Chat and Chew is back!
Join us every Thursday this semester beginning Sept. 3
through Nov. 12, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. in Founder’s Hall L119.
Different topics will be covered each week and a light lunch
will be provided. Come prepared to interact and meet other
student parents! See calendar for topics covered each week
in Sept.
Watch for more information regarding a cooking
class in late September.
Plan on baking apple pies using apples from the Metropolitan
State University/Inver Hills community garden.
Introducing a “Think Group” for parents raising
children with disabilities.
Food for Thought provides unprepared food directly to
students in need who do not have enough to eat. Food for
Thought is at Saint Paul Campus in Founders Hall Room
201A—open Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m.–6 p.m.
Food for Thought—organized by the Student Parent Center
in partnership with Good in the ‘Hood, receiving assistance
from Student Senate and Second Harvest Heartland—open to
all Metropolitan State students. The pantry also accepts any
and all food donations. Volunteer opportunities are available
at Food for Thought. Contact the Student Parent Center at
[email protected] or call 651-793-1564
for more information.
Counseling services will be leading a group discussing
strategies, skills and learning about other parents’
experiences. Contact Counseling Services to state your
intent for participating at 651-793-1568 or stop by FH221.
September 2015
Chat and Chew
Execise/Weight
Management
FH L119
Deadline
for Graduation
Registration
Labor Day
Holiday
Chat and Chew
Time
Management
FH L119
Chat and Chew
Social Skills
in Children
FH L119
Chat and Chew
Resume Building
FH L119
September 2015
Volume 3, Number 8
SPC NEWSLETTER
Announcements
Upcoming Events
Student Parent Center
September
Healthy Recipes Page 2
Health Corner
Page 2
Child Development Page 3
September SPC Calendar
Page 4
Upcoming Events
Page 4
Announcements
Page 4
Our mission is to help Metropolitan State student parents
succeed in achieving their academic and parenting goals.
SPC Newsletter is published monthly by the Student Parent Center, Metropolitan State University, 700 East Seventh Street,
Saint Paul, MN 55106-5000. The center is in Founders Hall, Room 226.
Phone: 651-793-1564
E-mail: [email protected]
Editor: Avi Silver
Editorial Advisor: Sue Fust
Designer: Michelle Frantzen
A member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.
Equal opportunity employer and educator.
This information is available in alternate formats for people with disabilities.
For more information, call Disability Services at 651-793-1549 or e-mail
[email protected].
Healthy Recipes
Beef-and-Rice
Stuffed Peppers
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients:
•6 medium bell peppers, tops
removed and reserved, and
seeds removed
•1 tablespoon olive oil
•1 yellow onion, diced
•1 large carrot, peeled and diced
•1 stalk celery, diced
•2 cloves garlic, minced
•8 ounces lean (90 percent) ground beef
•1 teaspoon salt
•1 teaspoon pepper
•1 (14.5 oz.) can diced tomatoes
•1 cup cooked brown rice
•1 cup grated Monterey Jack
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 375°F. Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
Once boiling, add peppers and pepper tops, cook until
tender, 6 to 7 minutes. Remove peppers from water, invert
to drain fully.
Make filling: Warm olive oil in a large frying pan over
medium-high heat. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally,
about 4 minutes. Add carrot, celery and garlic, continue
cooking until vegetables are softened, 4 minutes longer. Add
beef, salt and pepper, cook, breaking up large chunks, until
meat is no longer pink, about 7 minutes. Add tomatoes and
rice, cook 5 minutes longer. Stir in 3/4 cup cheese.
Fill peppers with meat mixture, dividing evenly. Sprinkle
mixture with remaining cheese and top with pepper lid. Bake
until cheese is melted and peppers are heated through, about
5 minutes.
Nutritional Information: Amount per serving
Calories 240 Fat 12 g Satfat 6 g Protein 12 g Carbohydrate
23 g Fiber 5 g Cholesterol 33 mg Sodium 688 mg
Source: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/beef-and-rice-stuffed-peppers/print
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Health Corner
School Starts
Soon—Is Your
Child Fully
Vaccinated?
Make sure your children are up-to-date on vaccinations
before sending them back to school.
School-age children, from preschoolers to college students, need
vaccines. Making sure that children receive all their vaccinations
on time is one of the most important things you can do as a parent
to ensure your children’s long-term health—as well as the health of
friends, classmates and others in your community. Get your children
to the doctor if you discover they need vaccines to protect them
against serious diseases.
What all parents need to know
To keep children in schools healthy, your state may require children
going to school to be vaccinated against certain diseases, such as
pertussis (whooping cough). If you’re unsure of your state’s school
requirements, now is the time to check with your child’s doctor, your
child’s school or your health department. That way, your child can get
any needed vaccines before the back-to-school rush.
Disease outbreaks still happen
It’s true that some vaccine-preventable diseases have become very
rare thanks to vaccines. However, cases and outbreaks still happen.
The United States experienced a record number of measles cases
during 2014, with 668 cases from 27 states reported to CDC’s
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.
This is the greatest number of cases since measles elimination
was documented in the United States in 2000. From Jan. 1 to
June 26 there have been 178 cases of measles and five outbreaks
reported in the United States.
From Jan. 1–July 10 almost 9,000 cases of whooping cough have been
reported to CDC by 50 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico.
Outbreaks of whooping cough at middle and high schools can
occur as protection from childhood vaccines fades. Those who are
vaccinated against whooping cough but still get the disease are much
more likely to have a mild illness compared to those who never
received the vaccine.
Vaccines for your young children (Newborns through six years old)
During the early years of life, your children need vaccines to protect
them from 14 diseases that can be serious, even life-threatening.
Parents who choose not to vaccinate their children increase the
risk of disease not only for their own children, but also for other
children and adults throughout the entire community. For example,
vulnerable newborns too young to have received the maximum
protection from the recommended doses of vaccines or people with
weakened immune systems, such as some people with cancer and
transplant recipients, are also at higher risk of disease.
Flu vaccines are recommended for kids in preschool and elementary
school to help keep them healthy. In fact, all children six months
and older should get flu vaccines. Getting all of your children
vaccinated—as well as other family members and caregivers—can
help protect infants younger than six months old. Ask your family’s
doctor or nurse about getting flu shots or the nasal spray to protect
against flu.
Health Corner (continued)
Child Development (continued)
Vaccines for your preteens and teens (seven years old–18 years old)
Preteens and teens need vaccines, too! As kids get older, they are
still at risk for certain diseases. Before heading back to school, three
vaccines are recommended for 11–12 year olds—HPV, Tdap and
meningococcal conjugate vaccine—for continued protection.
Most children with ADHD received either medication treatment or
behavioral therapy in 2009-2010; however, many were not receiving
treatment as outlined in the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
best practice guidelines released in 2011.
HPV vaccine is important because it can prevent HPV infections
that can cause cancer later in life. For other diseases, like whooping
cough, the protection from vaccine doses received in childhood
fades over time. That’s why 11–12 year-olds are also recommended
to get the booster shot called Tdap to help protect them from
whooping cough, tetanus, and diphtheria. Meningococcal
conjugate vaccine helps prevent two of the three most common
causes of meningococcal disease, which can be very serious—even
life-threatening.
It’s important to know that flu can be serious, even for healthy, young
people. Preteens and teens are no exception. So older kids should
get at least one flu vaccine (the shot or nasal spray for healthy kids)
every year.
It’s not too late
Getting every recommended dose of each vaccine provides children
with the best protection possible. If a child misses a shot, your child’s
healthcare professional can use the catch-up immunization schedule
help get her back on schedule.
Keep in mind that there are many opportunities to catch-up on
vaccines for your preteen or teen. Preteens and teens typically see
their doctors or other health care professionals for physicals before
participation in sports, camping events, travel and applying to
college. Beat the back to school rush and use these opportunities to
get your preteen or teen vaccinated today!
Source: http://www.cdc.gov/features/catchupimmunizations/index.html
Child Development
ADHD and behavioral health
CDC collaborates with partners to learn more about children’s mental
health, understand the causes of mental disorders and find and
promote effective prevention and intervention strategies. Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common
neurobehavioral disorders of childhood. Behavioral therapy is an
important form of treatment for children with ADHD.
Experts recommend that preschool children (four–five years of
age) with ADHD should receive behavioral therapy as the first line
of treatment. Once children reach school age (six-17 years of age),
behavioral treatment is recommended in combination with medication.
Behavioral parenting interventions are a good treatment option.
Gaps in recommended treatment
for ADHD
To find out what kind of treatments
children are receiving for ADHD,
CDC researchers looked at data from
a national sample of children with
special health care needs collected
in 2009–10 and found that most
children with ADHD received either
medication treatment or behavioral
therapy; however, many were not
receiving treatment as outlined in the best practice guidelines released
in 2011 by the AAP.
•L
ess than one in three children with ADHD received both medication
treatment and behavioral therapy, which is now the preferred
treatment approach for children ages six and older.
•O
nly half of preschoolers (four–five years of age) with ADHD
received behavioral therapy, which is now the recommended first-line
treatment for this group.
•A
bout half of preschoolers with ADHD were taking medication for
ADHD and about one in four were treated only with medication .
This information is a benchmark for the state of clinical practice at the
time that the guidelines were published.
It gives us a greater understanding of the patterns and gaps in the
treatment of ADHD and what more may need to be done to improve
the quality of care for children with ADHD.
Closing the gap
CDC works with partners to learn more about any gaps in effective
treatment for ADHD. CDC is working to understand the barriers that
families may face when seeking behavioral treatment, and those that
healthcare professionals may encounter when providing behavioral
treatments or referrals. Understanding these barriers for children with
ADHD will also provide insight into the barriers to effective behavioral
treatment for children with other mental disorders.
•M
ore recent data are needed to understand if the treatment patterns
have become more aligned since the current guidelines were released.
•F
uture research and policy evaluation can help us better understand
what factors and strategies increase rates of use of behavioral therapy.
•P
arents should be aware that there are recommendations for
behavioral treatment for children of specific ages and that they should
seek care from an experienced provider.
•C
linicians should be aware of effective behavioral treatments and
resources in their community, so that they can refer children for
behavioral therapy as recommended by the AAP and the American
Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Increasing rates of behavioral therapy would increase the alignment of
current and best practice, and improve the quality of care for children.
Source: http://www.cdc.gov/features/child-mental-health/index.html