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		<title>Youthline Otago</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Dunedin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Help is at Hand]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Youthline Otago continues to build on its 40-year history working in the Otago community.&#160; 
It offers a range of services including community education, group facilitation, helpline support and face-to-face counselling. Face-to-face counsellors work with a person-centred, strengths-based approach and the service is offered in a professional capacity, available to all people 18 plus (enquiries 03-477-2461 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Relationship Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[parenting through separation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Relationship Services is a nationwide, non-profit organisation that has been operating in the Otago region for more than 60 years. 
In that time, although its services have diversified, its core work has remained focussed on helping people with relationship issues. 
One such programme is Parenting through Separation, which is offered to small groups of parents [...]]]></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>SuperGrans</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Dunedin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[assistance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SuperGrans is about people with lots of yesterdays helping those with lots of tomorrows.    Mature volunteers offer one-on-one life and home skills mentoring to families and individuals in need of assistance. 
SuperGrans aim to provide a caring, confidential, free, non-judgemental service that supports and encourages client independence by learning new ways to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Literacy Aotearoa</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Literacy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Literacy Aotearoa Dunedin provides literacy and numeracy help for anyone who needs to up-skill in these areas. 
Tuition is in small groups or one to one with trained tutors in a friendly environment. The hours are flexible to fit around the working day. Contact 04-447-2055.]]></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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				<category><![CDATA[Auckland]]></category>
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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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		<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>Volunteer positions available at New Zealand Red Cross</title>
		<link>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/helphand/volunteer-positions-available/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Zealand Red Cross in Dunedin is launching a community transport service in July.    It will provide transport to and from health appointments for the elderly in the Dunedin area who have difficulty accessing transport or cannot afford to do so.&#160; 
The New Zealand Red Cross is looking for volunteer drivers with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dunedin Plunket</title>
		<link>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/helphand/drowning-prevention-message-provided-in-a-novel-way/</link>
		<comments>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/helphand/drowning-prevention-message-provided-in-a-novel-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[baby]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[water safety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here in Otago and throughout the country, when baby receives its five month Well Child check from a Plunket nurse, drowning prevention is discussed. 
The carer is given a bright blue non-slip bath/shower mat with the water safety message, “Always supervise children near water – ALWAYS!” as an on-going drowning prevention reminder. 
The initiative is [...]]]></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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				<category><![CDATA[Auckland]]></category>
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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>Presbyterian Support Otago Family Works&#8217; programmes</title>
		<link>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/helphand/presbyterian-support-otago-family-works-programmes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/helphand/presbyterian-support-otago-family-works-programmes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine this! 
The phone rings. It’s a social worker from CYPFS asking you to take your grandchildren into your home long-term because they’re no longer able to live with their mother – your daughter.   What would you do? 
Although circumstances vary from drug, alcohol and health issues to death and abandonment, this scene [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barnardos KidStart Early Childhood Service</title>
		<link>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/helphand/barnardos-kidstart-early-childhood-service/</link>
		<comments>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/helphand/barnardos-kidstart-early-childhood-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This family orientated service provides a warm, loving, family, home-based atmosphere and education for families. This is especially beneficial to under two-year-olds.    There are benefits in choosing home-based care, the most significant being low child ratios. The small group sizes enable caregivers to easily recognise and respond to each child’s interest and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pregnancy Counselling Services</title>
		<link>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/helphand/pregnancy-counselling-services/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This service offers a free, confidential, 24-hour seven-day telephone counselling service for anyone with problems concerning a pregnancy or past abortion. 
Face-to-face counselling for individuals, couples, or families is also available. For those in early pregnancy, undecided about their future, all options are explored, including parenting, adoption and abortion, so that clients can make their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-smacking law</title>
		<link>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/helphand/anti-smacking-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In late July those on the electoral roll will receive a postal ballot form for the referendum on the repeal of section 59.&#160; You will be asked to vote yes or no to the following question; &#34;Should a smack as part of good parental correction, be a criminal offence in New Zealand?&#34; The question is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dyslexia</title>
		<link>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/helphand/dyslexia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you concerned about your child&#8217;s progress at school? 
SPELD NZ is registered with NZQA and works with people who have specific learning difficulties/dyslexia.    Students are assessed by a C grade NZCER registered tester before tuition. 
Our tutors are fully qualified teachers who follow research based methods for helping people with dyslexia. [...]]]></description>
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