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HEALTH from 12A
with the American Cancer Society. School
nurses will coordinate the project in the
schools. Deadline for entries is April 18, with
judging April 20.
Post Polio Support Group
... for polio survivors and their families
who are dealing with the effects of post-polio
syndrome, Shepherd Center offers a support
group on the third Wednesday of each month.
The next meeting will be Wednesday, April 18,
from 2-3 p.m.
Meetings are at the Shepherd Center, 2020
Peachtree Rd. in Atlanta. For more informa
tion, call (404) 350-7598.
Sports Physicals
... If your child will be participating in
sports during the next year, he/she can get a
sports physical for sls on April 21. Nine doc
tors are donating their time at Dr. Michael
Hogan’s Orthopedic and Sports Clinic, 634
Peachtree Pkwy. The student’s school will
receive $lO and the South Forsyth Rotary
Club, sponsors of the event, will receive $5 to
benefit their health services program. Each
school will be assigned a time.
Coaches will be notified of what time their
school is scheduled.
Derby Day
... place your best now for Derby Day
2001, Saturday, May 5. In conjunction with
America’s premier horse race event of the year
the Kentucky Derby, the day-long event
raises money to benefit Shepherd Center’s
therapeutic recreation department. Guests will
enjoy a day of horse racing, live entertainment,
smoke barbecue, games and raffles, silent and
live auction items and big-screen televisions
broadcasting the Kentucky Derby. Tickets
include bus transportation and are available in
advance and at the event for $45. Combination
tickets are available for $55 giving participants
access to Derby Day and the Foxhall Cup’s
Saturday events.
For additional ticket, volunteer, transporta
tion and other event information, call (404)
350-7302, or visit Derby Day’s Web site at
www.derbyday.com. All tickets are available
through the Shepherd Center, committee vol
unteers and the Derby Web site.
Wheelchair Division of Peachtree Road
Race
... July 4 marks the 20th annual wheelchair
division of the Peachtree Road Race, spon
sored by Shepherd Center. Racers can compete
in the following six divisions: Open Men,
Open Women, Open Quad, T1 Quad, Masters
and Juniors. A minimum of five competitors in
each division is required to make the division
official. Participants must have a qualifying
time of less than 45 minutes by the registration
deadline that is Wednesday, May 16. The reg-
SIGHT from 12A
out how to clear the retinal field,”
Pittier said.
“It begs for more research. We
probably want to come up with a
compound drug that has two com
ponents one component that
restores function like the 9-cis
retinal does and one that blocks
the accumulation of waste prod
ucts in the eye.”
The study only examined the
restoration of visual function of
48 hours.
Further studies will look at
long-term effects of 9-cis-retinal.
“It’s nice that we can restore
vision and give people two days
of great vision, but obviously we
need to extend their functional
vision for much longer periods,”
Pittier said. Despite the short
duration of the effects of treat-
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Depression support group
... feeling hopeless or overwhelmed with
life? Appalachian Family Services Inc. is
offering a free support group for depressed
individuals. The group meets the fourth
Thursday of each month at Northside
Hospital-Cherokee in Canton at 7 p.m. Other
free support groups are also available. Trained
facilitators lead all support groups. AFSI is
501 (c)3 nonprofit agency providing communi
ty mental health services. For more informa
tion, call (770) 592-6515.
The Cumming Self Help Group
... of the National MS Society would like to
invite anyone that has been diagnosed with
Multiple Sclerosis or has a family member
with MS to attend our self-help group. The
group meets every second Thursday of each
month from 9:30-11 a.m. at the Baptist
Medical Center doctor’s building located at
1200 Baptist Medical Center Dr. in Cumming.
For more information, call the National MS
Society at (770) 393-8833 or Mary
Grunewald, the self-help group facilitator, at
(770) 889-8179.
MS Support group
... meets the second Thursday of the month
from 9:30-11 a.m. in the professional building
at Baptist Medical Center. For more informa
tion, call Mary Grunwald, (770) 889-8179.
Shepherd Center
... offers a variety of classes in its tempera
ture-controlled indoor swimming pool includ
ing swimming lessons for “Moms and Tots,”
water exercise classes to increase strength and
flexibility, aquatic therapy sessions, water
yoga and more. Additional classes specifically
for persons with multiple sclerosis are also
available. For more information on class
schedules and fees, call (404) 350-7786.
MS Stretch Class
... a stretch class designed for individuals
with multiple sclerosis, as a component to the
MS society aquatic exercise program. Classes
focus on improving flexibility, strength,
endurance, stabilization and relaxation.
Classes are every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to
6 p.m. at the Shepherd Center, 2020 Peachtree
Rd. in Atlanta. Fees are sl2 per month and for
Pro Motion members and sls per month for
nonmembers. For more information, call (404)
350-7789.
Land based exercise classes
... Shepherd Center offers a variety of exer
cise classes including step basic aerobic class
es, combo cardiovascular conditioning, circuit
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studying retinitis pigmentosa and
LCA.
In his research, he has identi
fied and isolated five different
genes that cause retinitis pigmen- I
tosa and he and his team were the
first to identify defects in genes
that cause LCA.
There are now five known
genes that cause LCA including
the RPE6S gene.
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more information on class schedules and fees,
call (404) 350-7786.
Acquired Brain Injury Peer Support
Group
... The Shepherd Center, 2020 Peachtree
Rd. in Atlanta, offers an acquired brain injury
support group for survivors of an acquired
brain injury and their families who want to
learn more about adjusting to the day-to-day
challenges individuals with a brain injury face.
For more information, call (404) 350-1221.
“Man to Man”
... a support group for prostate cancer sur
vivors meets the second Tuesday of each
month at 7 p.m. at the Baptist Medical Center
in classroom B. Don’t call, just come.
Northeast Georgia Medical Center
... is offering nontherapy pool exercise
classes for sufferers of arthritis or fibromyal
gia. The classes will be at Northeast Georgia
Medical Center’s new industrial rehabilitation
facility, The Rehabilitation Institute at
Sherwood Plaza. The classes will be led by a
certified fitness instructor and held in a heated
pool. Both classes require registration, which
includes a fee covering a one-month series of
sessions. Class size is limited, and participants
will be taken on a first-come basis. Physician
permission is needed only if you have a history
of heart problems. Registration forms for the
pool classes are available at Northeast Georgia
Medical Center’s Fit for Life. For more infor
mation, call Fit for Life at (770) 535-3399.
Miracle on Wheels
... makes available Power (electric)
Wheelchairs to nonambulatory senior citizens
usually at no out-of-pocket expense if they
qualify. No deposit is required. The electric
wheelchairs are provided to those who can not
walk and can not self-propel a manual wheel
chair in their home or independent living quar
ters and who meet the additional qualifications
of the program. This service may also be avail
able to the permanently disabled of any age.
Please call (800) 749-8778 or visit the Web
site at www.durablemedical.com for more
information on the details of this program.
Mobility equipment
... The “Seniors in Motion” program is now
offering mobility equipment such as motorized
and manual wheelchairs, scooters and other
mobility equipment to those who qualify. This
program is now giving seniors and physically
handicapped persons the opportunity to obtain
mobility equipment conveniently and econom
ically. A “Seniors in Motion” rehab represen
tative is waiting locally to assist with your
mobility needs. Please call (800) 594-1225 to
see if you qualify or for free information.
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Responsibility:
Teach kids
dollars, sense
At times it may seem easier to
pay your taxes than fill out the tax
return forms, and many emotions
rise to the surface when dealing
with family finances. .
The tax season when
finances often are top of mind
is an excellent time for parents to
teach their children about the
responsibilities that go along with
having money.
It’s an important topic for chil
dren, but more difficult to explain
to younger children.
Long before children under
stand such concepts as saving and
borrowing, they see the emotions
their parents associate with those
actions.
Money issues can be very con
fusing to young children.
According to Harvard Child
Psychologist Dr. Larry Kutner,
preschoolers wonder why a dime
is smaller than a nickel if it’s
worth more.
Older children want to know
how writing a check or using a
credit card can be the same as
spending cash.
Learning to be comfortable
with both spending and saving
money takes guidance and lots of
practice.
“Make sure you’re not expect
ing too much of your children,
especially in the beginning,” says
Kutner.
“Allow them to make mistakes.
Remember that it’s much better
for children to learn from their
mistakes when they’re young and
the amounts of money are small,
than when they’re teenagers and
the sums and consequences are
much larger.”
The Internet is full of
resources and ideas for teaching
kids about money.
For younger children, Kutner
recommends www.tonystime.-
com, a program developed joint
ly by Stand For Children and
Tony’s pizza.
In addition to teaching kids
about money, the site features tips
for teaching kids about everyday
responsibility.
For teaching older children
about money, you may want to
check out www.luthbro.com.
To get started, help your kids
learn dollars and sense about
finances by practicing Kutner’s
three Rs of teaching responsibili
ty: rules, repair and reinforce
ment.
For example, a rule might be:
“It’s as important to save some of
your allowance as it is to spend
it.”
As parents, you should have
reasonable expectations according
to your child’s age. A five-year
old may only be able to save a lit
tle bit of allowance money for a
week or so.
A nine-year-old should be able
to save a larger proportion for a
few weeks to buy something more
expensive.
To make it fun and memorable,
for each rule you come up with,
create “repairs” or object
lessons that help reinforce the
concept of saving and spending
money. With the above rule, for
example, you might have two
piggy banks for your children.
Use one for money your kids wiil
spend this week. Use the other for
money they’re saving. Another
idea might be to establish the First
National Bank of Mom and Dad,
which will pay weekly interest on
the money your kids deposit. This
will show them how quickly their
money can grow.
Whatever rules and repairs you
create, be sure to reinforce your
children’s behavior with words of
praise. Try something simple,
like: “You’re handling your
allowance well. I’m proud of you
for both saving and spending your
money responsibly.”
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