Comprehensive Care Program at Boston Medical Center

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Behold! The ascendent adolescent, who seeks to express their capability and self efficacy…may realize later guardrails keep ‘em on the road to where they’re going.

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Prepare for a differing generational take on how are valued and attended

Love this and resources like it
I often refer patients to alltrails.com (free version still plenty great) regarding accessible trails and opening the outdoors to be enjoyed by everyone. Size adventure to your liking!
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/travel/disabled-hikers-park-guide.html

Accessible Nature: A Trail Guide for Disabled Hikers We highlight a selection of paths, overlooks and other sites in several U.S. parks that outdoor enthusiasts with disabilities can enjoy this summer.

Since the onset of the pandemic, children and youth and adults with special needs have seen a collapse of homecare staffing and/or a loss of services they could access at school or in the community...and their families must often do things themselves.
They deserve our redoubled efforts to do better.

Autism, Anxiety & Depression: How to Help Your Teen Cope | AAP How can parents help their autistic children tackle changes as they become teenagers? Children and teens on the autism spectrum have higher rates of anxiety...

It’s not easy to be a cycle breaker.

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When we press our kids to stretch and demonstrate self efficacy, there may be occasion to persist and not take the easy/pricey way out

Opinion | After the winter kids just had, pediatricians are not okay Three years of covid-19 and a winter "tripledemic" revealed just how little America values keeping kids healthy.

Faceplant Friday
Lynx edition

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Seeing the knowledge vs understanding gap at work…daily

Never underestimate a pediatric patient’s ability to surprise or surpass your expectations no matter how complicated they may seem.

Following up
Maybe an apple a day DOES keep the doctor away….

Day/glow
Morning run

Nights with white satin, sky a moody blue.
Evening walk

Clinic
Me: hey there. Sorry that I’m late. Someone else wasn’t feeling so well.
She,6: you kept us waiting a long time. We arrived here early. We’ve been sitting here a long time doing nothing. This place is boring.
Me: wow. That sounds pretty accurate. Sorry about that. Now I will do my best to try and make you laugh for the next 25 minutes. Do we have a deal?
She: we’ll see.
(It took a while, but she laughed)


A guide to parents of infants and children who need formula during the shortage

Use. Share. Pass it on.

https://www.bmc.org/formula-shortage-guide-parents-caregivers

Formula Shortage Guide for Parents and Caregivers | Boston Medical Center There is currently a national shortage of infant and special formula due to supply chain issues related to a recall from a major manufacturer, as well as other factors. We know this is a difficult time for many families, and while unfortunately BMC does not have formula to give out, we have put toge...

A thought for those parents and family members of ex premature infants: While their time in the Neonatal ICU is forever fading into the past, their being born premature should remain in our thinking. It may explain later struggles in school or may impact medical management of issues that arise through their child. Always though—we must celebrate their successes and love them for who they are!

Job 1 in Pediatrics.
Put the patient at the center of the care.
Goodness will follow.

Kids with complex and chronic illness have dropped from site in many instances as they’ve stayed home during lockdown and they the pandemic. We know from pediatric practice that their lives very much continue… And in many cases they need our support.