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Study Report On Hyperactivity
A National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
Diseases
study reports a type of hyperactivity has been linked to a
genetic defect. This particular defect applies to only 5%
of hyperactivity cases. It is generally estimated that attention
deficit-hyperactivity disorder affects one in 20 school-age
children.
Three Springs of North
Carolina Achieves Accreditation
Three Springs of North Carolina Residential Treatment Center
(RTC) has
achieved Accreditation with Commendation from the Joint Commission
on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
Spring Creek Adds 4-6
Family Intensives A Year
Steve Cawdrey at Spring Creek in Western Montana is
planning to "offer 4-6 Family Intensives a year and, perhaps,
a year long Process Family Training for parents and adolescents
after they attend at least one Intensive." He is encouraging
people to read Anne Wilson Schaef's books, try local 12-step
meetings, and attend Intensives "as an alternative to sending
their teenager off to a therapeutic school...."
Hilltop Has New Director
William Valentine is the new Director of Hilltop in Running
Springs, California.
Hilltop is part of the CEDU family of services, providing
transitional living for young adults. Valentine has been with
the CEDU system for 6 years, serving as Academic Director
at CEDU high school, and previously holding positions as Director
of Wilderness Programs and Family Head. Before coming to CEDU,
Valentine had been in sales and marketing for 25 years and
holds a Master's Degree in Education.
Challenge of Choice
Program
Carolynn Hamilton, of Salem, Oregon
503-391-4961,
for her Ph.D. is developing a system called EXCEL, referring
to The Challenge Of Choice. She has been working with adolescents
for 20 years, specializing in adolescent drug and alcohol
issues. She describes the Challenge of Choice program as moving
"the participant through the pre-contemplation, contemplation
and preparation stages of change by applying cognitive, affective
and evaluative processes."
New Admissions Counselor
AT CEDU School
Daniel M. Conroy has joined CEDU School in Running Springs,
California as an Admissions Counselor. He
will be joined Admissions Director Saul Rudman and Admissions
Counselor Paula Stamey in the office to discuss CEDU High
School, CEDU Middle School, and Hilltop with all callers.
Daniel is a former Marketing Coordinator with Sierra Tucson
Treatment Center in Tucson, Arizona.
Copyright
© 1992, Woodbury Reports, Inc. (This article may be reproduced
without prior approval if the copyright notice and proper
publication and author attribution accompanies the copy.)
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