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		<title>Early School Leaving and Your Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADHD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disabilities]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early School Leaving and Your Heath
The ERSI has released a report about early school leaving. It cites the following among its findings that early school leavers had:

Higher rates of anxiety and depression
Higher rates of smoking and heavy drinking
Greater dependency on medical cards
Higher rates of lone motherhood
High rates of imprisonment

All the above was cited by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Encourage Your Child</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teacher issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teenagers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The One Vital, Essential Ingredient to a Happy Childhood
 
There is nothing more important to children than encouragement. When we encourage a child we give them the necessary ingredient to live a happy life, a life filled with self-esteem and self-respect. By encouraging a child we inoculate them with the strength to cope with life’s ups [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Your Young Teen</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teenagers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Understanding Your Young Teenager
The early teen years are a time of turmoil and tempest. Rapid changes in physical appearance on the outside are mirrored by changes in brain growth and development on the inside. Most parents have little information to help them understand their young teenager. In this article, the first of several to explore [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Teenagers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obsessive Compulsive Disorder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disorders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ocd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teenagers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I have been receiving a number of referrals for teens who have developed Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. This intriguing condition has no discernable cause although it is being related to levels of serotonin in the brain and the fact that low levels may cause the brain to trip into “alarm” mode and get stuck with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ireland&#8217;s Special Education Shame</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Special Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teacher issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teenagers]]></category>

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If the situation in Ireland isn&#8217;t bad enough our current Minister for Education is proposing drastic cuts across all areas of the educational system. The recently release OECD report
concluded:

Ireland spends less on education, spending only 4.7% of it&#8217;s GDP in education, compared to an average of 5.7% across 30 OECD countries.
At second level only one [...]]]></description>
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