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Can keeping kids active help virtual learning?

Can keeping kids active help virtual learning?

A UAB expert explains how you can help strengthen children’s attention during virtual learning.

Five signs your child is ready for no flotation device

Five signs your child is ready for no flotation device

Taking flotation devices off children can be a scary topic, but the UAB aquatics team provides five signs to help know when your child is ready.

Sims, Sandra

Sims, Sandra

Sandra Sims, Ph.D.

Quality physical education programs • Integrated physical education and health education • Health & wellness

Three ways parents can positively impact their teen drivers

Three ways parents can positively impact their teen drivers

UAB expert provides three suggestions to parents to positively impact their teen drivers.

First-of-its-kind study shows link between unhealthy diet and symptoms of depression in youth

First-of-its-kind study shows link between unhealthy diet and symptoms of depression in youth

Diet matters when it comes to depression. Teens who have a high-sodium, low-potassium diet are at a higher risk of depression.

Cyprés, Autumn Tooms

Cyprés, Autumn Tooms

Autumn Tooms Cyprés, Ph.D.

Educational policy and politics • Educational leadership • Politics in higher education • Conflict resolution • Educational organization • Change leadership • Women in leadership • Social ju

Keeping toddlers safe, hydrated and having fun as summer heat continues

Keeping toddlers safe, hydrated and having fun as summer heat continues

A pediatrician shares safety tips that parents can keep in mind as summer rages on.

Griffin, Russell

Griffin, Russell

Russell Griffin, Ph.D.

Gun violence • Gun violence-protection • Motor vehicle-related injuries and prevention • Pediatric trauma outcomes • Improving clinical care of trauma and burn patients • Treating acte kidney injury in newborns

Summerlin, Jennifer

Summerlin, Jennifer

Jennifer Summerlin, Ph.D.

Pedagogy • Children's literature and reading • Developmental reading • Best practices in literacy • Dyslexia intervention

The value of summer camps for children

The value of summer camps for children

Summer camps can provide entertainment and many benefits for children.

McGuinn, Laura

McGuinn, Laura

Laura McGuinn, M.D.

Developmental pediatrics • Behavioral pediatrics • Autism spectrum disorder • Learning disabilities in children • Intellectual disabilities in children

Coyne-Beasley, Tamera

Coyne-Beasley, Tamera

Tamera Coyne-Beasley, M.D.

Puberty • Teen health • Behavioral concerns in adolescents • Parenting

Friedman, Vivian

Friedman, Vivian

Vivian Friedman, Ph.D.

Child psychology • Parenting • Children's mental health

Kimberlin, David

Kimberlin, David

David Kimberlin, M.D.

Vaccinations: safe, effective and life saving; schedule for school age kids • Measles, mumps and rubella • Cold and flu in children • Infectious disease outbreaks, such as Zika • Antiviral treatments • Whooping cough • Congenital CMV and neonatal herpes infections

Dye, Candice

Dye, Candice

Candice Dye, M.D.

Water safety and children • Traveling with children • Infant safe sleep

Analyzing data from more than 1 million teenagers sheds new light on how teens learn to drive

Analyzing data from more than 1 million teenagers sheds new light on how teens learn to drive

Researchers use new methods to understand how teenagers learn to drive.

Smith, Tedra

Smith, Tedra

Tedra Smith, DNP

Parenting and children's health • Emergency medicine & crisis management • Addiction

Virtual help for a job virtually all parents get wrong: installing car seats

Virtual help for a job virtually all parents get wrong: installing car seats

UAB child safety researcher testing augmented reality app to prevent roadway injuries and death.

Translating safety: a VR approach to reduce pedestrian injuries among Chinese kids

Translating safety: a VR approach to reduce pedestrian injuries among Chinese kids

Developmental psychologist Huarong Wang, from China's Nantong University, was drawn to UAB by David Schwebel's "very influential" research on child safety.

Stopping child abuse by understanding parenting and 'how it goes awry'

Stopping child abuse by understanding parenting and 'how it goes awry'

In her Parenting Challenges with Kids Lab, psychologist Christina Rodriguez studies a wide range of parenting behaviors and approaches.

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