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	<title>Family Times &#187; Christchurch</title>
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		<title>Step Ahead Trust</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Step Ahead Trust is a leading provider of activity-based programmes in Canterbury.    Members are people who experience a diagnosed mental illness, are aged between 16 and 65 years and are able to attend independently. 
Some of the reasons that members enjoy attending Step Ahead include a sense of purpose, being accepted and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pregnancy Counselling Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For someone wanting a family, having a positive pregnancy test is cause for celebration. 
However, for many women in New Zealand this result sends them into despondency, despair or panic. Many pregnant women are faced with relationship, financial or medical problems and have little support from their partner or family.&#160; 
Pregnancy Counselling Services can give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dore Centre to open in Christchurch</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[ADHD]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dyslexia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An assessment centre for people undertaking the Dore programme is due to open in Christchurch in July. 
The centre at 21 Worcester Boulevard will be of major benefit to South Islanders on the programme as it will mean they no longer have to travel to Auckland for their assessments every three months.   Dore [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southern Regional Health School</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Southern Regional Health School (SRHS) is a State funded school for sick primary and secondary school students who cannot attend their usual school. 
Its services are free and the school that the sick student is already enrolled in continues to be funded for the student for the duration of their stay with SRHS. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asthma New Zealand</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent survey by Asthma New Zealand shows that 57 per cent of people in New Zealand with asthma do not have their asthma well controlled. 
•&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Don’t ignore your symptoms and become complacent 
•&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Increase your compliance by understanding your asthma and prescribed medication   •&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Asthma can be well controlled so that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning Staircase</title>
		<link>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/helphand/learning-difficulties/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[dyslexic]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Identifying and catering for dyslexic learners – and others with processing difficulties – is a major challenge for schools and parents. 
Despite average or above average intellectual ability, these learners often have a range of processing difficulties that affects their literacy development and sometimes prevents them from accessing the curriculum at their intellectual level. 
According [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tessa Grigg &#8211; Helping you child through stress</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“My child changed after we moved. She was bubbly and enthusiastic and then she became quiet, and sad. Her stutter also started about that time.” 
Qualified kinesiologist Tessa Grigg often hears stories like this, with children changing after a big event, showing signs of stress and being unable to cope with small changes or difficulties. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plunket booster seats</title>
		<link>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/helphand/new-booster-seat-age-limits-says-plunket/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Transport has announced this month, in its new 10-year road safety strategy, it intends to make the use of booster seats the norm for children aged five to 10. 
Safekids, Plunket, Safe2go, NZ Paediatric Society, and others made submissions on the Safer Journeys Discussion document in September 2009. 
The aim is to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gifted Education Centre</title>
		<link>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/helphand/gifted-awareness-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Auckland]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gifted students are often misunderstood, despite being found in every school in New Zealand.    They vary in ability, personality and learning style and hence have varying intellectual and social-emotional needs. 
The Gifted Education Centre, in conjunction with a number of other organisations, aims to spread the word about giftedness during Gifted Awareness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Autism New Zealand</title>
		<link>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/helphand/autism-and-aspergers-syndrome-information-and-help-is-available/</link>
		<comments>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/helphand/autism-and-aspergers-syndrome-information-and-help-is-available/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Autism New Zealand has provided support and information for Kiwi families for more than 40 years. During that time, it has seen a huge increase in the number of people diagnosed. It is now estimated that 40,000 New Zealanders are affected by Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). 
Most are diagnosed between the ages of two-five, although [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bipolar Support Canterbury</title>
		<link>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/helphand/bipolar-support-canterbury/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bipolar Support Canterbury (BSC) aims to empower people affected by bipolar disorder through peer support, experience sharing and by providing access to information and education. 
BSC supports people with direct experience of bipolar as well as family members, friends and colleagues. 
Staff believe that the more information people have access to, the better able they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Child Health Services Trust (CHST)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Supporting family services in the community 
CHST is a registered charity whose purpose is to support the health and wellbeing of New Zealand’s children and young people.&#160;&#160; 
The trust has three trustees who decide how funds are to be allocated. Applications are assessed on how well the organisation provides for New Zealand children and young [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plunket car seat hire</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the colder weather here, your child will be wearing more clothes and may not fit into their car seat as well as they did when they were wearing fewer layers. 
For infants, remember to put the restraint straps close to your baby and put the blanket or shawl over the straps. If you have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Become a regular blood donor</title>
		<link>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/helphand/become-a-regular-blood-donor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What’s stopping you? 
Every week, the New Zealand Blood Service needs to collect about 3000 whole blood donations to meet the needs of hospital patients and users of blood products throughout the country. 
Less than five per cent of New Zealanders donate each year, yet more than 80% of us will need a blood product [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The biggest epidemic in our lifetime</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With emerging pandemics threatening global health, it is easy to overlook the more insidious, ever-present epidemics that are slowly killing millions. 
Viral hepatitis, mainly consisting of hepatitis B and C has infected one in 12 people (550 million people) worldwide, but it is still not regarded as a high priority by the World Health Organisation [...]]]></description>
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