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Voices In The Family July 200807/07/08 Imagine if a person's footsteps sounded like a banging drum, or the seam in your sock caused you unbearable pain. For people with sensory integration issues, simple tasks and routines can be big obstacles. On the next Voices in the Family we'll talk about sensory integration and the therapies and treatments available. Dan will be joined by Sara Schon, Director of Applied Research at SPD (Sensory Processing Disorder) Foundation, Dr. Barry Stein, Professor and Chairman of the Dept. of Neurobiology and Anatomy at Wake Forest University and Carol Stock Kranowitz, author of The Out of Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder. 07/14/08 The Video games kids are playing today are more realistic than ever, the virtual experience of murder, crime and sex is available with the click of a button. And even if the game is age-appropriate and harmless - how do the hours and hours spent in front of the computer affect children? We'll be joined by Dr. Douglas Gentile who runs the Media Research Lab at Iowa State University where he studies media's effects on children and adults. He is co-author of Violent Video Game Effects on Children and Adolescents: Theory, Research, and Public Policy For more info visit, www.psychology.iastate.edu. We'll also be joined by Dr. Lawrence Kutner, co-author Grand Theft Childhood: The surprising Truth About Violent Video Games. He's the co-founder and co-director of the Harvard Medical School Center for Mental Health and Media. He wrote the Parent & Child column for the New York Times for seven years, and been a columnist and contributing editor of Parents and Parenting magazines. You can find more info on him at: www.drkutner.com 07/21/08 Few people like to think about death, but world-renowned psychiatrist Irvin Yalom says that in order to live happy, fulfilled lives, we have to face our mortality. On the next Voices in the Family, Dr. Dan Gottlieb talks with Dr. Yalom about his new book, Starring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death. For more information on Dr. Irvin Yalom visit his website at www.yalom.com. 07/28/08 While one person gets divorced and moves on, another seems stuck in a sense of victimhood for years. Or one child of divorce seems relatively unscathed and for another they are never able to establish intimate relationships. What is it about our history that sometimes stays with us and controls our lives? And why are some people able to let go of the past and others are not? Dr. Steven Hayes, professor, author and originator of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy suggests that the whole issue of fighting with, for and against our past is precisely what keeps us stuck there. More information on Dr. Hayes' work. |
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