704-4708 333 North Santa Rosa St Childrens Hospital of SA Steven Gibbons MD 210-358-5437 903 W Martin St University Health System Matthew Landrum MD 210-358-5437 903 W Martin St University Health System Rhianna Little MD 210-704-4199 333 North Santa Rosa St Childrens Hospital of SA William K Koeck MD 210-704-4708 333 North Santa Rosa St Childrens Hospital of SA Elizabeth Magnabosco MD 210-704-4199 333 North Santa Rosa St Childrens Hospital of SA Sekinat McCormick MD 210-358-5437 903 W Martin St University Health System Matthew R. Schmidt MD 210-692-1613 4499 Medical Dr #235 Pediatric Orthopedic Assoc of SA Tyler J. Stavinoha 210-704-4708 333 North Santa Rosa St Childrens Hospital of SA Raymond M Stefko MD 210-692-1613 4499 Medical Dr #235 Pediatric Orthopedic Assoc of SA Jeffrey R Warman MD 210-497-4186 18626 Hardy Oak Blvd #320 Pediatric Orthopedic Scoliosis PEDIATRIC OTOLARYNGOLOGY Arturo Bonilla MD 210-477-3277 9502 Huebner Rd #301 Microtia-Congenital Ear Deformity Inst Juan A Bonilla MD 210-614-0171 16723 Huebner Rd Pediatric ENT Institute of South Texas Lisa Buckmiller MD 210-704-4708 333 North Santa Rosa St Childrens Hospital of SA Taylor Fordham Jr MD 210-704-3707 333 North Santa Rosa St Childrens Hospital of SA Roderick D Moe MD 210-614-3707 16723 Huebner Rd Pediatric ENT Institute of South Texas PEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE CARE Patricia DeForest MD 210-358-5437 903 W Martin St University Health System Florisa Lubin MD 210-358-5437 903 W Martin St University Health System Glen Medellin MD 210-358-5437 903 W Martin St University Health System Rachel Vandermeer MD 210-358-5437 903 W Martin St University Health System Wisden Wu DO 210-358-5437 903 W Martin St University Health System PEDIATRIC PATHOLOGY Teresa Hayes MD 210-575-4845 7700 Floyd Curl Dr #1 South Texas Pathology Associates Kristen J Lancaster MD 210-575-4845 7700 Floyd Curl Dr #1 South Texas Pathology Associates Victor A Saldivar MD 210-225-3750 519 W Houston Dept of Pathology

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