Maria Rickert Hong, Author at Epidemic Answers

Food Guidelines

Follow these food guidelines to stay healthy because the foods we eat today are not the same as those our grandparents...

9 Easy Ways to Create a Healthy Home

In this blog post, Beth Greer - the author of Super Natural Home - offers ways to create a healthy home by using...

Vision Affects Behavior

Difficult behaviors can potentially be changed by improving vision, but most people don’t know that vision affects...

What is Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR)?

“EMDR induces a fundamental change in brain circuitry similar to what happens in REM sleep — that allows the person...

What Is EFT?

In this blog post, Robin Friedman explains what EFT is and how easy it is to use for relieving stress. EFT stands for...

Tonsils Removal or Regeneration

Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND walks us through her thought process on the subject of tonsils removal. A study from 2015...

The Best Dyspraxia Program Ever

Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND, explains how good fats are essential for your child's brain, motor planning and dyspraxia...

Piracetam: A Powerful Learning Tool for Learning Disabilities and Dyspraxia

Kelly Dorfman, MS, LDN discusses how piracetam can help with ADHD and learning disabilities. Rosie had multiple...

Sound-Based Therapies

This excerpt is provided with permission from the book "Outsmarting Autism: The Ultimate Guide to Management, Healing...

BioAcoustics

This excerpt is taken with permission from Envisioning a Bright Future: Interventions That Work for Children and...

Before Autism, After Autism

In this blog post, Stephanie Kodeck explains why she defines her life before autism and after autism. Everyone’s...

EMF Dangers

In this blog post, Maria Rickert Hong explains how EMF dangers affect your child's health. Chronic exposure to...

The Importance of Soil Microbes

In this blog post, Maria Rickert Hong explains the importance of soil microbes to our gut microbiome and health. Why...

Health Benefits of Going Outside

In this blog post, Maria Rickert Hong discusses the health benefits of going outside and getting some fresh air. Kids...

Digestive Enzymes

In this post, Kelly Dorfman MS LND discusses the use of digestive enzymes for children with developmental delays....

Oral Sensory Motor Therapy for Autism

In this blog post, Theresha A. Szypulski, MA, CCC-SLP explains how oral sensory motor therapy can help with...

Immune System and Nervous System

In this post, Kelly Dorfman MS LND discusses how allergens such as mold and pollen affect the immune system and...

Holistic Dentistry

In this blog post, Maria Rickert Hong relates her personal experience with holistic dentistry. My Personal Experience...

Brain Gym and Sensory Integration

In this blog post, Mary Rentschler, MEd, Brain Gym consultant and instructor, discusses how Brain Gym can be helpful...

Why TV and Video Devices Are Bad for Your Child

In this blog post, Susan R. Johnson, MD, behavioral and developmental pediatrician and certified Waldorf teacher,...

Nonverbal Learning Disability

In this blog post, Patricia S. Lemer describes what a nonverbal learning disability is and what to do about it. What...

Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Autism

Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND writes about nutritional interventions for children with mitochondrial dysfunction and autism....

Detoxification for Children

This information comes from Children with Starving Brains, second edition, by Jaquelyn McCandless, MD, and we thank...

Autism Bike Riding Help

In this blog post, physical therapists Bert Richards, PTA and Gin Utermohlen, PT give tips for bike riding help for...

Listening Skills

In this blog post, Patty Lemer explains how a child develops listening skills and how listening is different from...

Sugar Addiction

In this blog post, Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND, offers a plan for breaking your child's sugar addiction. Sam will eat as...

Child Not Sleeping Well – What to Do?

In this blog post, occupational therapist Anne Buckley Reen, OTR/L offers tips of what to do if your child is not...

Schizophrenia and Nutrition

In this blog post, Patricia S. Lemer how symptoms of schizophrenia are affected by nutrition: foods that are eaten as...

Improving Picky Eating by Changing Adult Behavior

In this blog post, Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND, offers advice about how to address picky eating by changing adult...

Mercury Amalgam Toxicity

Adapted from information provided by National Integrative Health Associates (NIHA) in Washington, D.C. In Lewis...

Bal-A-Vis-X

Adapted from Bal-A-Vis-X by Bill Hubert Imagine a room full of eager 7th graders in pairs all performing the same...

Autism Play

In this blog post, Rebecca Klaw MS MEd offers strategies for encouraging play in children with Autism Spectrum...

Developmental Delays Interventions and Balance

In this blog post, Patricia Lemer discusses ways to balance food, time, senses and emotions for children with...

Acid Reflux in Children

In this blog post, Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND writes about non-pharmaceutical ways to address acid reflux and GERD in...

Tips to Stimulate Language Development

by Bobbi Wade, Speech-Language Therapist Working with children with mild to severe developmental delays, I frequently...

How Do I Know If an Autism Treatment Helps?

In this blog post, Stephen M. Edelson, PhD explains how to wade through the myriad number of autism treatments and...

Parents Know Their Child Best

Patricia S. Lemer, M.Ed., NCC, M.S. Bus., Chairman Emeritus, Epidemic Answers tells us that parents know their child...

Why Is My Child Always Sick?

In this blog post, Kelly Dorman MS, LND answers the question, "Why is my child always sick?" and offers ways to help...

Yoga for Children

Why yoga for children? A couple of decades ago we were asking that question about martial arts. Now there are classes...

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